friends weekend on sunday february 4th year of our lord 2024 start with the fox news alert coalition forces launching more strikes against iran, back houthi targets in yemen as leader of the terrorist group warns of more escalation. plus a new york state judge slamming new york city district attorney alvin bragg what he calls cherry picking who to prosecute more on that. rachel: latest gen-z trend catches more z s how young americans are prioritizing sleep over socializing. wow that s like a positive trend we re going to break it down in the latest pop culture roundup and the third hour of fox & friends starts right now. to a fox news alert u.s. and u.k. carrying out a new wave of air strikes yesterday. this time targeting sites in yemen occupied by iranian linked houthi rebel. pentagon confirming strikes on 36 targets in more than a dozen different sites in yemen and hitting control and weapon centers. rachel: u.s. conducting another self-defense strike just hours l
welcome. a ceasefire between israel and palestinians in the gaza strip appears to be holding, despite some reports of fighting. the agreement was brokered by egypt. it follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 33 palestinians in gaza and two people in israel. the truce which, as you see here, prompted celebration in the streets, includes a commitment by israel to stop so called targeted assassinations. in return, israel reportedly demanded a complete halt to rocket fire by palestinian militants at its civilians. however, just hours after islamichhad militants confirmed a ceasefire was in effect, a rocket was fired from the gaza strip, prompting rocket warnings across a region of southern israel. it s not yet clear who fired the rocket, but its worth noting that several smaller militant palestinian groups are opposed to the truce brokered earlier in the day. a reminder though that for now the ceasefire does appear to be holding. the white house also wel
we start in the uk, where the wait is now over for eurovision fans. in the last hour in liverpool, the winner of this year s eurovision song contest has been annouced, with sweden taking the crown for the seventh time with loreen s song tattoo. this was the moment her victory was announced. loreen was already the bookies favourite but she now becomes the first woman to ever win the contest twice, after her victory in 2012 with the track euphoria. well, loreen led the way from the start of the jury vote. here she is with her winning performance of tattoo earlier. # to get closer to you. # you re stuck on me. # like a tattoo. # to get closer to you. # you re stuck on me. # like a tattoo. # no, i don t care about the pain. # i ll walk through fire. # and through rainjust # to get closer to you. # you re stuck on me. # like a tattoo. # no, i don t care about them. and here she is accepting the award. only the second person to win eurovision twice. how does it feel? this is overw
palestinians in the gaza strip appears to be holding, despite some reports of fighting. the agreement was brokered by egypt. it follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 33 palestinians in gaza and two people in israel. the truce, which as you see here prompted celebration in the streets, includes a commitment by israel to stop so called targeted assassinations. in return, israel reportedly demanded a complete halt to rocket fire by palestinian militants at its civilians. however, just hours after islamichhad militants confirmed a ceasefire was in effect, a rocket was fired from the gaza strip, prompting rocket warning sirens across a region of southern israel. it s not yet clear who fired the rocket, but it is worth noting that several smaller militant palestinian groups are opposed to the truce brokered earlier in the day. a reminder, though, that for now the ceasefire does appear to be holding. in the past few minutes the white house has issued a st
and the militant islamichhad went into effect. crowds celebrated in the streets. emergency services and civil defence vehicles had their sirens blaring and lights flashing. the truce came into effect a few hours ago, signalling an end to the worst episode of cross borderfire in the last years. the agreement, brokered by egypt, follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 35 people, all but one of them palestinians. there has been no comment from the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, or other officials since news of the truce emerged. a palestinian source told the bbc that the new agreement included a commitment by israel to stop so called targeted assassinations. israel has been demanding a complete halt to rocket fire by islamichhad at its civilians. for more on this i spoke earlier to khaled elgindy, senior fellow at the middle east institute and the director of its programme on palestine and palestinian israeli affairs. it would seem the ceas