our main story: the foreign secretary, david cameron, has said the uk had no choice but to take military action against houthi targets in yemen following weeks of attacks on vessels in the red sea. the uk and the us launched dozens of strikes on thursday night after houthi fighters had caused major disruption along the shipping route. simonjones reports. they are af typhoon jets called into action on thursday to strike targets in yemen. action the foreign secretary argues that the uk had to take stock writing in the sunday telegraph, lord cameron says. and this is what the houthi militia have been doing, targeting ships off the coast of yemen. sometimes boarding them, other vessels have been attacked with drones and missiles. what the group shows although to support. today marks the 100th day of the ongoing conflict between israel and hamas. yemen has a key strategic position in the middle east, especially when it comes to global shipping. the red sea shipping route typi
the met has apologised to carrick s victims after it emerged he was allowed to stay in the police force despite allegations about him over many years. also this lunchtime. the drive by shooting in london that left six people injured a 22 year old man is arrested. investigators in nepal find the black box flight recorders of the plane that crashed yesterday killing at least 68 people. counting the cost of christmas. fears that some people got into so much debt over the festive period that it will take them years to pay the money back. and emma raducanu puts aside her injury worries and makes it through to the second round of the australian open. and coming up in sport on bbc news, on the day that the new england head coach steve borthwick announces his first six nations squad the former england boss eddiiejones becomes australia s new head coach. good afternoon. a serving metropolitan police officer has admitted he s a serial rapist who carried out sex attacks over almost tw
conditions and for some of us wintry showers as well. we are in this cold air mass, the wind coming in from the arctic. that is the picture for the arctic. that is the picture for the next few days, but notice these yellow colours waiting in the wings and that will sweep in during the end of the week. but now still quite a lot of clout in the east midlands and anglia and a few rain and showers coming out of that and more snow showers coming in, even to lower levels, in scotland, northern ireland and north west england. in that the temperatures are only two to three degrees. this evening, once the sun sets, those temperatures drop quickly and we are likely to see mist and fog patches in central areas, some rain and sleet in the far south west and icy conditions there. snow flurries in the north west as well. temperatures in the towns and cities down to 1 to minus six degrees. heading through the day tomorrow low pressure is sitting in the north sea and we have still got those
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a serving metropolitan police officer has been revealed as one of the britain s most prolific sex offenders after he admitted dozens of rapes and sexual offences over a period of almost 20 years. 48 year old pc david carrick was working as an armed officer in the parliamentary and diplomatic protection command. pc carrick has pleaded guilty to 49 offences against 12 women including 2a counts of rape. the met has apologised after it emerged he had come to the attention of police over nine alleged incidents. our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. david carrick, the serial rapist and violent sexual predator who for 20 years wore a police uniform. in his private life he told his victims, you are my slave, as he controlled and abused them, subjecting them to appalling acts of degradation. this is devastating for the victims that had to go through the pain and suffering at the hands of a serving police officer. this i
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. we start this hour with breaking news teachers in england and wales will go on strike in national disputes over pay. the national education union says the ballots meet the legal thresholds for both turnout and a vote in favour of strikes. seven strike days are being announced between february 1st and 16th march. for more on this, i m joined by our education editor bra nwen jeffreys. what more do we know about this teacher strike which is going to start very soon? the teacher strike which is going to start very soon? teacher strike which is going to start very soon? the paint teachers have had, 5% start very soon? the paint teachers have had. 5% pay start very soon? the paint teachers have had, 5% pay increase - start very soon? the paint teachers l have had, 5% pay increase in england and separately in wales this year, the union says that falls far below inflation in the cost of living and everyone is seeing that. and the result