tonight, the uk appears to be on the brink of taking military action with the us against houthi rebels who ve been attacking ships in the red sea. could parliament be recalled to discuss any uk military response? tonight we ll guide you step by step through this latest international crisis with our defence editor mark urban and our political editor nick watt. also tonight. breathtaking testimony from a fraud investigator employed by the post office to examine shortfalls at branches across the country his evidence helped wrongly convict multiple subpostmasters he investigated this ex branch manager who was suspended by the post office after shortfalls and fraud accusations. you have been told there was a growing body of cases and that in itself was not sufficient for you the question the reliability of the horizon system. because i am not technically minded. i would expect that to come from people above. shazia saddiq was with us last night and is back tonight. she was at th
be there in the inquiry room, listening to this investigator. we should reiterate, he isjust one of several investigators, stephen bradshaw, but he is being called a significant witness by this inquiry. in terms of what else we are going to be hearing about, there is going to be hearing about, there is going to be hearing about, there is going to be a very important week next week when we hear from fujitsu. to be a very important week next week when we hearfrom fujitsu. that is the company that was responsible for designing and implementing this horizon it system. there will be executives giving evidence. that will be incredibly important because, clearly, there has been a lot of questioning aboutjust how accountable is this company now for what has been going on? is there possibly. some people have been calling for financial sanctions against the company. and there have been, you know, a lot of questions about what fujitsu knew about the system. frankly, just how open, how h
come face to face with some of the sub postmasters he investigated. at the public inquiry, which resumed this morning, he denied claims that he and others behaved like mafia gangsters when looking into losses at branches. stephen bradshaw, who was questioned all day, said he was not technically minded and was not equipped to know if there were bugs or errors in the horizon computer system. our business correspondent emma simpson was listening to his evidence. her report contains some offensive language. it s a big day forjanet skinner. she s on her way to come face to face with the man who interrogated her, which led to her going to prison. she lost herjob, her house, and her health. over the past few days, i think it s becoming more anger. it doesn t make me nervous. i d like to be put under pressure like i was under pressure when i was questioned. i haven t seen him since 2006. what do you want him to say today? apology? yes, that would be a good start. she s not the on
us military these strikes are in direct response to unprecedented houthi attacks against international maritime vessels in the red sea, including the use of anti ship ballistic missiles for the first time in history. in the last few hours, uk prime minister rishi sunak also released a statement, saying: we urge them to cease their attacks and take steps to de escalate. the houthi s leadership has already responded, warning that the us and uk will pay a heavy price for this blatant aggression . joinine me now is barbara starr, long time pentagon correspondent here in washington, previously for cnn2. always good to have you on. tell us more about what we know about these targets. why are these? ~ . , ., about these targets. why are these? ~ ., , ., ., these? well, what you are talkin: these? well, what you are talking about these? well, what you are talking about our - these? well, what you are talking about our targets l these? well, what you are i talking about our tar