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hello. if you justjoined us, i m sally bundock. we will now talk through the top stories. if this is your first day back at work after a long christmas break we will bring you up to speed. and we start in the middle east, where the threat of military escalation continues to hang over the red sea. the us, britain, and their allies in the region are on alert to see if their warnings to the iran backed houthis are now working. attacks on commercial vessels have been happening since the war between israel and gaza began. houthis who are behind the attacks say it s in support of hamas and has turned a vital global trade route, that handles about 12% of the world s commerce, into a risky maritime passage. the uk defence secretary, grant shapps, said britain would not hesitate to take what he called direct action . meanwhile, bloomberg reports iran dispatched a warship to the red sea after the us navy destroyed three houthi boats. joining me now is janet mui, head of market ana ....
japanese officials say at least 48 people have died and many others are trapped beneath rubble, after a powerful earthquake. ukraine suffers another intense night of russian bombardment, leaving at least five people dead. ukraine s air defence claims 35 drones were shot down. time for a look at the business news now. tesla, the elon musk controlled car maker which pioneered mass market electric vehicles, has been relegated to second position in the global league of electric car makers. its chinese rival, byd has reported that it sold 526,000 cars in the final quarter of last year compared to 480,000 for tesla making it the world s number one electric car brand for now at least. erin delmore is in new york for us. byd said it is the biggest car brand you have never heard of in a recent advert i saw, but we are hearing more about them and other chinese electric vehicle makers who are shaking up the market. it is true. this news might shaking up the market. it is true. ....
environmental campaigners have already criticised the plans to scrap that key climate change targets. indeed, friends of the earth scotland branded it the worst environmental decision in the history of the scottish parliament. we will be live in holyrood for that statement which we are expecting around 25 past two. but first i want to take a look at some of the day s other news. a conservative mp has been suspended by the parliamentary party after claims he misused campaign funds. the times newspaper alleges he use the local party funds to pay off what he reportedly called bad people who had locked him in a flat. he strongly disputes the allegations. the conservative party was made aware of the allegations three months ago and says it is investigating. 0ur political correspondent reports. the honesty needs to start now, the lack of clarity needs to stop. this was marked last week urging transparency about the impact locally of a wind farm being built offshore. the alleg ....
will go down as a day that scotland officially went from being a world leader in climate targets to a world leader in climate targets to a world leader in climate targets to a world leader in scrapping targets. ambitious targets were not backed up by ambition action. the committee on climate change identify 19 policy areas where there snp green government has either no plan, an insufficient plan or need to take action to make the net zero by 2045 target. so can the cabinet secretary clarify whether any interim targets and legal reporting will be ditched in the bill she mentioned? she made a series of announcements about upcoming workbench hand we get the timescale and publication dates all the delayed strategies, the climate change plan, the green industrial strategy, the energy strategy and just transition plan. we are still waiting publication dates and can there cabinet secretary clarify what action the scottish government will now take to deliver affordable rail ser ....
at the united nations, the secretary general has today talked of the middle east being on a precipice which could spiral into a full scale regional conflict. meanwhile, the prime minister of ukraine has warned there will be world war iii if ukraine loses its conflict with russia. it is against this backdrop that g7 foreign ministers are meeting on the italian island of capri. both conflicts are concentrating minds what can the global community do to reduce tensions in the middle east and help bring the war in ukraine to an end. we re going to focus first on ukraine. here s foreign secretary lord david cameron on the support ukraine needs. they need more ammunition, they need more air defences, that needs to be filled. no country has done more than britain in terms of helping the ukrainian armed forces, helping the government, and we look forward to see with the permits are has to say today about the further steps we need to take. meanwhile ukraine s prime minister is in ....