. - here is our international editor jeremy bowen. ere is our international editor jeremy bowen. it is clear it was cominu , jeremy bowen. it is clear it was coming. the — jeremy bowen. it is clear it was coming, the americans - jeremy bowen. it is clear it was coming, the americans and - jeremy bowen. it is clear it was i coming, the americans and british said, they drop such heavy hints it was just a matter of when, and they chose the moment when secretary of state blinken, us secretary of state, basically finished his latest middle east tour and got back to the us, and since he was talking but de—escalation, doing that while he was out there was clearly going to be awkward, to put it mildly. what is rather, you might call, and incomplete truth, america's truth, britain's truth about this, that somehow it is not directly related to what is going on in gaza. that's clearly political spin. of course it's related. the houthis say that they are carrying out these attacks not because theyjust fancy it, but to help out the palestinians and

, thanks _ quite a bit of negotiation. jeremy bowen, thanks very _ quite a bit of negotiation. jeremyuite a bit of negotiation. jeremy bowen, thanks very much for- quite a bit of negotiation. jeremy i bowen, thanks very much for taking us through all of that. live now tojohannesburg, where i'm joined by thank you for being on the programme. your reaction to the icj. i think the african national congress are substantially in support of the decision by the court ofjustice. you may know the anc�*s organisation... and one of its obligations is to at all times engage in human solidarity. in obligations is to at all times engage in human solidarity. in terms of what you — engage in human solidarity. in terms of what you heard _ engage in human solidarity. in terms of what you heard from _ engage in human solidarity. in terms of what you heard from the - engage in human solidarity. in terms of what you heard from the court, i of what you heard from the court, were you disappointed that there was not a call for a cease—fire? ha. were you disappointed that there was not a call for a cease-fire

frank gardner, bbc news. 0ur international editor jeremy bowen is here.tary action against the houthis, jeremy. will it work? ~ ., against the houthis, jeremy. will it work? ~ . ., ., against the houthis, jeremy. will it work? . ., ., , against the houthis, jeremy. will it work? ~ . ., ., , . work? way a lot of it may become a bit of a deterrent _ work? way a lot of it may become a bit of a deterrent but _ work? way a lot of it may become a bit of a deterrent but with _ work? way a lot of it may become a bit of a deterrent but with the - bit of a deterrent but with the houthis i sort of doubt it because the saudis bombed them after 2015 for some years until the current ceasefire in yemen took hold and i spent quite a lot of time with the houthis in yemen and they are not the kind of people who are worried tjy the kind of people who are worried by threats. in fact, they quite like them. among their favourite slogans this death to america and death to israel. they want to be in this fight, ithink, and being threatened by the west is almost something that i

jeremy bowen is a bbc news.r: we got an update and the threat of original conflagration with major general product trick rider press secretary for the u.s. defense department. major general, the houthis have retaliated launching an antiship ballistic missile. what impact has that had so far? >> well what we know right now is they have launched a single missile. the initial reports we received are that it has not struck anything. in other words, it landed in the water. we will continue to monitor the situation. it is important to understand the context. as you know, last night the united states and the united kingdom would support from other countries conducted strikes in houthi-controlled areas of yemen to degrade and disrupt the ability to conduct the attacks we have been seeing since november. again, considering the size and scope of those attacks and considering some of the rhetoric we have seen coming out of the houthis, it is probably likely we will see these kinds of activities but it is certainly our hope

jeremy bowen there.human rights officials have urged full accountability for alleged crimes against civilians during the october 7 attacks in israel. the experts say armed palestinian groups may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity. they say thousands of people — most of them civilians — were subjected to "targeted and brutal attacks". and the "growing evidence about reported sexual violence is particularly harrowing." first responders gave testimonies in the wake of the attacks — and continue to live with the trauma. yossi landau is with zaka, an israeli volunteer civilian emergency service organization. he spoke with me earlier. thank you so much for being here to speak with us on bbc news. you were one of the first humanitarian workers to witness the atrocities in the aftermath of the october seven attacks, three months past now. how are you coping with the impact of what you saw? it is not easy, especially when we have the hostages still not home and we meet the families almost on an

jeremy bowen, bbc news.in the uk the prime minister has described the strikes on houthi rebel sites as "necessary and proportionate," to protect global shipping. it's the first time he's launched any kind of military operation, since becoming prime minister. our political editor chris mason has more. united kingdom maritime trade organisation say it's really received reports of small boats approaching a merchant ship 80 nautical miles. 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 labour be supporting the government? so to work senior labour figures, keir starmerjoint remotely put on a visit to greater manchester, the labour leader said the air strikes were justified because of the actions of the houthis. they are putting civilian lives at risk and disrupt

president biden this evening. 0ur international editor, jeremy bowen, is injerusalem.ted states expected to do? 0ne one of the president's officials said actions speak louder than words but what will those actions be? we can only spectate at this point but what tends to happen is that the us military gives the president a menu of options that he can choose. the lowest level, if you like, might be to hit back at iranian proxies operating inside syria or iraq, but that might not be enough for the americans and especially not forjoe biden�*s critics back home. they might be something a bit more, go for iranian targets in those countries, or they could go for may be iranian targets in the gulf. the most extreme option, and i think this is highly unlikely, would be to attack targets inside iran itself, inside the territory of iran, which is something the americans have not done. so we get to a situation now where the american secretary of state, antony blinken, says the middle east is at its most dangerous point since at least 1973, when there was a major middle east war, w

jeremy bowen there.hat no—one, including israel, wants the conflict to escalate in the region. but israel and hezbollah, a lebanon—based organisation designated a terrorist group by the us, continue to exchange fire across the lebanon—israel border. hezbollah attacked an israeli army base with explosive drones on tuesday, in response to recent suspected israeli assassinations of top hamas and hezbollah commanders. that same day, israel said it killed the southern lebanon commander of hezbollah�*s aerial unit in an air raid. hezbollah denied the killing occurred. our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega, has the latest from beirut. has, and the israeli military have continued carrying out cross—border attacks a day after a senior hezbollah commander was killed by an estate that is really attack and that was a significant development that has renewed fears of major confrontation between hezbollah, the powerful iranian fact review, and the israeli military. on tuesday crowds gathered in a village in sout

jeremy bowen, bbc news.kes as "necessary and proportionate" to protect global shipping. it's the first time he's launched any kind of significant military operation since becoming prime minister. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, said he supported the action but called on the prime minister to make a statement to parliament as soon as possible. our political editor chris mason reports. 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, sir? i don't even know what it would be recalled for. last night, the decision already taken by the prime minister, the speaker of the house of commons was called in for a briefing. will labour be supporting the government? so too were senior labour figures — keir starmerjoined remotely. on a visit to greater manchester today, the labour leader said the air strikes were justified because of the actions of the houthis. they are putting civilian lives at risk

jeremy bowen, bbc news. first let's get the economic case for last night's military strikes from darshini david, whose here. clive, thank you. from furniture to energy, the billions of pounds of goods arriving on our shores are key to our lives. but it's that trade that makes us vulnerable to shocks thousands of miles away, from covid to the war in ukraine. could the escalation in the red sea be the latest threat to prosperity? the red sea shipping route typically looks like this, one of the busiest, transporting 15% of traded goods, largely from east to west. but, as vessels faced attack, as this latest map of activity shows, many major shipping firms have diverted around the cape of good hope. it takes ten days longer, adding $1 million to the average container ship's fuel costs. and one shipping boss warns the impact could linger. having to re—route all of these cargo an hour south of the cape of good hope is going to create significant disruptions to the global supply chain for the duration in which we h

overnight and the possible wider consequences for the region, here is our international editor jeremy bowenmy: in sanaa, yemen's capital, a huge rally against the airstrikes and in support of palestinians filled the city's broadest boulevard. it was organized --the houthis do not allow unauthorized protests. without question millions in yemen and across the arab world are appalled by israel's conduct of the gaza war and regard the american and tradition airstrikes as an escalation on israel's behalf. during the night, the americans launch their attack from a carrier battle group in the red sea. like britain, they warned the houthis that this was coming if they didn't stop hitting shipping. the airstrikes are intended to show that western red lines won't turn pink under pressure. but if anything, the houthis will be even more determined to carry on. a houthi military spokesman said the americans and british were responsible for criminal aggression, which would be answered with attacks on all possible targets on land and sea. the raf released a video of its jets taking off for yemen from the

you can see we're all here. jeremy bowen: late this i afternoon at kibbutz be'eri, regular units andreservists were preparing for the order to move in, that most israelis believe will come. over a million gazans were forced to leave their homes in the north of the strip, and thousands were killed in israeli strikes. the attack on jabalia camp looks to be one of the biggest single palestinian losses of life so far in this war. jabalia is in the far north of gaza, where israel has been pushing forward. as electricity was cut off, premature babies in the hospital had to be taken from their incubators. our colleague rushdi, who's from gaza, was bravely reporting at the same time as he was trying to keep his own family safe. the humanitarian situation is also getting worse and worse, with israel not allowing food and medicine. i have seen people struggling to find water. here in the hospital, people are struggling to find fuel to run the generator and work in the...in the hospital. translation: i spend four or five hours every day in the queue - and at the end i only get one portion of br

it there, but thk you very much for your thought with me in the studio is international editor jeremy bowent of angry rhetoric today, but i would imagine that is usually in this case, they will take it back and considerate. will it change the way that israel executes the war? jeremy: that is what the court hopes. the court has said very clearly that israel -- it did not ask for a cease-fire, which isn't surprising, because estate have a right to self-defense. israel was attacked on the seventh of october, they are fighting back. the issue is how they fight. the court wants them to fight in a very different way, and it as it said come back to us in a month from now and show us what you are doing. will israel change the way it is fighting? well, we will have to see. the americans have been onto them for what seems like months to try to fight in a more targeted way. don't just drop a big bombs on the area you want to hit. be more surgical, is what the americans -- the way they put it in the hope of reducing the number of civilians who are being killed. the court has been very specific about wh

here is our bbc international editor jeremy bowen with his analysis.they are allies, really. i have spent quite a lot of time with the houthis in yemen and they are people who are highly independently minded. they have a relish for getting involved in this kind of thing. they want to be involved in the war. and so the iranians have very much beefed up the kind of firepower they have, they even have anti—ship missiles, they even have anti—ship missiles, they have various kinds of ballistic missiles they can fire off, as well as drones, so they are well armed, of course,. compared to the us and the royal navy, it is nothing like it. less the physical damage, it is more the fact that this is a dangerous situation for navigation. yes, they have taken a ship, they have hijacked a ship and forced it into one of their ports. they have also fired off weapons to them and caused some damage. it is not like they have some things but the fact is they are clearly commercial shipping countries who want to get very valuable cargo through the very narrow 16 mile wide

our international editor jeremy bowen is here. israel, what can he achieve? you this is his fourth trip to israel, what can he achieve? you must be caettin what can he achieve? you must be getting pretty _ what can he achieve? you must be getting pretty exasperated, - what can he achieve? you must be getting pretty exasperated, that i what can he achieve? you must be l getting pretty exasperated, that one about israel to take care, is still being repeated and repeated and are still not happening to america's satisfaction. something antony blinken said which echoed words in this morning on the bbc today programme, they have said essentially it is a regional path out of this crisis potentially, in other words the saudis could offer recognition to israel which is what israelis really wanted, in return for concrete progress. the problem with that is that the current israeli government is resolutely opposed to palestinian state and a lot of arabs are resolutely opposed to offering israel anything after all the events in gaza. there is

jeremy bowen, bbc news. let's focus now on who the houthis are.military group from a sub—sect of the country's shia muslim minority, the zaidis. as you can see, they control a large part of yemen. most of the population lives under houthi areas of control, including the capital, sana'a. its control of the red sea coastlines makes its attacks on commericial shipping possible. the movement formed in the 1990s, against the then—yemeni president, ali abdullah saleh. it's armed groups are modelled on organisations his brother in lebanon. backed by the saudis, president saleh tired to eliminate the houthis in 2003, but was repelled. the houthi movement has been fighting a civil war since 2014 against yemen's current government. iran is suspected of supplying the houthis with weapons. years of conflict in yemen has led to one of the largest humanitarian crisis in the country. and in from the newsagency that is that the us and uk struck 30 locations in yemen overnight using more than 150 munitions and the newsagency is quoting a senior us official and are

here's our international editor, jeremy bowen.ell, one of the president's officials said actions speak louder than words. what are those actions going to be? well, we can only speculate at this point, but what tends to happen is that the us military gives the president a menu of options that he can choose. and the lowest level, if you like, might be to hit back at iranian proxies operating inside syria or iraq. that might not be enough for the americans, and especially not forjoe biden�*s critics back home. so they might do something a bit more. they might go for iranian targets in those countries or they could go for maybe iranian targets in the gulf. the most extreme option, and i think this is highly unlikely, would be to attack targets inside iran itself, inside the territory of iran. that's something that the americans have not done. so we get to a situation now where the american secretary of state antony blinken, says that the middle east is at its most dangerous point since at least 1973, when there was a major middle east

jeremy bowen, thank ou.ng in britain who have family trapped in gaza, every moment is filled with a sense of dread. yesterday, many people were killed and injured when a un building in khan younis in the south of gaza was struck. dr mohammed balousha, who's a surgeon working in scarborough, had family who were nearby, and can only wait helplessly to find out their fate. after he spoke to my colleagues at bbc arabic, i went to meet him. voice recording in arabic. a voice note from mohammed balousha's brother in gaza. he said, "mohammed, we are evacuating from the besieged school in khan younis at the moment. i don't know if we are going to make it or not. if we don't make it, please know that we love you." this is mohammed's life now, constantly fearing the worst. his family is evacuating with thousands of others from a supposedly safe un school in khan younis to head south towards egypt. but they've had to leave his father behind in an intensive care unit set up in a tent. he's too old to be moved after bein

here is our bbc international editor jeremy bowen with his analysis.es, often talked about as proxies but they are allies, really. i have spent quite a bit of time with the houthis in yemen and they are people who are highly independently minded. they have a relish for getting involved in this kind of thing. they want to be involved in the war. and so the iranians have very much beefed up the kind of firepower they have, they even have anti—ship missiles, they have various kinds of ballistic missiles they can fire off, as well as drones, so they are well—armed, of course. compared to the us and the royal navy, it is nothing like it. less the physical damage, it is more the fact that this is a dangerous situation for navigation. yes, they have taken a ship, they have hijacked a ship and forced it into one of their ports. they have also fired off weapons towards them and caused some damage. it is not like they have sunk things but the fact is they are clearly commercial shipping companies who want to get very valuable cargo through the very narrow 16—mil

jeremy bowen, bbc news.k ryder, press secretary for the us defence department. i spoke to him earlier about the strikes and what comes next. major general, the houthis have now retaliated. what exactly impact has that had so far?— retaliated. what exactly impact has that had so far? what we know right now is that they _ that had so far? what we know right now is that they have _ that had so far? what we know right now is that they have launched - that had so far? what we know right now is that they have launched a - now is that they have launched a single missile. the initial reports are that it has not struck anything. it landed in the water. we'll continue to monitor. it's important to understand the context. as you know last night, the us and the uk, with support from australia, bahrain, canada and the netherlands, conducted strikes in houthi controlled areas in yemen to describe houthis' ability. considering the size and the scope of the attack and some of the rhetoric we've seen coming out of the houthi

——jeremy bowen. you mention that a proper reading are takers on the two years? proper reading are takers on the two years?- mention that a proper reading are takers on the two years? yes, it is a lona takers on the two years? yes, it is a long process- — takers on the two years? yes, it is a long process. it— takers on the two years? yes, it is a long process. it is— takers on the two years? yes, it is a long process. it is not _ takers on the two years? yes, it is a long process. it is not a - takers on the two years? yes, it is a long process. it is not a court - a long process. it is not a court that delivers instant results but what this does do is give a indication as to their thinking and as to the veracity and credibility of the case that south africa has brought. of the case that south africa has brou~ht. ,, , _ ~ brought. submitted by south africa in the case concerning _ brought. submitted by south africa in the case concerning application l in the case concerning application of the _ in the case concerning application of the convention on the preventi

so we will stick with jeremy bowen, our international editor who is with us here in the studio.ounterpoint, but what is next on the big picture?— counterpoint, but what is next on the big picture? festival, we have not heard from _ the big picture? festival, we have not heard from the _ the big picture? festival, we have not heard from the israelis. - the big picture? festival, we have not heard from the israelis. i - the big picture? festival, we have| not heard from the israelis. i think we can guess what they are going to say. they're not going to be at all happy. underthe say. they're not going to be at all happy. under the terms of the court of which they are a member, they are supposed to follow through and do all these things was up they will argue they are doing a lot of them already. israel, this is one of the provisional measures, israel must take all measures to prevent any acts that could be considered genocide or killing members of a group, causing bodily harm, affecting conditions excited to bring about the destruction of the group, preventing birth. it is not sayi

well, here is jeremy bowen, bbc international edhon jeremy bowen, bbc international editor, explainingely near the hospital. completely wrong. where were you getting your information and do you regret anything that you said that night? >> so it broke in, i suppose mid evening . evening. >> and to answer your question, no, i don't regret one thing in my reporting because i think i think i was measured throughout . think i was measured throughout. >> i didn't race to judgement. >> i didn't race to judgement. >> but you said that building had been flattened . had been flattened. >> oh yeah. well, i got that wrong because was at wrong because i was looking at the pictures and what i could see was , was a square that see was, was a square that appeared to be flaming on all sides . sides. >> and there was a, you know, sort of a void in the middle. >> and it was i think it was a picture taken from a drone. >> eamonn. and so , you know, we >> eamonn. and so, you know, we have to piece together what we see. and i thought, well , that see. and i thought, well, that looks like the whole building'

jeremy bowen: late this i afternoon at kibbutz be'eri, regular units and some of more than 300,000 mobilised. jabalia is in the far north of gaza, where israel has been pushing forward. as electricity was cut off, premature babies in the hospital had to be taken from their incubators. 0ur colleague rushdi, who�*s from gaza, was bravely reporting at the same time as he was trying to keep his own family safe. the humanitarian situation is also getting worse and worse, with israel not allowing food and medicine. i have seen people struggling to find water. here in the hospital, people are struggling to find fuel to run the generator and work in the...in the hospital. translation: i spend four or five hours every day in the queue - and at the end i only get one portion of bread. _ we have been living on one meal a day. i sometimes we sleep hungry. around the globe, people took to the streets... ada, 75 years old... ..and world leaders came to stand with israel while at the same time warning of the consequences of an escalation. we will continue to have israel�*s back as you work to defend your p

i'm joined in the studio by international editorjeremy bowen, who can help walk us through some of what has been going on here. jeremyfirst place. and they ruled that south has a plausible - in the first place. and they ruled that south has a plausible case i in the first place. and they ruled i that south has a plausible case and that... what they have said very clearly is this doesn't prejudge any further deliberations that they will make in the forthcoming months or even years but what it does say very urgently adds up to a victory for south africa's lawyers and a defeat for israel's in that she said very strongly, and she gave the voting figures as well, that provisional measures, which israel was open would be thrown out by the courts are operative, are important and they include taking measures to prevent the commission of all acts including killing members of the group, meaning the palestinians, causing bodily or mental harm, physical destruction, preventing births, no acts by the military of israel shall cause the above. she didn't say you have to have a ceasefire, because under international humanitarian law

bowen knows, like wrong. it's an attack owner and occupier, people by the occupier. israel best buy great powers. do you think lee is john list? you mentioned jeremy boeing, the least editor of the statement. david, bbc went to apologize previous to being profile this time is reporting you think they understand that a firing stone grenades into the alex and most going the equivalent of christmas eve is like, uh, doing that to the vatican on christmas eve. i mean, it was easy though 5 to a, it's a, it's a bit like that, the bombing the vatican or sending the soldiers into the vatican fold if they don't know, what are they doing out there? i mean, you don't actually have to be in the holy land to understand that the provocation, the attack on palestinian suddenly the attack on, on, on the holy a small skin in the, in, in, into, um, uh, was entirely unprovoked. and the, the fact that i'm come off to one of these riley's stop these attack. so now people in jerusalem stop from now. well, we will resist and so they've resisted as every people has the right to do so west the media. uh, you know, where all the golf? yes, there are a lot of palestinian tra