challenges our understanding of the cosmos. hello, i m matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live. the houthis in yemen have said american and british strikes against them will not go without punishment or retaliation. the group says five of its fighters were killed and six were injured overnight. us central command says more than 60 houthi military targets were struck, in response to attacks on ships in the red sea. they included what the us called command and control centres, munitions depots, launching systems, production facilities and air defence radar systems. among the areas targeted the capital sanaa and the port of hudaydah. this was the moment us warplanes took off from an aircraft carrier. russia called the strikes illegitimate and requested an urgent meeting of the un security council. iran which supports the houthis condemned the strikes in yemen as a clear violation of the country s territorial integrity. as a limited, proportionate response and said
increasing in scotland we will find thickening cloud and some outbreaks of rain moving in as well. england and wales during saturday look like they should really be dry and some spells of sunshine as well. temperatures could be a little higher i think on saturday especially towards the south east, up especially towards the south east, up to 21 celsius or so. into the second half of the week we can keep an eye on this weather front that could bring some heavy showers into the channel but most of the wet weather coming in on those weather fronts in the north west of the uk once again. once again some patchy rain followed by some showers, start for western england and wales but the best of the sunshine, dry weather, across east anglia and the south east. temperatures will be a little higher, peaking at 20 to 23 celsius. sophie. how nice. thank you. that is all from the bbc news at six. it is goodbye from hello and welcome to sportsday awin a win tonight will keep them in the c
Wont get in the way of food, water and medicine getting to civilians, as long as the assistance does not reach hamas. Mr biden says they are a few more things that need to happen before the aid can come in. This has been a very blunt negotiation i have had, so we want to get as many of the trucks out as possible. There are a 150 or so there. Not all will go. The first tranche, if there is a second tranche, see how it goes. Lets look at some of the other top headlines from the war at this hour. Protests across the middle east erupted over the explosion at the Al Ahli Hospital in gaza tuesday that left at least a71 people dead. Arab states and the main palestinian militant group, hamas, have continued to blame israel for the explosion, even as mr biden backed israels claim that it had nothing to do with it. And the United States vetoed a Un Security Council vote calling for humanitarian pauses in gaza, a move that was condemned by other members including russia, china and the uae. Our In
Militants have continued to fire rockets into israel, towards tel aviv and other areas in the south. The World Health Organization has condemned israels evacuation order; it says forcing Hospital Patients to relocate would be a Death Sentence. President biden has spoken with the israeli Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, and urged him to provide safety for civilians amid the bombardment. Diplomatic efforts to prevent the violence from spreading have been stepped up, with mr biden s secretary of state, antony blinken, visiting cairo. Hes expected to press egyptian officials to restart talks on getting aid into gaza through the Border Crossing. The us is sending a second Aircraft Carrier to the Eastern Mediterranean near israel. The Uss Eisenhower will lead a group of ships aimed at deterring further attacks against israel in particularfrom iran or the lebanese militant group, hezbollah. We start the hour with this report from our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. Sirens wail. R
Us Officials Say President Joe Biden told israels Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, to think very carefully about his response after israel vowed to exact a price from iran, at a time of its choosing. The Un Security Council convened an Emergency Session on sunday to discuss the crisis. Opening the meeting, the uns secretary general, antonio guterres, told diplomats, its vital to avoid any action that could lead to Major Military confrontations on multiple fronts in the middle east. Adding, civilians are already bearing the brunt and paying the highest price. But israels ambassador rejected the call for the violence to stop saying, this attack crossed every red line and israel reserves the legal right to retaliate. He said it was vital to israels future to respond to the attack. We are not a frog in boiling water, he said, we are a nation of lions. But irans ambassador defended his nations actions have a listen. This concluded action was necessary and proportionate. It was precise a