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the statement can not be independently verified. the qassem brigades named three of the hostages and said it would name the other four later. the prime minister has warned that the uk s democracy is being targeted by extremists. in a speech outside downing street, rishi sunak also warned that george galloway s by election win in rochdale was beyond alarming , as he accused the new mp of dismissing the hamas attacks on israel last october. president putin s most outspoken critic, alexei navalny, has been buried in moscow as thousands of people gathered to pay their respects. there was a heavy police presence in the russian capital, and human rights groups say dozens of his supporters have been detained. on alternatives sides of the atlantic this week, we have had two elections, that were intriguingly similar. in michigan, in a democratic primary, the size of the protest vote surpassed all expectations, over 100,00 people withheld their votes from president biden, and in ....
of bajaur is near pakistan s border with afghanistan. it s not immediately clear what caused the explosion, though police suspect it was a suicide bomber. no organisation has admitted carrying out the attack. our pakistan correspondent caroline davies has the latest, from the capital islamabad. a sunday afternoon political rally by one of pakistan s biggest religious parties. hundreds crowded in, flags, chance then the explosion. this is one of the raleigh s organisers on stage at the time it happened. his ears are still ringing from the blast. what do you remember after the explosion? it was remember after the explosion? it was in ured remember after the explosion? it was injured peeple remember after the explosion? it was injured people around, remember after the explosion? it was injured people around, dead - remember after the explosion? it was injured people around, dead bodies. it was like doomsday, local people try to help the injured. there were not enough ....
office is improving, i am incredibly grateful to the long serving minister of the armed forces whose experience has provided the basis for this paper. we are grateful to the hundreds of individuals who contributed to its drafting. not to mention the many members of this house, most of what we have learned from you is encapsulated in this document. this is likely to be one of my last appearances at this dispatch box. it has been the greatest privileges to serve the secretary of state for the last four years. i would like to thank my team and members of the house for their support. we all have a common interest in defending this fine country. defence is the most important and more important than ever. the next ten years will be even more unstable. the men and women of armed forces are second to none and britain s place in the world is anchored in their professionalism and sacrifice. i believe you will increasingly call upon them in the years ahead and we be sure that they ....
has been in the newspapers this morning but as far as i can tell the equalities minister is one of those calling for the guidance to be strengthened from original drafts who wanted to go further in restricting the ability of people at school to identify as a different gender. we have reached this place where we do not know when the government is going to do in terms of the timetable for issuing new guidance, we do not knowing exactly when it will arrive when it comes to what it should look like short despite repeated assurances including in the last few weeks when we have been asking the government about when it was coming, it has been delayed and we do not know when and tell. voters in three constituencies across england will go to the polls tomorrow in byelections and over the next few days well be in all three seats. over the past two days we ve been in selby and ainsty in north yorkshire and somerton and frome in somerset. today we re in uxbridge and south ruislip t ....
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 taki ....