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
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Todays budget might have left you with a bit more money in your pocket but some of the Public Services you rely on will face big Spending Cuts. So is it a vote winner . Mr chancellor of the exchequer. Cheering it was the last Spring Budget before the next election. Tonight well interrogate Whyjeremy Hunt made the announcements he did. And interrrogate one of his treasury ministers. Overall, the tax burden is going up. Correct . The tax burden is still too high, overall. Absolutely. And its going up . Well also talk to labours Campaign Chief. Well talk live to representatives of business and Public Sector workers and our Politics Panel is here to help us decode it all and tell us when we might be going to the polls. Todays was a budget that was as much about what comes next as about what comes now. Theres another 2p cut in National Insurance that will kick in soon but theres also the growing realisation that whoever wins the next election, they will face a daunting choice either oversee
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Im going to let my massage people do their thing, im going to come aggregate is a new race. I had nice warm welcome, and that is always nice and exciting, because, when the crowd is excited, im excited. His compatriot crowd is excited, im excited. His compatriot also won his heat. Lyles compatriot Christian Coleman who is world record holder in this event, also won his heat, eight tenths of a second faster than lyles. Britainsjemma reekie ran the 800 metres in under two minutes for the first time indoors as she won her heat to qualify for the semi finals. However fellow Briton Izzy Boffey failed to advance, after coming fourth in her heat. The european indoorfour hundred metres champion Karsten Warholm will be looking to add the world title to his Medal Collection after qualifying for the semi finals. The norwegian is also the olympic and World Champion in the four hundred metres hurdles. And canadas sarah mitton won the first gold, with victory in the shot put by a margin ofjust 3 cen