washington is facing increasing pressure to urge israel to do more to reduce civilian casualties, with its key western allies, including the uk, france and germany, having all stepped up calls for a ceasefire. i am nowjoined by aaron david miller, a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace and former state department middle east analyst and negotiator in republican and democratic administrations. good to talk to you, as always. how unwavering is washington s support going to continue to be given the pressure from international allies and the pictures we are all seeing coming out of gaza? i and the pictures we are all seeing coming out of gaza? coming out of gaza? i don t think either prime coming out of gaza? i don t think either prime minister coming out of gaza? i don t think either prime minister benjamin l either prime minister benjamin netanyahu orjoe biden is looking for a breach in their relationship. his administration obviously has huge co
this is all because of rebels in yemen are firing attacking ships. these are houthi rebels that support hamas. this at one of the world s busiest shipping routes. bbc verify explains. a, busiest shipping routes. bbc verify exlains. ., ., ., , explains. a month ago, this was hi acked. successfully capturing the galaxy leader cargo ship in the red sea. now, the group supports hamas and they say they re targeting all ships with ownership links to israel as well as any shipping going in or out of israeli ports. and the houthi group still has that boat. so we spotted it here on satellite imagery off the coast of yemen. now, this is the best image we have from satellite image provider planet. and it was taken on wednesday last week. now, these attacks are huge problem for big companies because this region is crucial to global trade. so, the red sea is one of the world s most important routes for oil and fuel shipments. now, any ship passing through suez to orfrom the indian ocean
champions real madrid. those ties will be played over two legs in february and march. we ve also had the draw for the europa league play off round. all of the premier league clubs have managed to bypass this round and go straight into the last 16. this extra stage pits the teams who finished second in their europa league groups against the teams who came third in the champions league group phase. u efa uefa ready string it out, don t they really string it out. here are the fixtures. jose mourinho s roma will play feyenoord. ac milan, who missed out on the champions league knockouts, they ll face the french side rennes. benfica will play toulouse who came through as runners up in liverpool s group, and the ukrainian champions shakhtar donetsk play marseille, who missed out on top spot in the europa league with defeat to brighton on thursday. it s the league cup quarterfinals this week, last season s runners up, newcastle united are at chelsea on tuesday night. eddie howe s s
i m sally bundock. a very warm welcome to the programme. we start in hong kong where the high profile trial of the former media tycoon and pro democracy campaigner jimmy lai has, in the last few hours, got under way. the 76 year old was originally arrested in 2020, accused of undermining the territory s national security through articles published in his apple daily newspaper and on social media. mr lai has been held in solitary confinement for the past three years since his writing was deemed to be illegal under new legislation imposed by beijing. security was tight around the court for the start of his trial. mr lai who is also a british citizen has pleaded not guilty to all charges. the united states and britain have condemned the trial and have urged the authorities in hong kong to release businessman. we ll be live outside the court in hong kong shortly. first, this report from our diplomatic correspondent james landale. jimmy lai used to be a powerful media boss in
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