the houthi movement to endanger shipping in the red sea. the iran backed houthis have been targeting ships that they say are linked to israel and the west, and which travel through an important red sea trade route. houthi officials have said they will respond to the latest strikes, which targeted eight different locations. these included missile launchers, radarsites and underground weapons stores. qatar has said that escalation in the red sea represents a big danger. this report is from our defence correspondent, jonathan beale. is this to become a recurring mission? rafjets loaded with guided bombs flew from cyprus last night, for the second time within a fortnight. the aim, once again, to prevent the houthis from launching drones and missiles at merchant shipping in the red sea. the prime minister making clear, as before, that, if necessary, they will do it all again. we are not seeking a confrontation. we urge the houthis and those who enable them to stop these illegal an
the european union s foreign policy chief says the international community must press ahead with efforts to create a two state solution to the israeli hamas war despite israeli opposition. benjamin netanyahu reaffirmed his hard line against a palestinian state which he said would pose an existential danger to israel. he also rejected the demands for israeli forces to withdraw from gaza in return for the release of israeli hostages as he arrived for a foreign minister s meeting in brussels. joseph burrows said israel s plan to destroy hamas in gaza is not working and they must pursue efforts to reach a two state solution. i pursue efforts to reach a two state solution. ~ ., , , ., solution. i know. this is a solution solution. i know. this is a solution that solution. i know. this is a solution that has solution. i know. this is a solution that has the - solution. i know. this is a i solution that has the approval solution. i know. this is a - solution that has the appro
another busy programme. let s get started. world leaders are meeting at the g7 summit in southern italy later to impose fresh economic pressure on russia in response to its war against ukraine. there is a lot to discuss. the leaders of the seven powerful economies are expected to agree to use the interest from frozen russian assets to raise $50 billion a year for ukraine. but some european countries are nervous about who ultimately will bear the risk. president biden is also due to sign a new security agreement with president zelensky, as part of long term support to kyiv. for more on this, i m joined by andrew d anieri resident fellow at the atlantic council s eurasia center. good to have you on the programme. what progress will they make, do you think on that very point of increasing the economic pressure on russia? thanks for having me. in terms of sanctions pressure, that s what we mean immediately by economic pressure on russia i think it can be relatively modest, ux
of illegal migrants. less than five months from now and we re going, and i ll tell you what we have to change the system. we have to straighten out what s going on in these courts. we got a rigged deal going, this whole country, and we ve got to do it. and those appellate courts have to step up and straighten things out, or we re not going to have a country any longer. but we re going to win the great state of arizona, and we re going to tell crooked joe biden, you re fired you re doing a lousy job, the worstjob the worst president in history. joe, you fired! our correspondent emma vardy, was at that rally in phoenix and gave us this update there were several thousand people queuing outside this building in extreme temperatures. and infact, over1,000 people didn t get in. some people were taken to hospital by emergency services. but for the people who did make it inside this event, the energy is very high, the volume is very high. they re clearly also relishing the op
we have a special report on a yazidi family suing an islamic state leader s widow for abuse and sex trafficking. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in new york, where the united nations security council has voted in favour of an american resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire by israel and hamas in gaza. 1a countries voted in favour, with russia abstaining. speaking after the vote, the us ambassador to the un, linda thomas greenfield, said the fighting could end now if hamas accepted the three phase plan. our north america correspondent nada tawfik is monitoring events for us, and sent us this update. the united states, i think, it s no surprise that this resolution, the vote, coincided with antony blinken s trip to the region. and what we heard from the united states was that this was the best possible way to secure a durable end to the war, saying that it really is a deal that was israel s initiative, it outlined thr