anniversary. live from our studio in singapore, - anniversary. live from our studio in singapore, this. anniversary. live from our| studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. the us says there will be more attacks against houthi forces in yemen after overnight american and uk air strikes, which hit more than 30 positions. the houthis, who are backed by iran, have been targetting vessels in the red sea since november. they say this is in support of the palestinians in gaza. they are one of several militias in the middle east with iranian backing. the us targeted others in syria and iraq earlier this weekend, and there have been funerals today in baghdad after 17 people were killed. our international editor jeremy bowen considers whether there is any chance of a cessation of the conflict at the heart of all this between israel and hamas in gaza. raf jets rafjets took off from the british base in cyprus bought the long flights to hit houthi targets in yemen. other west
are there lessons for the world to learn from his extraordinary life? presidentjose ramos horta, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is a great pleasure to have you in the studio. i think it s fair to say you ve given most of your life to the struggle for freedom in timor leste, east timor, as we used to know it, and you have served as its president, not just once, but twice. you decided to come back in 2022 to seek the presidency again. was that a tough decision, to come back? yes. on a personal basis, yes. it was not in my plan, but then mr xanana gusmao, now prime minister, whom i deeply respect, he asked me to run again. ..to put timor leste back on the map of the world, because it was neglected, forgotten for a few years, because we ve been living in peace and tranquillity, so we did not constitute news. but at the same time, with so many conflicts in the world, we were running the risk of being forgotten. so. and then our asean accession. so i was asked to
messaging from beijing. it clearly signals that china is prepared to push back against any action that would be taken by the united states. it is hardly the rolling out the red carpet but i do want to point out that the value in this dialogue is that the two countries are actually meeting and that we will see more continued dialogue from the two sides. ., , , ~ continued dialogue from the two sides. ., i, ~ continued dialogue from the two sides. ., , , ~ , sides. anthony blinker was ust there last month i sides. anthony blinker was ust there last month and it i sides. anthony blinker was just there last month and it cannot| there last month and it cannot be a bad thing that they are now talking about. despite the tensions, trade has been growing so they both need each other. . . , growing so they both need each other. . ., , ., , other. china really does need the united other. china really does need the united states other. china really does need the united states
to fit it all into one. so on friday night, there was a much anticipated round of retail tory airstrikes against iranian back militias. the u.s. also says there are more on the way. at a time like this, there is literally no one better to talk to the national security advisor jake sullivan, and he s going to join me in just a few minutes. there was also a big development this week in jack smith s election interference case, as it slid off the march calendar. in a large part, because we still don t have a decision on trump s claim of presidential immunity. should we be freaking, out should we not be freaking out? everyone s favorite law firm of weissmann and cocktail is going to tell us how we should be feeling. and later this, our wriggling to dig into the absolutely shocking level of hypocrisy for republicans in the house this week. congressman dan goldman has certainly not held back in calling it out. i m looking forward to breaking it all down with him. and later, presiden