has said the uk is prepared to back our words with actions against the houthis. peter sand is chief analyst at xeneta, an ocean and airfreight analytics platform. i don t know if you have data or statistics on how this is impacting trade so far? if i look at the impacting trade so far? if i look at the most recent developments, a key indicator of the tensions that we are seeing right now, they are up today following the most recent attacks and tension building. we have now is almost 200% up from about a month ago. we are now at 5400, and in the uk, 4500 up, though still dramatic. the reason tensions are now shooting our destroyers. it is not making this go away. some ofthe not making this go away. some of the world s not making this go away. some of the world s biggest - not making this go away. some of the world s biggest shipping | of the world s biggest shipping companies are completely avoiding the red sea at the moment and that will likely continue for some time? w
other residents left to run for cover. translator: we were on the eighth floor with my 4-year-old son. we first ran to the corridor, and then down the fire staircase to get outside. reporter: as you can see, this building sustained some pretty substantial damage, and the drone attack went on for several hours last night, with the drones hovering over the city center and ukrainian air defenses frantically trying to take them down. ukraine s military says it shot down 29 of the 31 uavs the russians sent. kyiv s mayor vitali klitschko comforting his citizens, and telling me western air defense systems kept many people here safe. if we didn t have our defense, modern defense from our partners we have much worse situation in our hometown. more destroy the buildings and it will be more civilians killed. reporter: but russia has already threatened massive retaliation after the drone attack on moscow, leaving people in kyiv and elsewhere bracing for what could be worse to com
and the situation in khartoum, we talk about the difficulties of getting to the airport, the fact that there is gun fire and fire raging as well, but i was reading one report of someone saying foreign office told me to make my way to the airport and stay at home to wait for the call. but we don t have any communications, the phone lines have been cut, so some cases it is as simple as that, they re just no communication lines. what are you hearing about daily life in khartoum? hearing about daily life in khartoum? . , , khartoum? that is right, lucy, it is really difficult. khartoum? that is right, lucy, it is really difficult. i khartoum? that is right, lucy, it is really difficult. i was khartoum? that is right, lucy, it is really difficult. i was speaking - khartoum? that is right, lucy, it is really difficult. i was speaking to i really difficult. i was speaking to a journalist based in khartoum who was still there who was telling me that he was really excited this
e. jean carroll takes the stand in her sexual battery case against the former president. the new warning that the judge issued just moments ago. and a race to get four mississippi jail escapees back in custody. one of the men is now accused of killing someone after he broke out of jail. we are following these major developing stories and all coming in to cnn news let s begin on capitol hill where there has been a shift this morning, it seems. house republican leaders are now confident that they have the votes to pass speaker mccarthy s $1.5 trillion debt ceiling bill and while there were big questions and probably still are, they could still vote today. do you hear all of the caveats i m throwing into this? what did kevin mccarthy have to throw in on to get all of this? manu what is the very latest you re hearing about this? there have been months after negotiations will pass the house as soon as today. it will require 218 votes in the republican-controlled votes
# 0n the chaise longue, on the chaise longue # 0n the chaise longue all day long # 0n the chaise longue.# celebrating uk music indie band wet leg and singer harry styles lead the way with four nominations each for tonight s brit awards. hello and welcome to bbc world news. the united nations aid chief has described the earthquakes that struck turkey and syria on monday as the region s worst natural disaster in a century. martin griffiths was speaking during a visit to the turkish province of kahramanmaras. the number of people confirmed dead in both countries has risen to more than 25,000. the turkish president, recep tayyip edrogan, said perhaps 80,000 people had been injured in his country, and thousands of homes have been left uninhabitable. emergency teams are still finding a few people alive in the rubble five days after the earthquakes. we ll hearfrom mr griffiths in a moment; but first, our correspondent quentin sommerville is in harem in the northwest idlib province