Hello and welcome to the programme. Bill and Melinda Gates the couple who founded the worlds largest charitable foundation have announced they are to divorce after 27 years of marriage. The founder of microsoft, Bill Gates is the fourth richest man on the planet. In a joint statement posted on twitter, the couple said they would continue to work together at the foundation that bears their name. But that they could no longer grow together as a couple in the next phase of their lives. Our correspondent in los angeles, Peter Bowes has this update. I think this has come as a shock to a lot of people, certainly that one of the worlds wealthiest couples, best known couples in the Charity World now and, of course, Bill Gates with microsoft which he founded in 1975, that they should be going their separate ways. Significant i think from the statement you read a little passage from that they will continue to work together. They have put a lot of effort into their relationship, and decided to go
here on cnn newsroom. i m kim brunhuber. we are following breaking news. the first strikes by the u.s. and uk against houthi fighters in yemen. the coalition strikes are a direct response to the surge of attacks by the iran-backed houthi rebels on commercial vessels in the red sea. now we are hearing coalition forces hit more than 60 targets at 16 houthi locations across yemen. senior u.s. military officials, says it is not clear what percentage of who the acetate been destroyed, he says the amount was significant. now these new images show smoke hanging over the sideline in western yemeni port city as the sun starts to rise. the pentagon press secretary says the surgical strikes are meant to degrade and destroy capabilities. we have conducted this significant multi nation operation in order to send a clear message to the houthis, that the kinds of attacks they have been conducting since november 1927, as of today, will not be tolerated. and here are some of the locations
appreciate our company, i m michael holmes in atlanta, first breaking news and concerns about a possible widening conflict in the middle east. u.s. and uk have been hitting houthi charters in yemen. show you new images now that shows smoke hanging over the skyline in a western yemeni port city, as the sun begins to come up there. the coalition strikes following a surge of attacks by the iran-backed rebels, on commercial vessels in the red sea. american fighter jets are being taking off from the u.s. white d. eisenhower aircraft carrier to carry out the strikes. the senior u.s. official says it is unclear what percentage of who the athletes have been destroyed inside yemen at the amount was significant. we are told u.s. coalition forces hit more than 60 targets, at 16 houthi locations, and those targets included the militants radar systems along with storage and launch sites for ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones. let s show you where they are located on the map t
trip ahead for you just one lawmaker who joined protesters demanding meaningful gun legislation at the state capital kept her seat yesterday. representative gloria johnson, a white woman, slammed the expulsion of her colleagues justin jones and justin pearson, two of the state s youngest black lawmakers, saying she was the only one to be spared was quote, pretty clear. outrage over the pair s removal is being felt across the country, coupled with the concern of the dangerous precedent this is sending. and a short time ago, tennessee s black caucus whose chairman called the decision an assault on democracy that quote, smacks of overt racism spoke out. it looked like a jim crow era trial, where we saw two black men fighting for their careers, fighting for their reputations. the world is watching tennessee, and yet again, they re watching it for the wrong reasons. quite frankly, i m kpexhausted. what are we going to do now is it going to be business as usual, it happened t