these strikes work? britain s defence ministry already says the strikes have already affected their ability to threaten merchant shipping. the real risk is that the conflict in gaza will escalate throughout the red sea region. that could affect the price of oil and the price of good, even further, because of shipping lanes in the region. so far the houthi have attacked 27 sheets to date disrupting commerce on a key route between europe and asia. that accounts for about 15% of the world s shipping traffic. the boss of a shipping giant, maersk, has said why it is so important to global trade. it is so important to global trade. , ., ., trade. it is an important artery of trade. it is an important artery of global- trade. it is an important artery of global trade i trade. it is an important l artery of global trade and having artery of global trade and having to regrout all of the cargo having to regrout all of the cargo now south of the cape of good cargo now south of t
pay across england in march. at least 260 jobs are going, as british steel announces the closure of its coking ovens in scunthorpe. and, a pivotal day in welsh rugby players are due to reveal whether they will strike during the six nations, over contractual disputes. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. tesco and aldi have become the latest supermarket groups to restrict the amount of some fruit and vegetables that customers can buy in response to recent shortages of fresh produce. yesterday, asda and morrisons put limits on the number of cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes that shoppers can take home. our business correspondent marc ashdown is here with me. in the winter, there were cold snaps. defra says supply chains are resilient. it doesn t appear to be any reason. lancashire s police and crime commissioner has announced an independent review of the investigation into the disappearance of nicola bulley. andrew snowden has commissioned the college of policing to look in
whose ex wife accused him of abuse, and schmidt is the state attorney general who joined trump s lawsuit to overturn the 2020 election. both want to be the endorsement of trump and trump taunted taunted leave decision by simply endorsing eric. it s unclear how much trumps endorsement manners matters at all. to me it s a little bit alarming because this man is no longer a former president to a lot of these people. he is like a god, he is something that they look up to and to me a lot of times maybe he isn t the best person to look up to. that doesn t mean to say that he didn t do a lot of good things, especially for the middle class community, but i think people are running a little too far with his influence. over in arizona where polls close in just two hours, trump is backing a poll of election deniers in the republican gubernatorial primary. trump went for carey lake, she has made her trump s false claims of a storm election the centerpiece of her campaign. and an extr
after more than three weeks of dysfunction and chaos on capitol hill the house finally has a new speaker this morning. house lawmakers elected congressman mike johnson of louisiana as the 56 speaker of the house. he s a conservative ally of former president donald trump and a low ranking member of the gop leadership team. after 22 days of disarray republican house members demonstrated remarkable unity with all to 20 voting for johnson, shortly after the vote the new speaker made this pledge. i m going to make this commitment to you, my colleagues here and on the other side of the aisle as well. my office is going to be known for trust and transparency and accountability. for good stewardship of the people treasury. for the honesty, integrity that is incumbent upon us, all of us, here at the peoples house. speaker johnson will immediately have to work within his party and with the biden white house to figure out how to fund the government before money runs out on november
And its Transfer Deadline Day in england as premier League Spending nears a january record. Good morning. Its tuesday january the 31st. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Donald trump has sacked the United States top Legal Advisor after she questioned the legality of his travel ban. Sally yates, who was Acting Attorney General, said she couldnt defend his decision to temporarily stop refugees and citizens of seven mainly muslim countries from entering america. But the white house said in a statement that she had betrayed the department ofjustice. In the uk a former head of the horror Foreign Office has criticised theresa mays State Invitation to the president. He said the offer had been premature and put the offer had been premature and put the queen in a very difficult situation. Protests have been held in cities across the uk as of last night including in cardiff, seen here. An online petition calling for the state visit to be cancelled has gathered more than 1. 6 million signatures. His