operations in gaza. and british politics after the coming election, what will be the biggest challenge facing the winner? trying to inspire and to take a divided country with you i i think it s really, really difficult. i two years ago, the russian build up on the borders of ukraine was starting. russian officials were assuring the world there d be no invasion. when the absurdly overconfident russian attack began, it was largely beaten off. a lot of people thought ukraine was bound to win. but the russians got better at fighting, and ukraine s supplies of cash and weaponry from america were cut by the republican party. ukraine s counteroffensive failed. there are disputes at the top level of ukrainian politics, and ukraine may now be forced to negotiate with russia or even concede defeat. over the past two years, we ve often turned to vitaly shevchenko of bbc monitoring, who s himself ukrainian. he gave me his assessment of the situation that ukraine is now facing. if we w
what effect will south africa s genocide case have against israel at the international court of justice? the reason why this matters now is because these provisional measures have an immediate and binding effect on israel s ability to conduct its military operations in gaza. and british politics after the coming election, what will be the biggest challenge facing the winner? trying to inspire and to take a divided country with you i i think it s really, really difficult. i two years ago, the russian build up on the borders of ukraine was starting. russian officials were assuring the world there d be no invasion. when the absurdly overconfident russian attack began, it was largely beaten off. a lot of people thought ukraine was bound to win. but the russians got better at fighting, and ukraine s supplies of cash and weaponry from america were cut by the republican party. ukraine s counteroffensive failed. there are disputes at the top level of ukrainian politics, and ukrain
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
time, talking about her career, women s rights in iran and much more. stay with us to watch the whole interview. sport and for a full round up, let s go to the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. we ll start with tennis where it s women s semi final day at the french open. the top two seeds are in action. iga switek faces brazil s beatrix haddid maia later but first up it s australian open champions aryna sabalenka against unseeded czech karolina muchova. a tight first set has just gone the way of the cheque and she is 2 1 up in the tie break in the second set. she has never been past the third round prior to this year. alexis macallister has sais his gratitude will be eternal as he bid farewell to brighton. he s joined liverpool in deal worth up to 55 million pounds. the 24 year old midfielder has signed a five year deal and will wear the number ten shirt at anfield. the world cup winner, who helped brighton qualify for europe for the first time, added that
let s stay with the subject of whether it s breaking news coming to us today from the uk health security agency. it has issued a weekend heat health alert. the heat health alert has been erased from yellow to a more severe amber, with warnings in three different regions of england, the midlands, eastern and southern england. the amber alert which is more severe than what we had before comes into effect from 9am on friday and indicates that high temperatures could affect the whole population and perhaps more importantly could also affect the health service. now this is what the weather watchers have been calling an iberian plume, a plume of very warm weather that has come in from the spanish peninsula. we will not last especially long and probably will be over by sunday but it comes and cuts across spain and portugal, bringing across spain and portugal, bringing a lot of high pressure and with it temperatures that could at some point touch 30 degrees, which may be normal for p