cameroon is offering the vaccine free of charge to all infants up to the age of six months old, with patients requiring four doses in total. the jab is effective in at least 36% of cases, according to researchers. the aim is to roll out the programme to 19 more countries this year. here s aurelia nguyen from gavi, the vaccine alliance. translation: to me, this is truly a turning point. - we have been working on a malaria vaccine for a very long time. it took 30 years. it is a disease that is very difficult because it is transmitted by a parasite with a lifecycle that is very complicated. therefore, to see that we have a tool which will be useful to us, which has an effectiveness that has been demonstrated, we have really studied to be sure there are no side effects which would cause problems. dr mary hemel is senior technical lead for malaria vaccines at who she told me more about the programme roll out in cameroon. there s a lot of excitement in cameroon tonight, or today,
us and british forces have carried out another wave of strikes against houthi targets in yemen. it s the latest action against the iranian backed group, which has been attacking commercial shipping in the red sea in response to israel s war against hamas. president biden and the british prime minister rishi sunak have been discussing the crisis on the phone. our defence correspondent jonathan beale gave us this update. remember, this is the second time that this co ordinated action has taken place. it happened ten days ago when british jets happened ten days ago when britishjets in cyprus, which i think probably would have been involved again, took part with american leader strikes against the houthi, specifically going against, control and also size where they have been storing, manufacturing drones and missiles, which they had been using to target merchant shipping in the red sea. the hope was that the initial set of strikes on 12 january would stop them but they have not s
hello from the bbc sport centre, i m delyth lloyd. let s start at the australian open, where there s been plenty of drama on day nine in melbourne. not so much though for the number two seed carlos alcaraz, who eased through to the quarter finals with a commanding display on the rod laver arena. the wimbledon champion lostjust eight games on his way to beating miomir kecmanovic of serbia in straight sets. it is great to find this level, to play this level in the matches, on the court, i am feeling better and better every day, i m feeling better every match that i am playing, coming into the quarterfinal with a lot of confidence. and in that quarter final, alcaraz will face the sixth seed alexander zverev, who was taken to a fifth set tie break by the 19th seed cameron norrie. the british number one twice came from behind to force a decider but it was zverev who booked his place in the last eight, sealing the tie break10 3. despite the loss, though, norrie remains optimistic.
official here says russian spies are plotting to assassinate yevgeny prigozhin. this as a top russia investigative reporter uncovers new information about what led up to the coup attempt. plus, a life-or-death mission. i ll speak with ukrainian troops who trained in oklahoma. they are trained to take down putin s prized hypersonic missiles on the patriot system. and they ll tell you what happened when one of those missiles was aiming directly at their unit. and another major story we are following tonight. the supreme court ruling in favor of a web designer who says she didn t want to make wedding websites for same-sex couples. but there s a late-breaking twist tonight to that story. let s go outfront. and good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, putin s alleged assassination plot. ukraine s military intelligence chief tonight saying russia s security service, the fsb, has been given the mission to assassinate yevgeny prigozhin. the wagner group leader, who
country s president, alexander lukashenko. mr prigozhin issued an audio statement on monday but has not been seen in public since saturday. a little early in a moscow president putin thanked his security forces for protecting the country at last weekend, silently had stopped a civil war. the fsb have confirmed though that a criminal case against wagner has been dropped. the defence ministry says, the group will have to hand over heavy weapons and equipment. this was putin a little ealier. translation: soldiers and officers are the true defenders translation: soldiers and officers are the true defenders of translation: soldiers and officers are the true defenders of the - are the true defenders of the motherland, who in a difficult time for the country together with their comrades in arms stood in the way of the unrest, which inevitably would have resulted in chaos. you protected the constitution, the lies and the safety of our people. you save our form turmoil. and the s