ban steam boat landing there on the bank of the river. a bustling spot a lot of coming and going. a sight of commerce, there were roads and buildings of course around there because of the steam boat landing but in the 1890s, a tornado came and wiped out that steam boat landing on the river bank, and they never rebuilt it. and so all that s left at that spot to this day is just kind of a wide spot, just kind of a clearing, a break in the vegetation through which you can get down to the river. that is where they put the sign up in 2008. but as soon as they put it up, somebody came in and tore it down. this was the posts that it was standing on. you can see it s been cut off. they tore it down. they cut it off its posts. they threw the sign if the river. it didn t last there six months before somebody destroyed it. after that first sign got torn down, they put up a second one, another one just like it. this was the second sign. what are all of those holes in it? well, people sta
houthi capabilities to launch attacks on us and uk ships in the red sea. the us released a joint statement with the uk and four other countries: for weeks, iran backed houthis have fired missiles and other projectiles at commercial ships, as well as a number of us owned merchant vessels. the attacks have disrupted global trade and stirred fears of a further destabilized middle east. a houthi military spokesman responded to the us uk attacks, saying: the houthi movement says its attacks on red sea shipping are their response to israel s war on gaza. on monday, the us media outlet axios reported that israel has offered a proposal to hamas to pause fighting for two months in exchange for the release of all hostages still being held by hamas in gaza. families of those hostages are pressuring the israeli government to strike a deal that will bring them home. on monday, relatives of some of the hostages stormed into the knesset, israel s parliament, injerusalem. the families broke
winds and rain. we begin in the united states, where florida governor, ron desantis, has dropped out from the republican presidential race and endorsed donald trump. the surprise video announcement comes ahead of this week s republican primary in new hampshire where mr desantis was polling in the single digits. his departure leaves nikki haley as mr trump s only significant rival. here s what he had to say. if there was anything i could do to produce a favourable outcome, more campaign stops, more interviews, i would do it. but i can t ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources if we don t have a clear path to victory. accordingly, i am today suspending my campaign. i m proud to have delivered on 100% of my promises. i will not stop now. it s clear to me that the majority of majority republican primary voters want to give donald trump another chance. they watched his presidency get stymied by relentless resistance and they see democrats using la
a mosque was destroyed in a city called ayodhya. the situation evokes painful memories for muslims a 16th century mosque originally stood on the site. this was the mosque, as it appeared in 1990. but in 1992 it was illegally torn down, triggering religious violence across the country in which 2000 people were killed. and this is the hindu temple which now stands there today. the inauguration of the temple is seen by many as the unofficial start of prime minister modi s election campaign. millions of hindus are celebrating the temple opening, saying it s a long standing dream come true. many accuse mr modi of violating india s secular constitution by opening the temple. from ayodhya, our south asia correspondent yogita limaye reports. a grand opening for one of hinduism most revered deities. india s prime minister performing rituals for the consecration of an idol of lord ram. hundreds of people, holy men, actors, politicians attended the ceremony. but it wasn t just them
have fired missiles and other projectiles at commercial ships, as well as a number of us owned merchant vessels. the attacks have disrupted global trade and stirred fears of a further destabilised middle east. the us has carried out eight operations on its own against the houthi movement in the past two weeks. monday s strikes mark the second joint action by the us and uk in yemen, the first, back onjanuary 11. the bbc s defence correspondent jonathan beale gave us his analysis. it would have been a lot more intelligence used like the first time a co ordinated attempt to try to degrade at least their ability to do this. the trouble is the houthis show no sign of backing down, a determined group have been writing the saudis. the us and the uk have been involved in this action, no other country has and i think that is because they do not know what the end game is here. this tip could go on for weeks. this tit for tat. the houthi movement says its attacks on red sea shipping