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
Transitional council that will lead to elections. We think that is urgent that he moves forward in that direction, and start the process of bringing normalcy back to the people of haiti. Meanwhile, the violence in haiti is worsening. The un High Commissioner For Human Rights volker turk is calling for International Action and says the situation is beyond untenable. Since the beginning of the year, 1,193 people have been killed and 692 others wounded by the gang violence. The uns humanitarian coordinator in haiti told the bbc that gang members are killing and raping indiscriminately, and that bodies can be seen on the streets of the capital. The un says that gangs have stepped up their campaign of violence since the Prime Minister travelled to kenya a week ago. For more on the situation, i spoke to our Central American and cuba correspondent, will grant. Will, good to see you. Clearly an extremely tense situation for haiti with the Prime Minister stranded abroad, and then the leader of
Up Way Too Early on this thursday morning. Well have coverage of the State Of The Union tonight. Morning joe starts right now. January 6th was a disgrace. American citizens attacked their own government. They used terrorism to try to stop a specific piece of Domestic Business they didnt not like. Fellow americans beat and bloodied our own police. They stormed the senate floor. They tried to hunt down the speaker of the house. They built a gallows and chanted about murdering the vice president. They did this because theyd been Fed Wild Falsehoods by the most powerful man on earth. Because he was angry and lost an election. Former President Trumps actions preceded the riot for a disgraceful, disgraceful dereliction of duty. Therefore, i am endorsing donald j. Trump. You know, the one thing we cut off there, and maybe its not fair to mitch, is that at the end of it, right after that, he broke into a rousing tune, had a band, happy days are here again. It was like the 32 convention. I coul
The exceptional warm weather the world experienced last month did not surprise Climate Scientists. It coincides with a near record increase in Co2 Concentrations in the atmosphere. The link between c02 and rising temperatures is well established and this year Global Temperatures got an extra boost thanks to el nino, which brings warmer water to the surface of parts of the tropical pacific. That explains why february was 1. 77 degrees warmer than preindustrial temperatures, and why global average temperatures hit a record 1. 55 degrees above preindustrial levels over the last 12 months. It means we have temporarily at least breached the 1. 5 degrees threshold the world agreed to try and limit Temperature Rise to, to avoid the worst impacts of Climate Change. February 2024 was the warmest february on record globally, with an average temperature of 13. 54 degrees, above the 1991 2020 temperature. While this is remarkable, because, for instance, it is a tenth of a degree warmer than the wa
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