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this is bbc news. the headlines: the united states says it's seized iranian weapons, which were destined for houthis in yemen — it comes as another cargo ship has reportedly been hit. here in the uk... the bosses of fujitsu — that's the company behind the wrongful prosecutions of post office staff — apologise. in the tigray region of ethiopia — over 200 die from starvation in a single town. we will talk live on the programme to unc hr. and the emmy goes to...succession!
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succession wins big — at this year's emmy awards — along with beef and the bear. all of those stories coming up in a moment. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. roma have named club legend daniele de rossi as their head coach until the end of the season following the sacking ofjose mourinho. de rossi's only previous managerial post came with italian club spal where he oversawjust three wins in 17 games before being sacked. mourinho leaves roma languishing in ninth place in serie a, five points off the league's final champions league qualifying spot — and last week — they were knocked out of the coppa italia by city rivals lazio. england women's manager sarina wiegman has signed a new contract until 2027. wiegman guided the lionesses to a first major trophy at euro 2022.
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england also won the first women's finalissima against brazil last year before reaching the world cup final, which they lost to spain. wiegman has won 3a of her 45 matches in charge. her assistant arjan veurink has also agreed a new contract extension. wiegman said... three matches on day four of the africa cup of nations and the first is underway as burkina faso take on a mauritania side looking for their first ever victory at the tournament. it's currently 0—0 with less than 20 minutes left. later in the day in pool e, 2004 winners tunisia begin their campaign against namibia while the final fixture of the day sees mali take on 1996 champions south africa. meanwhile, there are two matches in the asian cup in qatar today. thailand are currently
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in action against krygyzstan. it's currently 1—0 to thailand at half—time, while in the later game, three—time champions saudi arabia face 0man. second seed carlos alcaraz is through to the second round of the australian open after a straight sets victory over richard gasquet. after a straight sets victory over the spaniard was tested by the veteran frenchman in the opening set and needed a close—fought tie break to edge ahead in the match. but from there it was largely one—way traffic. gasquet won just three more games in the next two sets as alcaraz set up a second round clash with lorenzo sonego — who beat britain's dan evans in four sets. meanwhile, german alex zverev is through to the second round after a four—set victory over compatriot dominik koepfer. zverev will face lukas klein in the next round after he overcame korea's kwon soon—woo also in four sets. in the women's singles, there was a tough win for elena rybakina against a former world number one in carolina pliskova.
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rybakina, a beaten finalist at melbourne park in 2023, saved three set points against pliskova in the first set tie break before sealing it 8—6 injust under an hour. in three previous matches, pliskova had failed to take a set off rbyakina and that stretched to a fourth as the khazakh star wrapped up the match 7—6, 6—4. in rugby union, the british and irish lions have announced a first women's tour — a trip to new zealand in 2027. the tour will be held in september and include three test matches against the six—time world champion black ferns. meanwhile, welsh star louis rees—zammit has left gloucester with immediate effect to pursue a career in the nfl. the 22—year—old, who has been capped 32 times by his country has joined the nfl international player pathway with the aim of securing a place on an american football team for 202a. he is 22 and has always dream and of
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potentially playing in the nfl, he has always been a huge fan and he feels if he doesn't take the opportunity now, then it might not happen for him in the future. i wish him all the best. i will always be a great believer in players taking the opportunities that get presented. and that's all the sport for now. this the israeli military says its troops have killed dozens of hamas militants around the town of beit lahia in northern gaza. the idf said it had uncovered about 100 rocket launchers. yesterday, the un chief, antonio guterres, again called for the fighting to stop, saying an immediate ceasefire was necessary to secure the release of hostages in gaza and increase aid entering the enclave. israel has dropped leaflets near rafah, in the south of gaza, warning residents there — to move to safer areas, and to leave what it described as "a dangerous fighting zone."
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but the idf has said its operations against hamas in southern gaza, will soon enter a less intensive phase. this morning, the army said a barrage of 50 rockets was fired into southern israel, without causing any casualties. hamas�*s armed wing claimed responsibility for the attack. the hamas health ministry in gaza has reported, the death toll in the territory has gone past 2a,000. 0ur correspondent injerusalem, yolande knell, sent us this update. we're continuing to see more than 100 people killed each day, and many children among the dead. people saying that, particularly in the south of the gaza strip, there have been intense israeli air strikes and shelling by israeli tanks. they also say there is this kind of close quarters fighting going on between israeli soldiers and, it seems, hamas fighters, particularly in khan younis. that's where the israeli military believes that hamas leaders may still be hiding, that many of the israeli hostages still held in gaza could be kept. but that said, you know,
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we've had the israeli defence minister indicating that this is part of a longer term strategy, one which they have supposedly agreed with the americans to enter into a less intense stage of fighting. he said that that already happened in the north of the gaza strip and that there they're just going round now with many soldiers pulled out of gaza, targeting certain areas. we had the israeli military this morning saying that it had found about 100 rocket launchers and 60 rockets and that had killed, it said, dozens of palestinian armed fighters in the north in this area around beit lahia town, and in the south of the gaza strip, the defence minister indicating that there will be a less intense stage of fighting that is reached sometime soon. the weekend marked 100 days in captivity for those taken hostage in israel by hamas. more than 130 are still held there.
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with me is ayelet svatitzky, whose mother hanna and brother nadav were taken hostage from kibbutz nirim. hanna was released in november but nadav is still in the hands of hamas. her other brother roi was killed. thanks forjoining us. how are you thanks for “oining us. how are you first of thanks forjoining us. how are you first of all? _ thanks forjoining us. how are you first of all? we _ thanks forjoining us. how are you first of all? we are _ thanks forjoining us. how are you first of all? we are struggling. - thanks forjoining us. how are you j first of all? we are struggling. we are hanging _ first of all? we are struggling. we are hanging in _ first of all? we are struggling. we are hanging in there _ first of all? we are struggling. we are hanging in there but _ first of all? we are struggling. we are hanging in there but it - first of all? we are struggling. we are hanging in there but it is - first of all? we are struggling. we are hanging in there but it is a - are hanging in there but it is a daily struggle, the worry and anxiety, and the fear for my brother and the other hostages, it is really difficult. , , ., , difficult. just to remind viewers, ou were difficult. just to remind viewers, you were actually _ difficult. just to remind viewers, you were actually on _ difficult. just to remind viewers, you were actually on the - difficult. just to remind viewers, you were actually on the phone | difficult. just to remind viewers, - you were actually on the phone with your mother during the moment that she was taken hostage. hamas actually posting pictures of that. that memory must be seared into your mind. it that memory must be seared into your mind. , , ,
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mind. it is still terrifying when i think about _ mind. it is still terrifying when i think about it. _ mind. it is still terrifying when i think about it. i _ mind. it is still terrifying when i think about it. i remember - mind. it is still terrifying when i think about it. i remember the | mind. it is still terrifying when i - think about it. i remember the phone call to my mother very vividly. i called her early in the morning. she answered and i begged her to go into the safe room, i urged her to lock the safe room, i urged her to lock the door. i did not know that you can't lock the safe rooms and the next thing i heard was the voices of men speaking to her in english with a very heavy arabic accent and i realised the terrorists had got to her and then i called my brother, who lives next door. i told them to go into the safe room as well. i had the same voices of the men entering his house and speaking to him and i realised that they were both taken. i will talk about your mother shortly but i want to talk about your brother first of all. what was the last piece of information you had on your brother nadav since he has been taken? the
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had on your brother nadav since he has been taken?— had on your brother nadav since he has been taken? the last information we have is from _ has been taken? the last information we have is from my _ has been taken? the last information we have is from my mother. - has been taken? the last information we have is from my mother. she - has been taken? the last information we have is from my mother. she was| we have is from my mother. she was held with him. for her entire captivity. we know he was alive and we know from my mother at how little food they received. she lost a lot of weight and she said nadav has lost a lot of weight as well. he was a thin man when he was taken. we know of his medical conditions from before, he is diabetic, he has asthma and he needs an inhaler and he needs medical treatment for his diabetes foot up when my mother came out, she confirmed that there is very little food and the conditions are difficult —— medical treatment for his diabetes. my mum was held in the tunnels for 49 days and that is what we last know of nadav. aha,
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what we last know of nadav. a difficult question to ask about how traumatic was it hearing the news yesterday with hamas putting out the video, the purported death of two of the hostages? they flagged that they would give an update. how traumatic was that? i would give an update. how traumatic was that? ., , ~ ., was that? i was shocked and appalled- — was that? i was shocked and appalled- by _ was that? i was shocked and appalled. by hamas - was that? i was shocked and l appalled. by hamas portraying was that? i was shocked and - appalled. by hamas portraying it as if it was a game. these are the lives of people, these are our loved ones. these are people who are being held against their will for over a hundred days and they posted it as if it was some kind of a game. who does that? i was shocked, absolutely shocked. bud does that? i was shocked, absolutely shocked. �* ., does that? iwas shocked, absolutely shocked. �* ., , , shocked. and of course it is described — shocked. and of course it is described as _ shocked. and of course it is described as psychological. shocked. and of course it is - described as psychological torture by the defence minister. find described as psychological torture by the defence minister.— described as psychological torture by the defence minister. and it is. eve da by the defence minister. and it is. every day is _ by the defence minister. and it is. every day is torture _ by the defence minister. and it is. every day is torture for— by the defence minister. and it is. every day is torture for us. - by the defence minister. and it is.
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every day is torture for us. every l every day is torture for us. every piece of information that they post, and it is usually appalling information, is psychological torture. it is part of their agenda, hurting us is what they want. in terms of your brother, you mentioned the fact he was diabetic and we reported last friday of the apparent deal to allow medicines to get to the hostages. have you heard any update as to the mechanics of when perhaps that actually might happen? we did not get any specifics, no. we don't expect to get any specifics until it happens but at the end of the day, as i say, when the hostages are released we will ask them if they got the medicine, because as of now, what we know is what we learn from the media and we do not know any other specifics apart from that. in terms of your mother, since her release, what has she been able to
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tell you about those days in captivity and how she now? she is slowly recovering. _ captivity and how she now? she is slowly recovering. she _ captivity and how she now? she is slowly recovering. she is - captivity and how she now? she is slowly recovering. she is staying i slowly recovering. she is staying with us at our house. physically she is getting stronger, we can help her on that end, and emotionally it is very difficult for her. the main concern of course is nadav and she did tell us about the time she stayed in the tunnels. not much of that we can share. but we can all imagine that being held against your will for 49 days and for others it is over a hundred days, your life in the hands of others who decide whether you live or die, we can all imagine how difficult and frightening that must be. so physically we can help her. emotionally, we are alljust worried for my brother and the other 136
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hostages. for for my brother and the other 136 hostaues. ., , ., . for my brother and the other 136 hostaues. ., ,, ., ,, for my brother and the other 136 hostaues. ., ,, ., i. ., hostages. for you and your mother, it must be a — hostages. for you and your mother, it must be a really _ hostages. for you and your mother, it must be a really difficult - hostages. for you and your mother, it must be a really difficult place - it must be a really difficult place in the sense of, having the space to grieve for roi but also worrying about your other brother being held and the aftermath of your mother having been held, all of these things playing at the same time. it is exhausting and difficult and it is exhausting and difficult and it is so painful. i don't think any of us have managed to grieve the loss of roi properly because first of all, it took time for him to be officially identified, and then it took time to bury him. and then i was in the middle of my personal struggle and fight release might mother and nadav and then when my mother and nadav and then when my mother was released, i held her hand and told her what happened to roi, she did not have the time to mourn him properly because her main
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concern is nadav and the other hostages and we will get to that when the other hostages are back and we can grieve our losses. bill when the other hostages are back and we can grieve our losses.— we can grieve our losses. all the while, the _ we can grieve our losses. all the while, the conflict _ we can grieve our losses. all the while, the conflict continues. - we can grieve our losses. all the| while, the conflict continues. the prime minister benjamin netanyahu has consistently said in recent weeks that maximum force is the best way to get the return of more hostages. is that something that you are comfortable with? as you see what is actually happening on the ground in gaza. i what is actually happening on the ground in gaza.— ground in gaza. i mainly feel helpless- — ground in gaza. i mainly feel helpless. i'm _ ground in gaza. i mainly feel helpless. i'm not _ ground in gaza. i mainly feel helpless. i'm not a - ground in gaza. i mainly feel helpless. i'm not a politicianj ground in gaza. i mainly feel- helpless. i'm not a politician and i'm not a general. i am in no position to give any advice to anyone. i'mjust position to give any advice to anyone. i'm just a family member loved one is being held, many others, and...— others, and... you must be terrifying — others, and... you must be terrifying to _ others, and... you must be terrifying to see _ others, and... you must be terrifying to see that - others, and... you must be terrifying to see that level. others, and... you must be| terrifying to see that level of bombardment. did your mother talk about how close it was to her? i don't think she knows to say exactly
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how close but she did say that they had them. i don't think she can really evaluate the distances. we have heard from other hostages that they heard the bombings. because it is scary to all of us, obviously. aha, is scary to all of us, obviously. a final thought on the human level, you have talked about worrying about your brother and your mother, grieving for your other brother, and on a human level, how are you actually getting through the days? waking up every day, taking it one day at a time. as i said to my mother when i was travelling here, she stayed home, and it was difficult for her to say goodbye to me, and i said, you take it one day ata time, you me, and i said, you take it one day at a time, you wake up and push one day at a time and that is what we do. ~ day at a time and that is what we do. . , , ., “ day at a time and that is what we do. ~ , , ., ~ , day at a time and that is what we do. . , , ., 4' , ~' day at a time and that is what we do. we spoke in the first week, and here we are — do. we spoke in the first week, and here we are after _ do. we spoke in the first week, and
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here we are after 100 _ do. we spoke in the first week, and here we are after 100 days - do. we spoke in the first week, and| here we are after 100 days speaking again. thanks forjoining us. thank again. thanks for “oining us. thank ou so again. thanks for “oining us. thank you so much — again. thanks for “oining us. thank you so much for— again. thanks forjoining us. thank you so much for having _ again. thanks forjoining us. thank you so much for having me. - around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. age uk works with older people and every year they go over their accounts like all charities and the last audit drop something unusual, what they believed was a fraudulent transaction. when the charity investigated they found losses of almost £460,000 dating back to 2016. the chief executive of the charity who joined the chief executive of the charity whojoined in the chief executive of the charity who joined in 2020 says the fallout has been difficult to deal with. the accounts say there is no evidence that any other person had any involvement or knowledge of the activity. is this something that you and the trustees would apologise for? ~ . , , and the trustees would apologise for? ., _ , ., , for? we are deeply sorry that this has occurred _
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for? we are deeply sorry that this has occurred to _ for? we are deeply sorry that this has occurred to the _ for? we are deeply sorry that this has occurred to the organisation. | has occurred to the organisation. because of the impact that has had over a period of time on the support we have been able to provide to older people in gloucestershire. for more stories from across the bbc, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. health officials in the tigray region of ethiopia have renewed their warnings about starvation induced by the compounding forces of the worst drought in decades and the aftermath of the civil war there. regional television quoted them as saying that 209 people, including children, have died in the town of edga arbi alone. the federal government rejects the notion of famine — a highly sensitive word in ethiopia following the disaster of the mid 1980s — but admits the drought is affecting millions of people. the un says 20 million need food aid. live now to karmen till — national director of
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world vision, a humanitarian aid, development and advocacy organisation, dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. how alarming are you by what is playing out in ethiopian?- how alarming are you by what is playing out in ethiopian? thank you very much- — playing out in ethiopian? thank you very much. indeed. _ playing out in ethiopian? thank you very much. indeed. it _ playing out in ethiopian? thank you very much. indeed. it is _ playing out in ethiopian? thank you very much. indeed. it is a - playing out in ethiopian? thank you very much. indeed. it is a complex| very much. indeed. it is a complex situation of humanitarian need, taking place in tigray in the northern part as well as across if the op, northern part as well as across if the 0p, and as you mentioned the effects of climate change that across ethiopian. there was the conflict which took place over many years in rwanda as well as economic crises and inflation and conditions working together to make it quite a challenging living situation for many children and families living across ethiopian. and indeed at the moment we are looking out over 21 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. we are very concerned. as world vision and as
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many other partners and civil society groups and the government, we are working together macro years, supporting communities in their own resilience, providing assistance in life—saving and food and protection and as the situation evolves and changes, we are trying to walk through communities in a reasonable pace of change to look at what resilience looks like beyond some of these shocks. teiiii resilience looks like beyond some of these shocks-— these shocks. tell me, i mentioned in the introduction _ these shocks. tell me, i mentioned in the introduction the _ these shocks. tell me, i mentioned in the introduction the federal - in the introduction the federal government rejecting the notion of famine. how much more difficult does that make things for all of the people trying to actually improve the situation on the ground? humanitarians, we rely on various forms of getting information, so we conduct assessments and work in partnership with local level and regional and national governments, to really try to get to the bottom of what the needs are, what do
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people need and to what extent and what kind of assistance is given. 0ne what kind of assistance is given. one of the biggest challenges we are facing is needs versus resources, it is becoming increasingly difficult. coming through a previous segment as we know, multiple crises around the world, this is stretching attention and donorfunding, so what is actually needed in tigray regardless of how we frame it and name it, our needs are forfood of how we frame it and name it, our needs are for food and for children to go to bed not hungry, to be able to go to bed not hungry, to be able to get the assistance, and what we are finding challenging in the humanitarian community is adequate resources and funding to meet even a fraction of the need.— fraction of the need. thanks for “oinino fraction of the need. thanks for joining us- _ fraction of the need. thanks for joining us- as — fraction of the need. thanks for joining us. as you _ fraction of the need. thanks for joining us. as you say _ fraction of the need. thanks for joining us. as you say come - fraction of the need. thanks for joining us. as you say come up| fraction of the need. thanks for - joining us. as you say come up with the attention of the world on so much else, the middle east and other issues, it is worthwhile returning to what is actually happening on the ground in ethiopian. thanks for joining us.
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ground in ethiopian. thanks for joining us-_ ground in ethiopian. thanks for “oinino us. . ~' , . the drama succession — which was created by a british writer and starred several british actors — was one of the big winners at the emmy awards in los angeles overnight. it picked up six prizes for its final series. 0ur la correspondent emma vardy was there. # temporary lay—offs (good times...)# the good times were back as the biggest names in hollywood gathered to celebrate the best of the small screen. the bear! the bear, a story about a high—end chef in a rundown sandwich shop, won six awards — including outstanding comedy. i just want to thank restaurants as a whole, hospitality as a whole. the big prize sealed with a kiss. succession.
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while succession, with its farewell season, dominated one last time... sarah snook, succession. ..picking up his and hers best acting in a drama. don't pick it up. ali wong, beef. the evening was also notable for the number of black and asian winners, and multiple awards for the series beef. rupaul�*s drag race. award ceremonies can often become a platform for politics and rupaul, accepting best reality competition show for drag race, hit out at america's culture wars. if a drag queen wants to read you a story at a library, listen to her, because... cheering ..knowledge is power. to mark the 75th anniversary of the emmy awards were moments of tv nostalgia. being together brings back some great memories of a show we are all very proud of. the cast of cheers reunited around the famous bar.
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# i'll be there for you...# and there was a tribute to absent friends. but this ceremony was somewhat shoehorned into the middle of a busy awards season, after being postponed last year when months of walk—outs by actors and writers over pay and the use of ai saw productions halted. with these awards happening four months late, it's a reminder the strikes are continuing to have an impact. and although the tv industry is back to work, studios are tightening their budgets. after a period of big spending to attract streaming subscribers, now hollywood is somewhat reining things in. i'm gay. but the emmys highlighted the power of tv�*s most—loved shows to hold a place in viewers' hearts for decades. emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles. a full breakdown of everything that happened at the emmy awards available on the website. lots of
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pictures and comment and all the very latest. we will take a short break. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. it's a very cold day, wherever you are, but plenty of crisp winter sunshine across the southern half of the country. further north, we've got a couple of weather fronts bringing a mix of rain, sleet and snow. we could see some disruptive snow across parts of scotland later in the day. now, here's the culprit. these weather fronts moving in from the northwest, bringing that mixture of rain, sleet and snow, some slightly less cold air moving in behind it. so i think across northern ireland, it's mostly reverting back to rain and rain to lower levels of northern england after some early snow. looks like the snow will be confined to the pennines there and this band of snow will start to sink southwards across scotland, eventually reaching the central belt. as you move towards
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the evening rush hour. a very cold day to come wherever you are. significantly cold, though, across scotland where we'll continue with the risk of ice, so that snow across northern scotland sinks southwards, could bring some disruption to the central belt in southern scotland later in the day. and the band continues to fizzle out as it moves southwards over england and wales, no more than a line of cloud with just a few snow flurries on it. but another very cold night to come for all areas, but especially so across the northern half of the country with a significant risk of ice. so for wednesday, snow showers continue across northern areas. a lot of sunshine elsewhere. this feature looks like it's going to stay across the channel into france, maybejust grazing the south coast, some high cloud, maybe the odd wintry flurry for the south west of england. but most places dry, sunny, sunny, but very cold. frequent snow showers, northern scotland, a few into northern ireland, maybe into north west england, around some irish sea coast. snowfall amounts really starting to accumulate now across northern scotland and a very cold day to come
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wherever you are. particularly factoring in the strong wind across northern scotland thursday. similar story, very cold start. plenty of dry and sunny weather around with snow showers draped around coastal areas, particularly northern scotland in towards northern ireland, perhaps north west england and a very cold afternoon, 1 to 3 or four degrees. but it will feel cold like that when you add on the northerly breeze. high pressure brings some fine weather to end the week. further snow likely across scotland and then low pressure takes over as we head into the weekend, bringing strong and gusty south westerly winds, in fact, turning wet and windy through the weekend. into the start of next week, you'll notice the temperatures climbing. it will become a lot milder.
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live from london. this is bbc news. the united states says it's seized iranian weapons, which were destined for houthis in yemen — it comes as another cargo ship has reportedly been hit. here in the uk... the boss of fujitsu apologises and says the company must help compensate post office staff who were wrongly prosecuted because of its faulty it software we did have bugs and errors in the system and we did help the post office in the prosecutions of the supposed masters. for that we are truly sorry. donald trump wins the iowa caucus by a landslide — cementing his place at the front of the republican presidential race.
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at the world economic forum in davos, presidents zelensky calls for more western support for ukraine. it is just it isjust being it is just being reported by us officials that the us has struck and destroyed four anti—ship ballistic missiles that were prepared to launch from a houthi controlled territory in yemen. that is coming from cbs quoting a us official. i will repeat it because it is breaking news. again another attack from the us, we saw those attacks on friday hitting a number of houthi sites. there have been more houthi attacks since then and the us officials are saying the us have struck and destroyed for anti—ship
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ballistic missiles that were

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