Prime minister leo varadkar says it was a comprehensive defeat. We return now to the situation in the middle east. The us military says its ships and aircraft have shot down more than a dozen drones In The Red Sea after coming under what it called a sustained attack by iranian backed houthi forces in yemen. Us Central Command said the drones represented an imminent threat to merchant vessels, and us and coalition warships. Here s david waddell. The singapore registered propel fortune is the latest commercial ship to be targeted by the houthi movement. The bulk carrier departed india just under two weeks ago, with her automatic Identification System signalling that she was not connected to israel supposedly to deter this kind of attack from yemen. The uk Maritime Trade Organisation said the captain reported no Collateral Damage to the ship and that she was bound for her next port. These attacks have been ongoing since october, both In The Red Sea and in the gulf of aden, causing many c
We start with the latest on the israel gaza war. A vessel carrying humanitarian aid is expected to set sail from cyprus to gaza in the coming hours. Its the first delivery of supplies to use the maritime aid corridor, announced on friday. The un says a quarter of gazas population is on the brink of famine, and children are starving to death. This is the scene live in larnaca in cyprus where, as you can see, the 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies are being loaded onto a barge. It will be towed by a spanish ship to gaza. The sea corridor is a joint operation between the eu, us, uk and United Arab Emirates aiming to take supplies from cyprus to the gazan coast. This video shot today along the Israeli Border into gaza shows more aid being dropped. The parachutes carrying the boxes of supplies to the people of gaza. The us has confirmed that its troops conducted an Airdrop Into Northern Gaza today. Our correspondent wyre davies reports from jerusalem. In the cypriot port of larnaca the
President donald trump set to appear in washingtoned to claiming he knowingly made false statements from the 2020 election. Carley now his team is moving the case out of washington d. C. , arguing he wont get a fair trial there. Brooks, brook, good morning. Thats right, President Trump and attorneys are warning of a potential bias, jury could have against him, trump taking to his truth social writing, the latest fake case brought by Crooked Joe Biden and deranged jack smith will hopefully be moved to an impartial venue, west virginia, impossible to get a fair trial in washington d. C. We are learning about the six coconspirators listed in the former president s indictment brought by Special Counsel jack smith. A lawyer for attorney john eastman tells fox news he believes eastman is coconspirator number two. The memo cited in the indictment claims eastmans legal memos to former President Trump contributed to his alleged attempt to over throw the 2020 election. But eastmans attorney main
Laura ingraham, this is the Ingraham Angle from washington tonight. Know her name, that is the focus of tonights angle. Remember after the death of george floyd, the public was deluged with details surrounding his death and almost overnight, a Career Criminal who resisted arrest became a hero and celebrated nationwide. Cities were burned and looted and joe biden paid tribute. President biden it is your purpose to change the world forever in the name of george floyd. Like others, i watched with aweas you channel the good man george floyd was. Laura it was a political opportunity. You can paint police as wildeye racist, and maybe get more young and black voters to the polls. The chaos and crime his policies created would be well worth it. Fastforward to today, did biden mention her name . Of course not. Instead, he patted himself on the back and invoked his personal hero. President biden last year the United States had one of the lowest rates of all Violent Crimes in more than 50 years.
Ron desantis during his speech while former texas congressman will hurd received a chorus of boos in response to his criticism of the former president. Our bill melugin tracking all of this, he is in des moines with the details. Bill . Reporter molly, good afternoon to you. The iowa gop caucuses are still almost six months away, set for january a 15th. But all these gop candidates here in des moines last night making their pitch to voterser at the lincoln dinner. Before the dinner started, iowas very popular republican governor kim reynolds got on stage to speak. She has not made an endorsement yet, and its highly sought after by these candidates. Well get right into what they had to say starting with former President Trump. He got on stage and talked about having the most secure border in American History under his presidency. He talked about his Polling Numbers being better than ron desantis, and he slammed joe bidens Foreign Policy specifically on afghanistan. Take a listen. The mos