and it s rarely talked about but two million people in the uk are living without at least one essential piece of furniture or major household appliance in furniture poverty . like a fridge. is this something you have struggled with? do get in touch, it s @vicderbyshire on twitter or email victoria@bbc.co.uk. little mix! and women have dominated this year s brit awards. little mix became the first all female band to win best british group and dua lipa won best album and best british female using her speech to thank nhs workers. we should all give a massive, massive round of applause and give boris a message that we all support a fair pay rise for our front line! cheering. thank you so much. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. it s turning into the worst violence between israel and the palestinians for seven years. at least a0 people have been killed this week. the united nations has warned the conflict is moving towards full scale war. in t
relief bill is among other things is right place and the right time and the right way to push a raise in the minimum wage. the minimum wage has not gone up in this country in 12 years. president biden says he s committed to raising the minimum wage, but publicly raised doubts if it can be done. this of course is a super consequential issue for the economy as a whole, but more importantly, for millions and millions and millions of americans who would be affected by this. we re going to talk with the congresswoman about that in just a moment. you may have also seen this developing story about sort of a nightmare scenario cyberattack on a water treatment plant at a small community in florida in the tampa bay area. it s a town in florida that s literally 12 miles from the stadium where the super bowl was held. in advance of this wednesday on friday, somebody hacked into a computer at this town s local treatment facility and used that computer they hacked into to tray to poison th
houthi capabilities to launch attacks on us and uk ships in the red sea. the us released a joint statement with the uk and four other countries: for weeks, iran backed houthis have fired missiles and other projectiles at commercial ships, as well as a number of us owned merchant vessels. the attacks have disrupted global trade and stirred fears of a further destabilized middle east. a houthi military spokesman responded to the us uk attacks, saying: the houthi movement says its attacks on red sea shipping are their response to israel s war on gaza. on monday, the us media outlet axios reported that israel has offered a proposal to hamas to pause fighting for two months in exchange for the release of all hostages still being held by hamas in gaza. families of those hostages are pressuring the israeli government to strike a deal that will bring them home. on monday, relatives of some of the hostages stormed into the knesset, israel s parliament, injerusalem. the families broke
have fired missiles and other projectiles at commercial ships, as well as a number of us owned merchant vessels. the attacks have disrupted global trade and stirred fears of a further destabilised middle east. the us has carried out eight operations on its own against the houthi movement in the past two weeks. monday s strikes mark the second joint action by the us and uk in yemen, the first, back onjanuary 11. the bbc s defence correspondent jonathan beale gave us his analysis. it would have been a lot more intelligence used like the first time a co ordinated attempt to try to degrade at least their ability to do this. the trouble is the houthis show no sign of backing down, a determined group have been writing the saudis. the us and the uk have been involved in this action, no other country has and i think that is because they do not know what the end game is here. this tip could go on for weeks. this tit for tat. the houthi movement says its attacks on red sea shipping
the us released a joint statement with the uk and four other countries. the houthis now more than 30 attacks on international and commercial vessels since mid november constitute an international challenge. our aim remains to de escalate tensions and restore stability in the red sea, but let us reiterate our warning to houthi leadership we will not hesitate to defend lives and the free flow of commerce in one of the world s most critical waterways in the face of continued threats. for weeks, iran backed houthis have fired missiles and other projectiles at commercial ships, as well as a number of us owned merchant vessels. the attacks have disrupted global trade and stirred fears of a further destabilised middle east. a houthi military spokesman responded to the us uk attacks, saying: the us has carried out eight operations on its own against the houthi movement in the past two weeks. monday s strikes mark the second joint action by the us and uk in yemen, the firs