is a time for the west to lean in more? good evening. we re going to start tonight with a report from yemen where there s no sign of an end to the eight year long conflict in the arab world s poorest country. these boys hashim, bader and amir arejust some of the children who ve grown up in the firing line in a country where more than 11,000 children have been killed or maimed in the fighting. there s been less violence since last year when a temporary un truce was brokered. but it s still not peace. iranian backed houthi rebels seized the capital sanaa in 2014 and still control this area in purple. in 2015 a saudi led coalition backed by the uk and the us? intervened, aiming to reinstall the internationally recognised government and now control the grey areas. but as you can see, the country is still fragmented, all the different colours on the map representing the multiple armed groups vying for influence all over yemen. caught in the middle of it all is the city
The head of natwest, dame alison rose, has admitted a serious error ofjudgement after discussing nigel farage s relationship with the private bank, coutts, which natwest owns. she revealed that she discussed it with the bbc s business editor, simonjack. the board of natwest board says it retains full confidence in her. 0ur correspondentjoe inwood is outside here. what did she say in her statement? this was an extraordinary admission from one of the most high profile banking bosses in the uk that she was the source behind the story. we have got to go back to the start of the month when nigel farage made an announcement that his account with the exclusive bank coutts was closed, he said for political reasons. so i m a jack of the bbc ran a story from a well placed source that said it was for commercial reasons simonjack. nigel farage then released an internal coutts dossier, a0 pages of explosive suggestions, which suggested it was a political
Decision because his values did not align with coutts which led the bbc align with coutts which led the bbc a few days ago to make an apology to nigel farage and said it had run the story in good faith. he accepted the apology. and now we have this story from alison rose who is the chair of natwest, which owns coutts, she admitted she was the source of the story and she said it was a serious error ofjudgment although she error of judgment although she denied error ofjudgment although she denied giving away any confidential information. the board of natwest have given her their backing and they say it may affect her payback she their confidence. that was not enough for nigel farage and he said not only should she go but the chair of natwest should go and the ceo of coutts, so clearly this is not going away. the chancellorjeremy hunt has said that he has significant concerns over the whole affair. natwest have got their half year results on thursday and i do not think this is going to be
Translation: | will put. a bullet in my gun, and fire at those who took my leg. we ll have a special report from orla guerin, who is there. also on the programme. the head of natwest, dame alison rose, reveals she was the person who discussed nigel farage s relationship with coutts with a bbcjournalist admitting it was a serious error ofjudgement. two pilots are killed in greece when their water bombing plane crashes as they try to fight forest fires. record numbers of people are homeless in england living uncertain lives in temporary accomodation. and plunging into a cleaner river seine as paris aims to welcome swimmers back next year for the first time in a century. on newsnight at 10.30 where it stands, the war in ukraine. as putin destroys grain stores in the danube and the black sea and increases his armed forces,