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all of that and more. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. good morning. a remote operated vehicle has reached the ocean floor and is searching right now for the missing sub that vanished near the titanic shipwreck. that s the new and significant announcement from a short time ago from the u.s. coast guard. sonar picked up banging sounds again yesterday. the coast guard has not been able to find where or what the noises are coming from. you are looking at video of a canadian surveillance plane dropping sonar probes. now, it s part of that desperate search now entering a dire stage this morning. it is feared the five people onboard might have little to no breathable air left at this point. also new overnight, oceangate s founder and ceo who is piloting the titanic submersible when it went missing is coming under more scrutiny. a former subcontractor who helped develop the sub says the construction materials and design choices were controversial and exp ....
we ll bring you an interview with ecuador s president in the week will have elections on taiwan. we start tonight with reaction to the american and british air strikes on houthi targets in yemen. last night four royal air force typhoon fighterjets took part in the raids, along with us navyjets. this footage is from one of the two uk raf strikes. officials say 16 sites were targeted 16 sites, including in the capital city sana a. they included what the us called command and control centres, munitions depots, launching systems, production facilities and air defence radar systems. houthi leaders said five people were killed, and threatened to retaliate. the raids were in response to houthi attacks on ships in the red sea, which they say is in response to israel s attacks in gaza. fighters have been targeting ships with armed drones and missiles and boarding them. the british prime minister called the strikes necessary and proportionate in order to protect global trade ....
whether he can keep most of those promises, the latest on the new deal being signed later this hour meant to secure a ten-year military alliance. plus, we are the party of common sense, the words of former president donald trump as he travels to capitol hill and tries to unite house republicans. one source inside today s meeting tells nbc news he seemed to be trying to make peace. and following the supreme court s decision not to restrict access to the abortion pill, the president and democrats insist the fight for reproductive freedom is far from over. so what happens now? more on all of that coming up: but we start with president biden working to underscore america s commitment to ukraine by signing a ten-year security agreement with president zelenskyy, although how much it will ultimately be worth and how long it could last is still a very open question. the two world leaders expected to sign the deal this hour. now, on paper it means the u.s. commits to keep ....
and so far, the focus has been on the british position. what is theresa may s plan? again, completely artificial. in 2017, we are going to get real, because we will hear the european union position as well. and when that becomes clear, i think the dynamic of the internal politics of the conservative party, the position of other mps in the house of commons, scotland, will become 100 times more complicated than the position at the end of 2016. so i think brexit in 2017 is going to become very, very difficult for theresa may in particular, and the and the government as a whole. that s something to look forward to. can i make a prediction about 2017, which i rarely do, which is that brexit will be top of the news agenda in britain, and all across europe it won t be. it will be one of the things, but the french election will be top of the agenda. of course. the german election in germany, the italian banks disaster. it might come a close second, i think, after all the electi ....
called across the country. into monday, we have largely dry conditions, sparkling winter sunshine. some wintry showers for exposed coasts. but it will be a cold day. 3 six degrees at best. it will essentially stayed chilly as we go on through the rest of the week. the latest headlines from bbc news. at least 35 people have been killed in a gun attack on a crowded nightclub in istanbul. another a0 have been wounded. up to 600 people are thought to have been inside the reina club when the shooting happened. the city s governor has called it a terrorist attack. the united nations security council has unanimously welcomed efforts by russia and turkey to stop fighting in syria and says it supports the start of a political process. peace negotiations are due to begin next month in kazakhstan which have the backing of russia, iran and turkey. now on bbc news, it s time to look forward to 2017 with dateline london. hello, and welcome to dateline london s look ahead to 2017. wh ....