in the last few hours, uk prime minister rishi sunak also released a statement, saying: the houthi s leadership has already responded, warning that the us and uk will pay a heavy price for this blatant aggression . live now to barbara starr, long time pentagon correspondent here in washington, previously for cnn. very good to see you. we have seen a flurry of statements coming out tonight but what is the latest that you are seeing from the white house and the pentagon? i from the white house and the pentagon? from the white house and the pentaaon? ~ . , ., pentagon? i think what they are t in: to pentagon? i think what they are trying to do pentagon? i think what they are trying to do here pentagon? i think what they are trying to do here in pentagon? i think what they are trying to do here in washington | trying to do here in washington is to keep it narrowly focused, these were a series of strikes planned with coalition partners to degrade and disrupt the hootie a
to do so. broadcast countless messages over radio and through social media, warning civilians to distance themselves from hamas operations, and made over 70,000 individual phone calls, including two occupants of the targets, warning them of impending attacks. this requires time, it requires resources, and intelligence. and the idf invests all of these to save civilian lives. here you can see the idf s civilian lives. here you can see the idf s arabic twitter account providing information for civilians to evacuate specific areas, including the location of shelters nearby. yet the applicant, astonishingly, claims that these efforts are in themselves genocidal. in other words, a measure intended to mitigate harm to the civilian population, sometimes exceeding the requirements of the international humanitarian law, is proof, according to the applicant, of israel s intent to commit genocide. when in fact it proves the exact opposite. my third topic, with respect to the humanitaria
the hague where proceedings have just got under way. south africa are putting forward their arguments today, and israel will do theirs on friday. live now to the hague to speak to our correspondent anna holligan. welcome. just explain who the icj are and how the court makes their decisions. i are and how the court makes their decisions. ., ., , g ., decisions. i am outside the icj now, but we have decisions. i am outside the icj now, but we have just decisions. i am outside the icj now, but we have just banned decisions. i am outside the icj now, but we have just banned the - decisions. i am outside the icj now, | but we have just banned the camera around to show you what is happening behind the scenes. we have two sets of supporters here. palestinian on one side, and is really on the other. police are trying to keep them separated, but there have been a few heated exchanges. the court is just around the other side. as you can see, lots ofjournalists outside, the hearin
hello. welcome to bbc news, i m lukwesa burak. we start here in london, where prince harry is expected to give evidence in person during his trial against mirror group newspapers today, making him the first senior royal in 130 years to testify in court. these are live picture from the high court in central london. the duke of sussex alleges the company used unlawful methods to gather personal information about him, including phone hacking a claim mirror group newspapers denies. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. the barriers were going up yesterday outside court to keep the media from prince harry an arrangement which neatly symbolised what this case is really about. truth is, when the duke takes to the witness stand for up to two days cross examination by the mirror s barrister, the questions will be about a past era ofjournalism. before the famous put out their own news on social media, the tabloids had to get exclusives about their lives to sell paper
the dam is a significant resource, supplying water to a host of communities as well as to europe s largest nuclear power station at zaporizhzhia. this dam is over the dnieper river, between areas controlled by russian and ukrainian armies in the south of ukraine. this video tweeted by ukraine s president zelensky shows the breached kakhovka hydro electric dam. according to the newspaper the kyiv independent, the ukrainian government has announced it will allocate more than $40 million for constructing new water mains after the dam breach. russia claims ukraine is behind the damage, while president zelensky blames russia. translation: the whole world will know about this russian - war crime, the crime of genocide. such deliberate acts by the russian occupiers of the dam and other structures such as the power plant is an environmental bomb of mass destruction. for the sake of its own security the world should know now that russia cannot get away with it stacked x. thes