the people have it right will be hearing from her in just a moment. welcome everyone i am david asman in for david. we begin at the white house and president biden is putting the spotlight on the economy and authorities are still investigating where the cocaine came from. lucas tomlinson is there with all the details, lucas. what s white house officials say the secret service hopes to have the investigation to this cocaine here at the white house wrapped up early next week. they are tempering expectations or they might not be producing a list of suspects. all week the white house has been dogged with questions about where did this cocaine come from? white house press secretary is a notable she could not rule out the biden family when asked the following question. i am just asking again can you say it once and for all whether or not the cocaine belong to the biden family? what sends a very clear two days ago when talking about this and going over it again as i was being aske
retaliation, could western powers be pushed into engaging beyond targeted strikes? and what are the risks of a wider conflict in the region? we ll have full coverage, with analysis shortly from a leading middle east researcher. we ll also get the thoughts of today s panel leon emirali, a former ministerial aide and pr consultant. and mo elliethee, executive director at the georgetown institute of politics and public service. but ahead of that, it s the first time rishi sunak has launched any kind of military operation, since becoming uk prime minister. some analysis now from our political editor chris mason on his decision, without consulting parliament, to join the attack. the early hours of this morning, back at their base in cyprus, the britishjets involved in air strikes on yemen. good evening, mr speaker, should parliament be recalled? last night, the decision already taken by the prime minister, the speaker of the house of commons was called in for a briefing. will la
in beirut on tuesday. hezbollah a powerful paramilitary and political group in lebanon has blamed that attack on what it says was flagra nt israeli aggression. israel has not commented. both hamas and hezbollah proscribed terrorists organisations in many countries have close ties to iran which itself is holding a day of mourning, after 84 people were killed by explosions near an event to mark the anniversary of the death of the iranian general qasem soleimani. alongside this several nations have issued a warning to the houthi militants in yemen who are also close to iran to stop the attacks on shipping in the key lanes in the red sea. and of course the fighting in israel and gaza which has played a role in sparking all this there are reports of dozens more deaths from air strikes in southern gaza as israel continues its military operation. live now to our middle east correspondent hugo bachega in beirut. explain who this man, the leader of hamas was, t
aid to gaza. this is the scene live in new york where the members of the un security council are making statements after the passing of that resolution. police in prague release body cam video from the moment officers arrived at the scene of thursday s deadly mass shooting. sudan s army chief vows to hold his commanders accountable after a rival paramilitary group captures a strategic city. plus. and sam or wham? we find out this hour who s topped the christmas charts for 2023. all of those headline stories in a moment or two. let s go back to our breaking story in the last half hour because the united nations security council has approved a resolution aimed to bring more aid into gaza following days of negotiations. the statements still going on by the member countries let s cross back to the un in here a little more. here is the chinese representative at the moment. . ., ., is the chinese representative at the moment. . . ., , , , , is the chinese representative at the mo
south, seven to m celsius. quite a messy weather chart as we had to thursday. a couple of different weather fronts likely to bring some outbreaks of rain. still some uncertainty about where exactly the wettest of the weather will be. it is likely we will have one band of rain across scotland, one moving northwards across england and wales. but if you are in this dryer slice across the heart of the uk i cannot completely rule out some rain here either. temperatures starting to climb and for the end of the week we will bring some slightly warmer air author warmer air northwards. not like spain and portugal, but warmer thanit like spain and portugal, but warmer than it has been but not dry because there will be showers at time. thanks, ben. and that s bbc news at six. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. from the six team it s goodbye. hello and welcome to sportsday this tuesday night. i m chetan pathak. coming up on the programme: leicester pl