explaining why he allowed the uk to take part in military action in yemen without first holding a commons debate. rishi sunak has faced criticism for not allowing mps to hold a discussion before britainjoined the us in bombing raids on houthi rebels who have been targeting commercial shipping in the red sea. our political correspondent leila nathoo has the story. rishi sunak has made his case that joining us air strikes on houthi targets in yemen on thursday night was an act of self defence to protect global shipping, that britain could not stand by while fighters defied warnings to stop their attacks on commercial vessels in the red sea, like this one they filmed. there has been broad political support for this limited action, but today mps will get their first chance to question the prime minister about his decision and what happens next. he ll have to address concerns about the escalation of tensions in the region, about the uk being drawn into a longer military campaign a
meanwhile, the uk government has been responding to boris johnson s surprise resignation as a member of parliament. on sunday, energy secretary grant shapps, told the bbc that he thought the country doesn t miss the drama of thejohnson era. later we ll hear from the bbc s political editor, chris mason, but first james cook filed this report at the end of a big day in scottish politics. nicola sturgeon, for so long, front and centre in scottish politics, was arrested well away from the cameras, just after 10am. detectives questioned her as a suspect, before releasing her without charge seven hours and 15 minutes later. this evening, ms sturgeon issued a statement which was raw, blunt and defiant. i am certain i have committed no offence, she said, describing the situation as both a shock and deeply distressing. she thanked her supporters, saying they appreciated she would never do anything to harm either the snp or the country, and she insisted in the strongest possible
investgation of a federal criminal investigation into the possible mishandling of classified information. it s the latest news in a string of legal challenges facing mr trump as he s vying for the republication nomination. with me is our correspondentjess parker. what do we know so far? what we hearing from reports in the us media is that federal prosecutors have notified donald trump s legal team that he is the target of this investigation that is into, as you said, the handling of classified documents after donald trump left office, in his mar a lago residence. you will remember documents were seized from that property last summer. thejustice summer. the justice department s summer. thejustice department s rules significantly say the subject of that investigation could be notified ahead of a possible indictment. people are really into this that could be imminent. we have not had confirmation that is a case so the indictment could follow or could not. but it is read as an im
announcer: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. thank you for being with us. we began in ukraine where floodwaters are still rising in the city of kherson after a major dam was hit on thursday. tens of thousands of people have been stranded and whole neighbourhoods submerged. officials say they could be a catastrophic impact on agriculture which would worsen the global food shortages. this eastern bank of the dnipro river is currently a no man s land. neither russia nor ukraine control here. now, no one can live here. the ukrainian army drone spotted catalina trapped in her home. they tried to drop her water no luck. her son then makes the crucial catch. they re both taken to kherson, along with her daughter, maria. a city once occupied by russia, then liberated by ukraine, now on its knees. translation: we managed to find the simplest boat, i but my father and a neighbour got carried away in it. it came loose, and the current was too powerful
days after a major dam in ukraine was destroyed, seismologists have found evidence of a huge explosion in the area, close to the time of the breach. donald trump is charged over his handling of classified documents after he left the white house. on the 75th anniversary of the windrush arriva we re live at the royal albert hall in london where a special concert will be held tonight. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s gavin. hello from the bbc sport centre. hello there let s start with the build up to the champions league final in istanbul between manchester city and inter milan. fans arriving in the turkish city ahead of the big game. much of the talk is whether city and pep guardiola can go on to complete a famous treble. olly foster is in istanbulfor us. you just know that pep guardiola will not overthink this final as he did against chelsea two years ago. he has got his set strongest 11 and he is very unlikely to waver from that unless of