correspondent mark lowen. israel is seizing on another development as proof of what it says is the un s bias against it, which is that 12 members of staff of the un mission operating in gaza have been dismissed for. as they were found to be, to have been complicit in the hamas attacks on israel on the 7th of october. now, israel says that is proof that the un mission in gaza is not impartial that it is pro hamas. what the united nations and pro un voices are saying is, look, the entire workforce of that un agency is 30,000 people. so12 bad apples should not tarnish the entire reputation of the un agency. but, you know, israel is saying that this is proof that we are fighting, in israel s words, a just war and we have the right to defend ourselves. with me is our political correspondent, harry farley. first of all, tells more about the foreign office has said about this decision. i have been speaking to sources in the foreign office and in the last hour or so the, uk
the marlin luanda was travelling in the red sea off the coast of yemen when it was struck. the uk government says it reserves the right to respond appropriately. it is the latest attack in and around the red sea, one of the world s busiest shipping lanes. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. this is the marlin luanda carrying russian oil from greece to singapore. the latest houthi target. the houthis were quick to take credit. their spokesman saying once again that this was being done to support the palestinians in gaza and in response to what he described as american british aggression. it s been two weeks since britain and the us first hit back, striking military targets inside yemen, aiming to deter the houthis. so far, the strategy doesn t appear to be working. so the attack on the marlin luanda in the gulf of aden signifies a great extension and escalation from the red sea to the gulf of aden so geographical extension and also with the type of weapons as
victory over reading scoring his 249th goal for his club. and potholes on the roads calls for an increase to fuel duty to raise £14 billion for repairs. stay with us here on bbc news. coming up in half an hour we report on how the latest artificial intelligence will change the way we make money. that s in talking business at 8.30pm. the nhs in england has rejected claims that there s a humanitarian crisis in its hospitals. the comments from the british red cross come as figures show a&e departments have had to shut their doors to patients more than 140 times in december because of a lack of beds. this afternoon the labour leaderjeremy corbyn called upon the government to take urgent action. but nhs england says plans are in place to cope and that talk of any humanitarian crisis is overblown. there are flashing images in smitha mundasad s report. winter pressures in accident and emergency some patients waiting a long time to be seen, beds closed because of the winte
the nhs in england has rejected claims that there s a ‘humanitarian crisis in its hospitals. the comments from the british red cross come as figures show a&e departments have had to shut their doors to patients more than 140 times in december, because of a lack of beds. this afternoon the labour leader jeremy corbyn called upon the government to take urgent action but nhs england says plans are in place to cope and that talk of any humanitarian crisis is overblown. there are flashing images in smitha mundasad s report. winter pressures in accident & emergency some patients waiting a long time to be seen, beds closed because of the winter vomiting bug. this picture isn t new. but the british red cross says the strain on england s hospitals is so great it amounts to a humanitarian crisis. in recent years, red cross volunteers have been helping patients at home after spells in hospital. but the charity says that cuts to social care means patients do not have the right suppo
and a half year peak largely due to higher prices for fuel and food and the fall in the pound. an inquest into the deaths of 30 britons who were shot dead at a hotel in tunisia in 2015 hears that security in the resort was criticised six months earlier. the libyan man who claims that british agents took part in his kidnap in 2004 is given permission to take legal action. and, alun wynjones becomes the new wales captain for the six nations, replacing sam warburton after six years in charge. good evening and welcome to bbc news. britain will be leaving the eu single market. that was the clear cut message from theresa may as she set out her red lines for the brexit negotiations that are now just weeks away. her core demands are that: britain must be able to control the number of people who come here from the eu. british courts must have the final say in interpreting british laws. and parliament will get the chance to vote on whatever deal is negotiated. the prime minister is aim