Stretegic port of hodeidah as part of a ceasefire to allow in urgently needed food aid. The houthis control most districts of hodeidah, including the port, through which most food and humanitarian aid enters yemen. A un team arrived in the city last week to oversee the ceasefire. Heres our Arab Affairs Editor sebastian usher with more. It isa it is a small sign of hope in yemen. The apparent implementation of the first stage of a hard won deal on hodeida, agreed to let un sponsored talks earlier this month. Houthi rebels say they are pulling back from the port, which is the key lifeline for some 1a million you many is yemenis. Houthi spokesman said control of the port was being handed to the coastguard in line with an agreement reached in sweden. The houthis now expect the pro government site to site its redeployment away from areas of the city of hodeida its forces have taken in their recent offensive. The man leading the un Mission Monitoring the ceasefire was on hand. He is due to h
Frances so called Gilets Jaunes Movement is blaming the Festive Season for a drop in protestors on the street. Across the country roads were blocked, barricades and vehicles were set alight as some marches became violent. In paris demonstrators camped outside Media Outlets as they vowed to continue fighting for Better Living standards into the new year. Georgina smyth has the story. The seventh saturday of yellow vest protest, and the streets of france are still burning. This scene, filmed by onlookers on the streets of paris, the latest in a movement that ignited with fuel tax increases and exploded into so much more. An olive branch of tax and salary concessions was offered by president macron earlier this month, but anger is still high across france. In bordeaux, Police Barricades were hijacked by demonstrators, stacked high, and satellite. Further north in nantes, canisters of teargas were deployed as peaceful demonstrators turned violent. Translation we will continue until we win,
Election in bangladesh, where the Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, is seeking a third successive term. Heavy security is in place after an Election Campaign marred by opposition complaints of intimidation and violence. More than a hundred million bangladeshis are eligible to vote. Live now to bbc correspondent limaye yogita, who is in the capital, dhaka. Voting has started. How is it looking so far . Well, i was a tape polling booth here in the city of dhaka earlier and even before the doors of that booth opened there was a crowd of people waiting to cast their ballot. It is a paper ballot so their ballot. It is a paper ballot so it is a piece of paper that they will make their choice, but for the first time in a National Election in bangladesh six constituencies are using electronic machines. At that polling booth things were quite peaceful. Of course there was a big security presence outside, as there is across the country. We have just now got reports that they have been incidences of
And june and absolutely fabulous. Frances so called Gilets Jaunes Movement is blaming the Festive Season for a drop in protestors on the street. Across the country, roads were blocked, barricades and vehicles were set alight, as some marches became violent. In paris, demonstrators camped outside Media Outlets as they vowed to continue fighting for Better Living standards into the new year. Georgina smyth has the story. The seventh saturday of yellow vest protests, and the streets of france are still burning. This scene, filmed by onlookers on the streets of paris, the latest in a movement that ignited with fuel tax increases and exploded into so much more. An olive branch of tax and salary concessions was offered by president macron earlier this month, but anger is still high across france. In bordeaux, Police Barricades were hijacked by demonstrators, stacked high, and set alight. Further north, in nantes, canisters of teargas were deployed as peaceful demonstrators turned violent. Tr
Little bit warmer yesterday than we were at this hour yesterday. Its still cold in the north bay, though, 32 degrees up there, definitely still seeing a nice cold morning. Temperature change 24 hours, you could see were a few degrees warmer this morning, even though its still cold, because our dew points are up, an increase in moisture that helps boost our overnight lows. The big story as we head into tonight is going to be the increase in those winds. Wind advisory has been issuedki later tonight for the north bay mountains, Santa Cruz Mountains for elevations above 1,000 feet, so ill go over how strong the winds will get, the time line for that, is this going to carry over into your new years eve plans. Stay tuned, thats a good tease. See you soon, thanks. This morning, people in one Peninsula Community are on alert after a terrifying late night attack, and police are asking for your help to identify the man involved. Investigators say this image of him was captured by Surveillance V