it s saturday, 13th january. our main story: the united states has confirmed it s carried out a fresh strike on a houthi target in yemen overnight, a day after both the us and uk carried out a series of raids on the iran backed group. the operation follows an attack by houthi rebels on commercial shipping vessels in the red sea. the group have said attacks in yemen will not go without punishment or retaliation . graham satchell reports. before and after satellite images show the impact of the american and british bombing raids. the americans say airfields and weapons storage depots were destroyed. the raf didn t take part in the attack overnight, but both the british and americans say the raids are vital to keep shipping routes open in the red sea. houthi militia have been targeting container ships off the yemeni coast for weeks. sometimes, like this, they have boarded vessels. in other attacks, they used drones and missiles. they say they are disrupting this key shipping
the uk on saturday as well, the temperature is continuing to rise, reaching 21 celsius. things start to change on sunday, particularly in the north west because the weather front is moving in. it will push aside the area of high pressure and we will see rain coming into scotland and northern ireland. that could eventually push across the irish sea, but of it for england and wales, apart some showers, it could be dry. there will be sunshine across eastern parts of england and it will be a warm day again on sunday, temperatures once again 21 celsius. but with the rain in the north west it will be cooler for scotland and northern ireland. darren, thank you. that is it from the bbc news at six, and i will be back with the latest at not ten o clock but 10.10 blame your for that. now it is time for the news where where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. on the verge of safety in the premier league, a season of scrutiny for david m
good morning. withjust one month to go until liverpool host the eurovision song contest, i am here to find out about the economic benefits it will bring, and as organisers take over the venue, we have got some other special access. a special trip for rob and lindsay burrow to the coronation street cobbles, as the rugby league legend helps the soap with its storyline on motor neurone disease. good morning. a cold and frosty start for but for many it will be dry with lengthy spells of sunshine, variable cloud, especially in the north west where it will be breezy. the man who shot and killed nine year old schoolgirl olivia pratt korbel in liverpool last year will be sentenced for her murder later today. thomas cashman fired shots into olivia s family home on the 22nd august, during what prosecutors described as a ruthless pursuit to execute another man. her death stunned not only merseyside but the entire country and sparked a six week manhunt, as police appealed for informati
after elon musk s takeover. and finally, the sun reports that former model and actress patsy kensit is set to join the cast of eastenders. so let s begin. thanks forjoining us. yasmin, front page of the financial times weekend, our top story, elon musk cutting a lot ofjobs and he has said it is unfortunate what has happened but that twitter is losing $4 million per day, that is the latest from the owner of twitter. does that justify cutting so manyjobs so quickly? he cutting so manyjobs so quickly? in? because he knew that, so why did he buy it? it is interesting because he is a maverick and what is happening is a maverick and what is happening is also, advertisers are getting extremely wary, partly because he has been re tweeting stuff that really does make people anxious, one of them apparently, allegedly was this thing that is raging across social media that the attack on nancy pelosi s husband, this horrible attack, was connected to homosexual activities and all these con