be a thing of the past. and good morning. the frost and ice is not so widespread that but it will be another chilly, cloudy day. mostly dry. i will bring you all the details throughout the programme. good morning. it s friday, 12th january. our main story. the uk and united states have launched military action against houthi rebels in yemen. overnight, the royal air force took part in strikes against 60 houthi targets in 16 locations, following attacks on commercial shipping in the red sea. in a statement, rishi sunak described it as limited, necessary and proportionate action in self defence . louisa pilbeam reports. uk fighterjets launched their attacks on yemen from an raf base in cyprus overnight, directed by the prime minister tojoin us planes striking yemeni rebel targets. the results were captured on houthi television, showing these explosions and reporting significant damage in cities, including the capital, sanaa. yemen s houthi rebels are a tribal mountain militia
hello. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. the armed wing of hamas says that the youngest israeli hostage in gaza, ten month old baby kfir bibas, as well as his brother ariel and mother shiri, were killed in an air strike on the gaza strip. the bbc is checking the claim, which it does not been able to verify. the group are among the highest profile civilian hostages yet to be freed. a special appeal had been issued for their freedom after they were not in their freedom after they were not in the group freed on tuesday. in a statement, the idf said hamas is wholly responsible for the security of all hostages in the gaza strip. hamas must be held accountable. hamas actions continue to endanger the hostages, which include nine children. they must immediately release our hostages. the bbc s diplomatic correspondent paul adams gave us an update. ten month old kfir, nine months old when he was snatched and now ten month
looks very bleak. wyre davies, bbc news. reports from yemen say that there have been more strikes on sites under the control of the houthis. a houthi controlled news website says air strikes have again hit the port city of hudaydah but the us central command has confirmed that the strikes have not come from the us or its coalition partners involved in 0peration prosperity guardian, which carried out a number of targeted strikes in recent days on houthi positions in yemen, though the us has confirmed that it shot down a houthi missile fired towards an american ship in the red sea. the uk is also a key part of the us led operation in the red sea. a volcano has erupted near the fishing town of grindavik in the south west of iceland. these pictures from a little earlier today show some houses set on fire by the molten lava. this eruption follows a similar eruption in the same area last month but this time, it s much closer to the town. people living in homes nearby have already left the ar
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in 2020, after direct talks between the taliban and the trump administration, a deal was done. the taliban would not attack us troops, the us committed to leave. and in april, add new president, joe biden, recommitted to that withdrawal. i concluded that it is time to end america s longest war. it is time for american troops to come home. and while america s nato allies expressed concern, they concluded with the americans going, they had to, too. and so the withdrawal gathered pace. by the lie, a symbolic moment stop by grumman airbase, an essential facility to the us led operation in afghanistan and onjuly the the us led operation in afghanistan and on july the fifth the us led operation in afghanistan and onjuly the fifth in the middle of the night, the americans left by graham for good without telling the bases afghan commander. president biden was asked to announce the risks he was taking a week later.