as we come on air, more developments in the middle east, with reports of the us and uk beginning morejoint airstrikes against houthi targets in yemen. we ll have the latest. it come as israeli hostage families have come to britain to plead with the prime minister to try to help them resolve the regional crisis. we speak to the brother of twins who are held by hamas. mounting anger inside israel, where the families of hostages stormed the knesset, about netanyahu s response to the crisis. i ll bejoined by liran, whose brothers are still being held hostage in gaza. we also hearfrom unicef on the ground in south gaza about the horrors children are facing there. every child in gaza has been traumatised. they have to be. almost every child has been displaced. has witnessed the absolute horrors of war that no child should have to witness. also tonight, millions of parents in england are being contacted by the nhs and urged to have their children vaccinated against measles. from the
warm until paramedics arrived. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello and welcome to the first unspun world of 202a. quite a momentous year, it seems, with elections for more than half the world s population. thank you forjoining me. our first question of the year is it a good idea for the americans, the british and other countries, though notably not the french, to be lobbing missiles at the houthis in yemen? the houthis don t seem to be deterred by this. and politically it s done the houthis very nicely. has taiwan s election made a chinese invasion more likely? china is going to take its time and prepare itself very, very well before it makes whatever moves it might be planning against taiwan. and the iowa caucus is donald trump now unstoppable? he cleared it- with flying colours. over 50% of the vote. i mean, that is a dominating. performance that tells you that donald trump could win this election. i ever since november, from their bases in yemen, the
an eyesore and an expensive problem fly tipping. it happened more than a million times in england last year but what can be done to stop it? a five goal thriller in the fa cup, with nottingham forest needing extra time to see off league one blackpool in their third round replay. good morning. further heavy snow to come across northern scotland today with blizzards and also drifting. across northern ireland, uk will see snow showers as we well across some of our coasts. in between, there will be sunshine. all of the details later on in the programme. it s thursday, 18th january, our main story. the prime minister has succeeded in getting his key rwanda bill through the house of commons, after a conservative rebellion failed to materialise. it s been called a major step forward in the government s plan to stop migrant boats crossing the channel. 0ur political correspondent peter saull has more. the ayes to the right 320, the noes to the left, 276. a government victory in th
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
yet i need to have his allies have followed him to the exit. maybe it s not so much a master or an epic strop. that fan all five, boris johnson has defined our times. a man with an enormous ability to create and to destroy. his enemies can never truly be sure he is gone. so what his does his decision to walk me now for the conservatives? and does really matter to the country any? grant shapps is live with us along with labours david lammy who wants boris s old job as foreign secretary. we hear also with nigel barrage who pushed the tories further and further on brexit and ourfirst big interview further and further on brexit and our first big interview with the first minister of scotland after a rocky start in charge. and who make sense of this bout of madness? alan cumming performer and presenter of the new smash hit who swapped broadway for our big desk. michael howard once sacked boris johnson for lying. morning to all of you. you are very welcome to be with us. we were cha