Here this week he ordered the strikes against iranianbacked Houthi Targets in yemen. Were talking about the scrutiny over his handling of the middle east. Theres the war in ukraine. This is a commander in chiefmoment while hes in the fight of his political life, garrett. This is a doubleedged sword of incumbency. No one gets to imagine what they want you to do as leader of the free world, and hes been in this moment since october 7th. Youve seen support for president biden go up among jewishamericans and they appreciate the way hes handled that war and hes been extremely outspoken about the death in gaza and whether or not he and americans are somehow more responsible for that, and the Biden Campaign believes they can bring those people back into the tent with choosing between the almighty and alternative. Donald trump is not going to treat gazans any better than Joe Biden might, but hes very much in the spotlight on this issue and if you gave Joe Biden Truth Serum he said being in the
they are on strike until 7am on thursday. the welsh government has offered a 5% pay rise but that s been rejected by the bma union, which has accused politicians of undervaluing doctors. you re live with bbc news. more now on our top story now: yemen s houthis have hit a us owned container ship with a ballistic missile in the red sea, just days after the us and uk struck houthi targets in yemen in retaliation for months of attacks on shipping. we can speak to dr burju ozcelik, associate director, middle east and north africa at audere group, a london based commercial intelligence and security company. thank you for your time. the word or
no education, our children have lost their school year. gaza is no longer alive. israel says its troops won t stop fighting until hamas is completely defeated. this war could continue for weeks, if not months. the immediate future across the region, and especially in gaza, looks particularly bleak. wyre davies, bbc news. the foreign secretary lord cameron says it was right to carry out airstrikes on houthi targets in yemen without consulting parliament. he said the government was willing to back words with action, after repeatedly warning the houthis to stop attacking merchant ships in the red sea. labour leader sir keir starmer, who s supported the government s decision, has denied he s changed his position on military action abroad.