scotland and england with narrow wins in the six nations yesterday. it isa it is a cloudy but mild day and blush it is a cloudy but mild day and blush day it is a cloudy but mild day and blush day for many. wetter especially in western scotland. news of things especially in western scotland. news of things turning colder this week. right of things turning colder this week. right here of things turning colder this week. right here on breakfast. it s sunday, the 4th of february. our top story: the uk hasjoined the us in striking houthi targets in yemen for a third time. last night, british and american forces launched strikes on 36 targets across 13 locations, in response to attacks on ships in the red sea. the uk s defence secretary, grant shapps, claimed the action was needed to protect innocent lives and preserve freedom of navigation but said it did not mark an escalation in the uk s involvement in the conflict. louisa pilbeam reports. british fighterjets taking off
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a university degree. only around one third of her class have found full time jobs. she is taking a job in sales, not her dream career, but she is determined to make the most of every opportunity. do you think it is more difficult now than when your parents were growing up to get a job? translation: yes. the fact is that there are lots ofjobs. the trouble is whether you are willing to lower your expectations. these jobs don t have good prospects for your future. they offer low salaries and you are easily replaceable. that is why most people would rather stay at home than choose one of these jobs. some disillusioned graduates posted photos on social media suggesting their degrees were worthless. others lay on the ground, lying flat it is called, a term used by young people opting out of the competition of modern life. as the number of young, unemployed people continued to rise, the chinese leader, president xi, came up with an idea. for decades, young people have left rural are
enjoyed by my colleague from bbc verified and we will have correspondence joining verified and we will have correspondencejoining us from around turkey with this coverage following the presidential election vote in turkey which president erdogan says he has won. you are watching bbc news. welcome to sports day. this is how you stay in the top flight, everton s complete, they survive on the final day. leaves at leicester and leeds at the two teams to go down at the end of the day. second favourites to be relegated from league 2, carlisle have been promoted in the play off final. also coming up on sportsday. max verstappen sustains his lead from the skies in monaco. an already depleted british contingent at roland garros shrinks further, dan evansis roland garros shrinks further, dan evans is beaten on day one of the french open. and you have a friend and me, geraint thomas cannot win the giro d italia but he could help mark cavendish in rome. hello again. the premier league s
in praia da luz, the long running search has resumed, with police digging near the arade dam, just 50 kilometres away from where she went missing. also tonight the disgraced entertainer rolf harris has died aged 93. we ll talk to a reporter that sat through every day of his sexual assault trial. we will also speak to the chief rabbi of ukraine about the impact of russia s invasion and what he s doing to support people across the county. but first, we start with that news that the former british prime minister borisjohnson has been referred to police over new allegations he broke lockdown rules during the covid pandemic. the information was passed to police by the government s cabinet office. it s being reported that the referral is to two police forces based on recently discovered information. it should be stressed at this stage, police are investigating, and no breach of the rules has been confirmed. live now to our uk political correspondentjonathan blake. hi there. this is