welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start with some breaking news officials in washington say us and british forces have carried out another wave of strikes against houthi targets in yemen. it s the latest action against the iranian backed group, which has been attacking commercial shipping in the red sea in response to israel s war against hamas. president biden and the british prime minister rishi sunak have been discussing the crisis on the phone. our defence correspondent jonathan beale gave us this update. is the second time that this coordinated action has taken place. it happened ten days ago when british jets from raf akrotiri in cyprus, which i think probably would have been involved again, took part with american led strikes against the houthis, specific going over command and control and sites also where they have been storing, manufacturing drones and missiles, which they have been using to target merchant shipping in
cameroon is offering the vaccine free of charge to all infants up to the age of six months old, with patients requiring four doses in total. the jab is effective in at least 36% of cases, according to researchers. the aim is to roll out the programme to 19 more countries this year. here s aurelia nguyen from gavi, the vaccine alliance. translation: to me, this is truly a turning point. - we have been working on a malaria vaccine for a very long time. it took 30 years. it is a disease that is very difficult because it is transmitted by a parasite with a lifecycle that is very complicated. therefore, to see that we have a tool which will be useful to us, which has an effectiveness that has been demonstrated, we have really studied to be sure there are no side effects which would cause problems. dr mary hemel is senior technical lead for malaria vaccines at who she told me more about the programme roll out in cameroon. there s a lot of excitement in cameroon tonight, or today,
us and british forces have carried out another wave of strikes against houthi targets in yemen. it s the latest action against the iranian backed group, which has been attacking commercial shipping in the red sea in response to israel s war against hamas. president biden and the british prime minister rishi sunak have been discussing the crisis on the phone. our defence correspondent jonathan beale gave us this update. remember, this is the second time that this co ordinated action has taken place. it happened ten days ago when british jets happened ten days ago when britishjets in cyprus, which i think probably would have been involved again, took part with american leader strikes against the houthi, specifically going against, control and also size where they have been storing, manufacturing drones and missiles, which they had been using to target merchant shipping in the red sea. the hope was that the initial set of strikes on 12 january would stop them but they have not s
hello from the bbc sport centre, i m delyth lloyd. let s start at the australian open, where there s been plenty of drama on day nine in melbourne. not so much though for the number two seed carlos alcaraz, who eased through to the quarter finals with a commanding display on the rod laver arena. the wimbledon champion lostjust eight games on his way to beating miomir kecmanovic of serbia in straight sets. it is great to find this level, to play this level in the matches, on the court, i am feeling better and better every day, i m feeling better every match that i am playing, coming into the quarterfinal with a lot of confidence. and in that quarter final, alcaraz will face the sixth seed alexander zverev, who was taken to a fifth set tie break by the 19th seed cameron norrie. the british number one twice came from behind to force a decider but it was zverev who booked his place in the last eight, sealing the tie break10 3. despite the loss, though, norrie remains optimistic.
one thing we ve been consistent in saying is, ok, if stormont comes back, so be it. but let s not pretend that a border in the irish sea is a good thing. let s not gloss things. let s be honest about, well, there s brexit and there s this happened and the other thing happened and this is the situation that we re in and we have to manage it. but we re quite clear editorially about that, that a barrier to internal uk trade is a bad thing. i grew up overlooking belfast lough. there were ships coming in and out when i was a child. i remember it clearly. all my life that s been the situation. it was unthinkable. you could see scotland on a clear day. it was unthinkable in my lifetime that there would be any significant barrier or checking on that route. and that s a big deal that there now is. i think really this is now a test of sir jeffrey s authority. he has to bring his party with them. he has to go in and sell that deal and face down his internal critics. an academic sees a m