Prime minister leo varadkar says it was a comprehensive defeat. We return now to the situation in the middle east. The us military says its ships and aircraft have shot down more than a dozen drones In The Red Sea after coming under what it called a sustained attack by iranian backed houthi forces in yemen. Us Central Command said the drones represented an imminent threat to merchant vessels, and us and coalition warships. Here s david waddell. The singapore registered propel fortune is the latest commercial ship to be targeted by the houthi movement. The bulk carrier departed india just under two weeks ago, with her automatic Identification System signalling that she was not connected to israel supposedly to deter this kind of attack from yemen. The uk Maritime Trade Organisation said the captain reported no Collateral Damage to the ship and that she was bound for her next port. These attacks have been ongoing since october, both In The Red Sea and in the gulf of aden, causing many c
We start with the latest on the israel gaza war. A vessel carrying humanitarian aid is expected to set sail from cyprus to gaza in the coming hours. Its the first delivery of supplies to use the maritime aid corridor, announced on friday. The un says a quarter of gazas population is on the brink of famine, and children are starving to death. This is the scene live in larnaca in cyprus where, as you can see, the 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies are being loaded onto a barge. It will be towed by a spanish ship to gaza. The sea corridor is a joint operation between the eu, us, uk and United Arab Emirates aiming to take supplies from cyprus to the gazan coast. This video shot today along the Israeli Border into gaza shows more aid being dropped. The parachutes carrying the boxes of supplies to the people of gaza. The us has confirmed that its troops conducted an Airdrop Into Northern Gaza today. Our correspondent wyre davies reports from jerusalem. In the cypriot port of larnaca the
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Retailers have been fair to customers amid accusations they profiteered from the rising Cost Of Living. Good morning from old trafford where englands cricketers have work to do and fast on day two of their must win ashes fourth test. Whilst in new zealand, kick off is not far away now for the womens world cup can anyone stop defending champions the usa . Can anyone stop defending many can anyone stop defending will get a dry day today there many will get a dry day today but there will be showers to dodge. I will have the forecast here. Its thursday the 20th ofjuly. In an hour, senior Hospital Doctors in england will go on strike for 48 hours in a dispute over pay. Nhs bosses have warned of severe disruption, with thousands of appointments postponed. Its the first time consultants have taken part in Industrial Action in more than a decade. 0ur Health Correspondent Sophie Hutchinson reports. We locked ourselves away. We did everything we should have done in covid to protect the nhs and n
Retailers have been fair to customers amid accusations they profiteered from the rising Cost Of Living. Good morning from old trafford where englands cricketers have work to do and fast on day two of their must win ashes fourth test. Whilst in new zealand, kick off is not far away now for the womens world cup can anyone stop defending champions the usa . Can anyone stop defending many can anyone stop defending will get a dry day today there many will get a dry day today but there will be showers to dodge. I will have the forecast here. Its thursday the 20th ofjuly. In an hour, senior Hospital Doctors in england will go on strike for 48 hours in a dispute over pay. Nhs bosses have warned of severe disruption, with thousands of appointments postponed. Its the first time consultants have taken part in Industrial Action in more than a decade. 0ur Health Correspondent Sophie Hutchinson reports. We locked ourselves away. We did everything we should have done in covid to protect the nhs and n