explaining why he allowed the uk to take part in military action in yemen without first holding a commons debate. rishi sunak has faced criticism for not allowing mps to hold a discussion before britainjoined the us in bombing raids on houthi rebels who have been targeting commercial shipping in the red sea. our political correspondent leila nathoo has the story. rishi sunak has made his case that joining us air strikes on houthi targets in yemen on thursday night was an act of self defence to protect global shipping, that britain could not stand by while fighters defied warnings to stop their attacks on commercial vessels in the red sea, like this one they filmed. there has been broad political support for this limited action, but today mps will get their first chance to question the prime minister about his decision and what happens next. he ll have to address concerns about the escalation of tensions in the region, about the uk being drawn into a longer military campaign a
and i m martine croxall here in the studio. i ll be speaking to a former press officer to the queen for his thoughts as the nation continues to pay tribute. hello and welcome to cardiff, where king charles has begun his first official visit to wales as monarch by attending a service of prayer and reflection for queen elizabeth ii. in the senedd, an hour ago, about a thousand people were standing in sunshine and welcoming the king and the queen consort as they visited the queen consort as they visited the senedd. it was completely calm, quiet and still as everyone turned to watch the big screens when king charles addressed the parliament not just in english but also in welsh, a hugely symbolic moment for people here, to hear the king speaking welsh so fluently and talking about his mother and his memories of his time here in wales and what the country meant to him and to the royal family. when he left, there were lots of cheers. there were a few people who were not happy that
Through central london. Hello, im lucy grey, welcome to verified live. Britains National Crime agency is questioning three people on suspicion of immigration offences, afterfive migrants died while trying to cross the channel to reach the uk yesterday. The dead included a seven year old girl. Two of the three people arrested are from sudan, the other is south sudanese. They are aged between 19 and 22. Craig turner, the Deputy Director of investigations at the National Crime agency, gave this statement about the arrests. I can confirm that three men have been arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration and entering the uk illegally. The men, to Sudanese Nationals, aged 22 and 19, and a south Sudanese National aged 22, were detained last night and this morning by the National Crime agency and our partners in Immigration Enforcement and will be questioned by investigators at a Police Station in kent. Additionally, another 55 people, also believed to be on that boat which arr
he told journalists he thought the legislation would sail through. what do you think he means by that or is that some kind of political posturing on his part? there is a lot of political posturing on his part? there is a lot of political posturing - posturing on his part? there is a lot of political posturing going i posturing on his part? there is a | lot of political posturing going on on all sides of this debate in many ways. i think keir starmer s point is this is a government with a huge majority. they were elected four years ago today in a landslide victory. so the idea that the conservatives can t get a piece of legislation through the house of commons is one that you wouldn t normally countenance it all at this stage. and i think keir starmer s point, he essentially doesn t want a situation where rishi sunak is seen to have done really well by navigating all these tensions within his own party and coming out and getting through to the next stage of this legislation.