hello, this is bbc news, i m lukwesa burak. we start in belfast on a historic day, as a devolved government has been restored in northern ireland, with its first irish nationalist leader. michelle o neill has been elected first minister of the devolved government. her party, sinn fein, hopes to one day unite northern ireland with the republic of ireland. sinn fein became the biggest party during elections two years ago. it is also two years to the day that the assembly at stormont last met after the main unionist party, the democratic unionists, walked out of the power sharing agreement over post brexit trading rules. our political editor, chris mason, reports from belfast. good morning, stormont! stormont sits back up and running today, we ve been running the past two years. limbering up and under way park runners here first thing pounding around the stormont estate. and the politicians are back, too. whoo! and it s notjust you guys rattling around here now. no, there s go
this is the third round of strikes led by the us and uk, and involved support from australia, bahrain, denmark, canada, the netherlands and new zealand. in addition to these latest joint strikes, us central command says it also launched what it calls defensive strikes against six anti ship cruise missiles in houthi held areas in yemen. in a statement, the us defence secretary lloyd austin says the action sends a clear message to the houthis that they will continue to bear further consequences if they do not end their illegal attacks on international shipping and naval vessels. we have also heard from the uk defence secretary grant shapps. in a statement he says: the raids follow us strikes in iraq and syria on friday. 85 sites were hit in retaliation for the killing injordan of three american soldiers by iranian backed militants. these pictures, verified by the bbc, show the aftermath of friday s strikes in iraq. iraqi officials say that 16 people were killed and 25 injure
and out of step and pornographic, or a perfectly timed feminist masterclass? we speak to the makers of oscar nominated poor things. hello. it s been a historic day in belfast. the devolved government has been restored in northern ireland, and it has chosen its first irish nationalist leader. michelle o neill was elected first minister of the devolved government. her party, sinn fein, hopes to one day unite northern ireland with the republic of ireland. sinn fein became the biggest party during elections two years ago. it is also two years to the day that the assembly at stormont last met, after the main unionist party the democratic unionists walked out of the power sharing agreement over post brexit trading rules. 0ur political editor, chris mason, reports from belfast. good morning, stormont! stormont s back up and running today, we ve been running the past two years. limbering up and under way park runners here first thing, pounding around the stormont estate. and
36 houthi targets have been struck. this is the third round of strikes that led by the us and uk and involved support from australia, bahrain, denmark, canada, the netherlands and new zealand. in addition to these latest joint strikes. us central command says it also launched what it calls defensive strikes against six anti ship cruise missiles in houthi held areas in yemen. in a statement the us defense secretary loyd austin says the action. we have also heard from the uk defence secretary grant shapps in a statement, he says. the raids follow u s strikes in iraq and syria on friday. 85 sites were hit in retaliation for the killing injordan of three american soldiers by iranian backed militants. these pictures verified by the bbc show the aftermath of friday s strikes in iraq. iraqi officials say that 16 people were killed and 25 injured in those strikes. iran has condemned the attacks as a. that is against the sovereignty of iraq and syria. the un security council
against the iran backed houthis in yemen. according to us central command, 36 houthi targets have been struck. this is the third round of strikes that led by the us and uk and involved support from australia, bahrain, denmark, canada, the netherlands and new zealand. in addition to these latest joint strikes. us central command says it also launched what it calls defensive strikes against six anti ship cruise missiles in houthi held areas in yemen. in a statement, the us defence secretary lloyd austin says the action sends a clear message to the houthis that they will continue to bear further consequences if they do not end their illegal attacks on international shipping and naval vessels. we have also heard from the uk defence secretary grant shapps. in a statement, he says: the raids follow us strikes in iraq and syria on friday. 85 sites were hit in retaliation for the killing injordan of three american soldiers by iranian backed militants. these pictures, verified by the