welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start with the us secretary of state, antony blinken, who is headed to the middle east to visit israel, the west bank, and seven countries over the next week. the us state department says during mr blinken s trip, he will seek immediate increase in aid to gaza as the strip continues to deal with a humaniatarian crisis. the trip comes as the uk foreign secretary, david cameron, warns israel must allow more aid into gaza in order to avoid starvation and large outbreaks of disease. and there are reports of dozens more deaths from air strikes in southern gaza, as israel continues its military operation there. and in lebanon, people gathered for the funeral of deputy hamas leader saleh al arouri. he was killed earlier this week in an explosion. hezbollah a powerful iranian backed group in lebanon has blamed that attack on what it says was flagrant israeli aggression . israel has not commented, but
japanese officials say at least 48 people have died and many others are trapped beneath rubble, after a powerful earthquake. ukraine suffers another intense night of russian bombardment, leaving at least five people dead. ukraine s air defence claims 35 drones were shot down. time for a look at the business news now. tesla, the elon musk controlled car maker which pioneered mass market electric vehicles, has been relegated to second position in the global league of electric car makers. its chinese rival, byd has reported that it sold 526,000 cars in the final quarter of last year compared to 480,000 for tesla making it the world s number one electric car brand for now at least. erin delmore is in new york for us. byd said it is the biggest car brand you have never heard of in a recent advert i saw, but we are hearing more about them and other chinese electric vehicle makers who are shaking up the market. it is true. this news might shaking up the market. it is true. this
the german shipping line hapag lloyd has said in the last couple of hours that it will continue to avoid the area for at least another week. it made the decision after another ship belonging to its rival maersk was attacked over the weekend. in that attack, houthi rebels based in yemen hit the ship with a missile and tried to climb aboard before the us navy intervened and sank the rebels four boats killing the crew in the process. the us military says there have been at least 23 attacks since mid november on a route that acconts for about 12% of global trade and which is now being avoided by several of the world s biggest shipping companies. let s unpack the latest on this with peter sand, chief analyst at the shipping analytics platform xeneta. thanks forjoining us. does this latest development suggests tha things are getting worse rather than better? you are hitting the nail on the head. we can see that from the direct developments on the platform where an essential
plus, donald trump and the supreme court, the former president asking justices to intervene in the decision banning him from colorado s ballot. the argument his legal team is making this morning. and we are tracking breaking news of a shooting investigation at an iowa high school. the latest from perry, iowa, in just a moment. it is 10:00 a.m. eastern, i m chris jansing in for ana cabrera. the list of famous men connected to convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein just got longer as court documents that were kept hidden now go public. more than 900 pages of legal documents were unsealed in federal court, part of a 2015 civil defamation case against the late financier s convicted accomplice ghislaine maxwell accused of grooming teenage girls for sexual abuse. joining me now laura jarrett, and msnbc legal analyst and former prosecutor, kristen gibbons feden. laura, for years, there had been rumors, reports that bill clinton, donald trump, prince andrew, and others were menti
an end to the conflict as soon as possible and focus on confronting china. john: self-proclaimed political outsider has announced radical policy ideas, as he tries to make inroads with republican voters. will it make him stand out, we will ask him coming up. sandra: as we await that, begin with the leaders of the house oversight committee about to speak in front of those microphones moments from now after finally getting their hands on the infamous fbi whistleblower complaint that allegedly describes a criminal scheme involving then vice president joe biden. hello, welcome, everyone, sandra smith as we kick off a new week here in new york. john: busy already, john roberts in washington. this is america reports. james comer subpoenaed the document in question over a month ago that christopher wray has pushed to keep congress from getting the actual document, arguing it could jeopardize the safety of the source. sandra: republicans have countered they are not interest