dominated the headlines for the past week. the prime minister has announced that new legislation will be brought in to make sure that those convicted in one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice the uk has ever seen. who worked for the post office are swiftly exonerated and compensated. more than 700 sub postmasters received criminal convictions for fraud and false accounting, over a period of around 16 years, after it introduced a faulty it system. some went to prison and many were made bankrupt. we ll get reaction from one sub postmaster in a moment but first our political correspondent iain watson reports. the post office told us over and over, you re the only one. that was a lie, actually. itv made a drama out of a crisis, a scandal that started more than 20 years ago came to public and political prominence. fewer than 100 sub postmasters have had their wrongful convictions overturned and there s pressure to clear more names and pay out more compensation. the prime mini
development on a story which has dominated the headlines for the past week thanks to a tv drama. the prime minister has announced new legislation, to make sure that hundreds of post office branch managers convicted in one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice the uk has ever seen are swiftly exonerated and compensated. more than 700 sub postmasters were given criminal convictions for fraud and false accounting over a period of around 16 years after it introduced a faulty it system. some went to prison. many were bankru pted. we ll get reaction from one sub postmaster in a moment but first our political correspondent iain watson reports. the post office told us over and over. you re the only one. that was a lie, actually, because. itv made a drama out of a crisis, a scandal that started more than 20 years ago came to public and political prominence. fewer than 100 sub postmasters have had their wrongful convictions overturned and there s pressure to clear more names and pa
grant shapps says it was the largest such attack yet. us central command says they were shot down with no injuries or damage reported, adding that it was the 26th attack by the iranian backed houthis on commercial shipping lanes since mid november. a houthi spokesman said they were targeting an american ship which was providing support to israel. mr blinken has also been in bahrain. live now to shashankjoshi, defence editor at the economist. thank you so much for being on the programme. we were listening to antony blinken a few moments ago saying there would be consequences if these attacks continued. he didn t map out the consequences, but do you think warnings like that are going to be in anyway effective? well, it s not the first warning. it has been one week since the us and i think about 13 of its allies including the uk published a joint
it will shift to a more targeted campaign. the hamas run health ministry said another 147 people were killed and another 147 people were killed and another 240 wounded in bars in the past 24 hours. the situation at israel s northern border with lebanon remains volatile. these recent pictures released by the israeli military show, what they say, are strikes on his brother targets in various locations. the uk government has warned yemen s houthi rebels that enough is enough over attacks on shipping in the red sea. it comes after us and british naval forces, shot down 21 drones and missiles, fired by the houthis towards international shipping. the uk defence secretary grant shapps says, it was the largest such attack yet. us central command says, they were shot down with no injuries or damage reported, adding that it was the 26th attack by the iranian backed houthis on commercial shipping lanes since mid november. joining me is narges bajoghli, assistant professor of middle east studies a