Last month. But so far, the houthi havent been deterred. These are pictures of the forces actually seizing a ship in november, the iranians back group which controls most of Northern Yemen had been targeting ships in the area for months, and protest at offensive in the gaza strip. This latest action is a major escalation, the ship hit by Houthi Yesterday was the envy true confidence that the ballcarrier was selling with the crew of 20 who are mainly filipino nationals. The attack happened about 15 nautical miles from the yemen port. The ship was travelling from china to saudi arabia. The us condemned the attack saying it went way beyond disruption to navigation and international seas. ,. , seas. Not ust endangered seafarers seas. Notjust endangered seafarers but seas. Notjust endangered seafarers but now, seas. Notjust endangered l seafarers but now, tragically killed a number of them so we will continue to hold them accountable and we call on government to run the will to do the same.
Dutch side ajax at home to aston villa. Villa manager unai emery aiming to add the Europa Conference League to his four Europa League titles with sevilla and villarreal. India ended day one of the fifth test in dharamshala on top after england won the toss and elected to bat. England started brightly, with Opener Zak Crawley Making 79 taking his total runs in the series to over 400, before he became one of five wickets for kuldeep yadav. He also took the scalp Ofjonny Bairstow on his 100th test, out for a rapid 29 off 18 balls. Ravichandran ashwin also playing in his 100th test took the remaining four wickets, as england slumped to 218 all out. In reply, india reached stumps on 135 1, Trailing Byjust 83. Captain rohit sharma with an unbeaten half century so far. England do have the wicket of danger man yashasvi jaiswal, but not before he made his 50 to become the fastest indian batter to score 1,000 test runs. India, remember, with that unassailable 3 1 series lead. A disappointing day
Good evening. President joe biden is expected to announce tonight that the us military will build a port in gaza to get more humanitarian aid to people. The United Nations has been warning that a quarter of the 2. 2 million population is on the brink of famine. The port on gazas Mediterranean Coast would enable ships to bring in food, water, and medicine. But there would be no us troops on the ground in gaza raising questions about how the aid will be distributed. From israel, heres our chief international correspondent, 0rla guerin. Her report contains images some viewers may find distressing. Heading for gaza, another airlift, today by belgium. These supplies are urgently needed. 0n the ground, children are dying of hunger. Un experts have accused israel of intentionally starving gaza. This Isjust A Drop in the ocean and aid agencies say its inefficient and a last resort. When help trickles in, the desperate come running, seizing what they can carry. This man managed to grab a sack o
Bit better, a few showers around but still disappointing in terms of temperatures. Jane. Thanks, louise. And thats bbc news at six, you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. From the six team, its goodbye. The news continues here on bbc one, as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. Goodnight. Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Im Lizzie Greenwood hughes, heres whats coming up. Heartbreakfor germany at the womens world cup theyre out in the group stages. Instead, celebrations for morocco who go through to the last 16 for the first time in their history. At the Netball World Cup england are full of confidence after a stunning win over top side australia. I dont think you can underestimate mentally what that tells me about where the group are at. I think thats a scary thing and something to really look forward to. And defending champions Great Britain crash out of the team pursuit at the cycling World Champi
Out with an old new manager at the helm of the champions and first victoria now alberta, the Commonwealth Games has no future hosts right now as another pulls out with Cost Concerns of course we want to hold on and secure Commonwealth Games which is held so closely to everyones hearts and has fantastic memories. Also coming up on sportsday. We hear from six time world motogp champion marc marquez who rides into silverstone this weekend in a rare position. Out of contention for title number seven. And the playing has taken a rest but the anticipation hasnt. We look ahead to the womens world cup last 16 hello again. Doesnt august come around quickly each year . While a world cup continues on the other side of the world, here, anew Football League season is about to start. Hillsborough will host the opening game in the championship as two teams that last season were two divisions apart kick things off tonight. Tomorrow celtic, under new management, begin the defence of their Scottish Prem