Stay updated with breaking news from Backer. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
in yemen s 21 month war. 140 people killed, over 500 injured, in saudi led air strikes as they attended a funeral. the saudis said the attack was based on incorrect information, and their yemeni partners were to blame. we cross the front line to ask who was responsible. and we follow the bombs back to where they came from the united states. apparently the united states and united kingdom think it is totally fine for these strikes to keep on happening, and i am just very outraged that we are still assisting what looked just like war crimes. the bombing raised serious questions for saudi arabia and its allies, the us and the uk, about the conduct of the war. could this air strike have changed the course of the war in yemen? relatives and friends are gathering in the yemeni capital, sana a. they are paying their respects to the victims of the worst air strike in the country s war. there are thousands of people here that have come to mourn their loved ones that were lost ....
george michael has been announced. he was 53. he shot to fame in the 1980s as half of the band wham, and went on to have a hugely successful solo career. he s sold more than 80 million records worldwide. his publicist says he passed away peacefully at his home just outside london on sunday. andy moore looks back at his life. # well, i hadn t seen your face around town a while, so i greeted you, with a knowing smile. he burst onto the scene in the early 1980s when he formed wham with andrew ridgeley. the duo had number one singles around the world. they even conquered china, becoming the first western pop band to perform there. george michael loved fame but never became used to it. to be obviously a part of people s lives as an artist, that s what i dreamed of and that s what i m still grateful for. but my god, i wish i could cope with the other stuff the way other people do. i wish i d been born with that particular suit of armour, you know, because i wasn t. # you know ....
in the latest sign of the huge political gulf between the incoming and outgoing american presidents, and the likely impact of their very different worldviews, donald trump has again attacked the united nations. the president elect had already criticised the un for passing a security council resolution last week that condemned illegal israeli settlements on occupied palestinian land. unusually, the us did not back israel in that vote, but abstained. mr trump, just three weeks now from taking office, made his latest comments outside his home in palm beach, florida. the un has such tremendous potential and it is not living up to its potential. there is such tremendous potential. there is such tremendous potential. when you see the united nations solving problems, they don t, they cause problems. so if it lives up to the potential it s a great thing and if it doesn t it s a waste of time. jewish settlements are one of the most contentious issues between israel and the pales ....
within the past few hours it s been announced that the veteran actress and singer, debbie reynolds, has died, just a day after the death of her daughter, carrie fisher. it s reported she was taken ill at her son s house in beverly hills, while discussing her daughter s funeral. earlier our correspondent david willis in los angeles gave us some detail about the relationship between mother and daughter. they were not speaking for quite a while, mike, there was a 10 year period in which they didn t communicate very much at all, and then they refound each other, if you like, and were very close towards the and of carrie fisher s life. but, you know, terrible news coming just 2a hours after we heard about the death of carrie fisher, now we are able to report that her mother, debbie reynolds, a hollywood icon, 84 years of age, has herself passed away. looking at what carrie fisher said about her mother in that interview in november on npr, in fact, she said, very few women fr ....
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the united states and japan have condemned north korea for test firing a ballistic missile the first such test since donald trump took office as us president. japan s prime minister shinzo abe said the launch was intolerable , and president trump said the us stood behind japan, 100%. the missile flew for about 300 miles and landed in the sea ofjapan. rupert wingfield hayes has more. it s now thought the missile fired from north korea earlier this morning was one of these a musudan intermediate range ballistic missile. it flew about 500 kilometres before splashing down in the sea ofjapan. north korea s dictator, kimjong un, had been promising to test fire a much longer range missiles capable of hitting the united states. that has not happened. instead, mr kim is almost certainly using the launch to crash this weekend party in florida. japan s prime minister, shinzo abe, has been spending it golfing with president trump. mr abe ....