are the latest shipping companies to abandon the red sea area. the suez canal handles more than a tenth of the world s trade, but it s particularly vital for the movement of goods between asia and europe. the alternative is a long and expensive detour around the cape of good hope at africa s southern tip. because of the disruption, the cost to ship a container from china to the mediterranean has risen 44% this month alone. that s according to the online shipping marketplace, freightos. swedish homewares giant, ikea, is just one of the companies now warning of delays and possible availability issues for some of its products. shops in europe are already well stocked for christmas, but logistics experts warn there could be shortages in the new year if the crisis continues. we ll hearfrom one of the shipping companies in the moment, but first, let s get the background from our analysis editor, ros atkins. on the 19th of november, houthi rebels from yemen was an attack on the red
the news today is that the jury in the hunter biden gun trial getting dismissed for the day as deliberations wrapped up with no verdict. they will be back at it tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. as they decide whether the first son gets up to 25 years in prison. hunter s defense as the president s son did not to knowingly lie about his drug use from purchasing a handgun in 2018. but federal prosecutors arguing hunter had lost the power of self-control when he bought it. and that the evidence backs that up. they showed off text messages, hunter biden sense, it drug dealer whom he had tried to meet up with a day before. he lied on the gun form. meanwhile the biden family is out in full force, first lady jill biden, the president s sister and brother were among the several family members present in court today to support hunter. president biden was not there, and the media and democrats are giving him credit for that. speak of the president of the united states has removed himself f
Involvement might be as well. Good morning, welcome to early start. Im john berman. It is wednesday, april 22nd. It is 5 00 a. M. In the east. Christine romans is off today. Happening today, a new protest is plans in baltimore at the Police Station where officers brought 25yearold freddie gray after arresting him ten days ago. Somehow, gray suffered a severe spinal cord injury. One wreak later, on sunday he died. Baltimore police have now released the names of the six officers involved in arresting and transportinging gray. All six of these officers are suspended with pay. New witnesses are now coming forward, describing that arrest as baltimores mayor has vowed to find out what happened leading up to the fatal injury. I heard the young man screaming, get off of my neck. Get off of my neck. Youre hurting my neck. And then two cars pulled up shortly after that. One car door slammed. And then another. And they must have went to him and he started hollering and screaming a little louder.