has said the uk is prepared to back our words with actions against the houthis. peter sand is chief analyst at xeneta, an ocean and airfreight analytics platform. i don t know if you have data or statistics on how this is impacting trade so far? if i look at the impacting trade so far? if i look at the most recent developments, a key indicator of the tensions that we are seeing right now, they are up today following the most recent attacks and tension building. we have now is almost 200% up from about a month ago. we are now at 5400, and in the uk, 4500 up, though still dramatic. the reason tensions are now shooting our destroyers. it is not making this go away. some ofthe not making this go away. some of the world s not making this go away. some of the world s biggest - not making this go away. some of the world s biggest shipping | of the world s biggest shipping companies are completely avoiding the red sea at the moment and that will likely continue for some time? w
this is bbc news. it s newsday. you re watching bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in gaza where, in a sign of the growing hunger and desperation, crowds of people have scrambled for food from aid trucks entering the besieged strip, through the rafah crossing. for the first time since the war began, israel has also opened one of its crossings into gaza to aid. it s hoped the opening of the kerem shalom crossing will double the amount of food and medicine reaching gazans. until now, aid agencies have only been able to access the territory through the rafah crossing from egypt. israel says the three hostages it mistakenly killed in gaza on friday used leftover food to write signs pleading for help. in a change of tone, the uk and germany havejoined calls for a sustainable ceasefire . the reuters news agency is quoting egyptian security sources as saying israel and hamas are both open to a ceasefire, but still disagree over details. our
job vacancies in the uk fall for the eighth time in a row, according to latest figures published ahead of wednesday s budget whether government is expected to encourage more people back to work. a state of emergency s been declared in malawi, after tropical storm freddy struck the country for a second time, killing nearly 100 people. hello and welcome to bbc news. the leaders of the us, britain and australia, meeting in california, have unveiled details of their plan to create a new fleet of nuclear powered submarines, aimed at countering china s influence in the indo pacific region. under the aukus pact australia is to get its first nuclear powered subs at least three from the us. beijing has strongly criticised the significant naval deal. our political editor, chris mason, has more from san diego. military band plays. a packed and democracies coming together to tackle a new and growing adversary, china. , . . . china. australia and the united kinudom china. australia
in peshawar in pakistan has claimed more than 90 lives a plan to allow everyone to live within 15 minutes of a green space or water is unveiled by the government and united by music liverpool s new slogan as it prepares to host this year s eurovision song contest coming up in sport on the bbc news channel, the latest on football transfer deadline day as arsenal agree a £12 million deal with chelsea to sign italian midfielderjorginho. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. there s a gloomy prediction about the state of the uk economy this year from the international monetary fund which says it will perform worse than all other major advanced nations. and that is including russia. their assessment suggests the economy will shrink by 0.6% that s a sharp downgrade from an earlier prediction, although they do say the uk is now on the right track. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, said the uk had outperformed many forecasts last year. here s our economics correspo
side of the autumn weather, the windy aside and by friday it picks up windy aside and by friday it picks up across all areas with sunny spells for many and heavy showers in western scotland and blustery across the uk this weekend. there will be rain or showers around but not all the time and some sunnier moments as well. thanks and that s all from the bbc news at six. the news continues here on bbc one as now its time tojoin our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, goodnight. hello and welcome along to sportsday live from the bbc sport centre. here s what s coming up in the programme. on the brink of history. wales women have world cup qualification in their sights as they look to reach the finals for the first time ever. we ll be in glasgow as celtic face elimination from the champions league they need to get something from their match with rb leipzig. and what next for w series starjamie chadwick, as the season is brought to an abrupt en