be a thing of the past. and good morning. the frost and ice is not so widespread that but it will be another chilly, cloudy day. mostly dry. i will bring you all the details throughout the programme. good morning. it s friday, 12th january. our main story. the uk and united states have launched military action against houthi rebels in yemen. overnight, the royal air force took part in strikes against 60 houthi targets in 16 locations, following attacks on commercial shipping in the red sea. in a statement, rishi sunak described it as limited, necessary and proportionate action in self defence . louisa pilbeam reports. uk fighterjets launched their attacks on yemen from an raf base in cyprus overnight, directed by the prime minister tojoin us planes striking yemeni rebel targets. the results were captured on houthi television, showing these explosions and reporting significant damage in cities, including the capital, sanaa. yemen s houthi rebels are a tribal mountain militia
and i m really going to miss los angeles. yeah. i love it here. it s been a brilliant adventure. time for a look at the weather. here s stav daneos. good afternoon. there is some rain in sight for cornwall and devon later this week but not today. it has been a glorious start today. cold and frosty, mind you with blue skies overhead. a lovely weather watcher victor from warwickshire. clouds are starting to build so the rest of the afternoon will be quite chilly. no wall to wall sunshine with clouds tending to fill. it could be grey and chilly in a few places through the afternoon but still some sunny spells dotted around and the odd shower with most affecting northern scotland with the fresh breeze meaning showers will be wintry in the north. temperatures typically 6 11 so chilly for late april. moving through this evening and overnight, the cloud will start to build across parts of central and southern england, wales and northern ireland. less cold here as you can see on the
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that there may be tax cuts, possibly, in the way, and one of my guests said that could give a sugar rush to some mps and voters and it might be a popular policy although whether that would keep a lid on rising inflation is debatable. let s focus on the action at westminster. we have had prime minister s questions in the last couple of hours and in one hour the prime minister will be facing a committee of senior mps, the liaison committee, so he hasn t returned here, he is staying in the houses of parliament before that committee meeting. borisjohnson says he is keeping on with the job despite a wave of government resignations which have continued today. we have seen a growing number of ministers resigning today with many expressing unhappiness at the prime minister s style of leadership and concerns that the work of the government is being overshadowed by questions about the prime minister s integrity. we can have a closer look at what has been happening. so far today we have