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missiles. this is the latest attack in the region which is one of the world s most important trade routes. the head of the un s international maritime organisation says these attacks are one of the biggest challenges the body has ever faced. biggest challenges the body has everfaced. my biggest challenges the body has ever faced. my colleague spoke to the head of the organisation and asked what can be done to stop the attacks. it s one of the biggest challenges the imo has faced, in particularly in recent years. and the reality is that as you mentioned, shipping is a global sector. we transport over 80% of global trade, so any actions that are happening out there, that interrupt the trade, the global trade, will have a negative effect on you, on me, and everyone on the planet. we need to work very closely with all the stakeholders, with all the member states, the other agencies, the united nations in particular, in order to find practical solutions to a problem we don t want
england s euro 2024 qualifying campaign begins this week but without in form striker marcus rashford. he s one of three players to have withdrawn from the squad for the qualifiers against italy and ukraine. the 25 year old is having the best goal scoring season of his career for manchester united, with 30 goals in all competitions so far. but he s withdrawn from gareth southgate s squad after picking up a knock during the 3 1 fa cup quarterfinal win against fulham. mason mount and nick pope will also miss the start of england s qualiying campaign. fraser forster has been added as goalkeeping cover. meanwhilejonny evans has withdrawn from northern ireland s qualifiers against san marino and finland. the leicester centre back has 100 caps for his country but misses out due to a hamstring injury. the new wales captain aaron ramsey is urging his young team mates to make their own history . they begin their qualifying campaign against croatia on saturday. wales then take on l
the national trust says that the recent cold weather has delayed blossoms in many parts of the uk, but the trust also says that when the temperatures start rising, we can look forward to a riot of spring colour, like these cherry trees in shipley in west yorkshire. and talking of temperatures rising, let s get the expert view with chris. well, we had temperatures up to 16 degrees today. that was in nantwich in cheshire. that is one feature of the weather this week. it s been pretty mild so far, more of that to come. it s also been quite grey and cloudy with rain around. more of that to come as well. this month has been a pretty wet month so far. alder grove, to the west of belfast, has had one and a half times as much rainfall as we would normally see in an average march. loads more to come. that area of cloud as the rain we had today and it will continue overnight. we have weather systems lining up in the atlantic, waiting to swing in. it is across western areas of the count