the marlin luanda is operated by a uk—registered company.ain and its allies reserve the right to respond. paul adams, bbc news. let's hear a bit more from paul adams, who has the latest developments. the multinational company trafigura, which is based in singapore and which has been putting out statements on the condition of the vessel, the marlin luanda, just a short time ago put out its latest bulletin, and i'lljust quote to you from that. they say that we are pleased to confirm that all the crew on board the marlin luanda are safe and that the fire in the cargo tank has been fully extinguished. that was a fire that was raging really throughout the night, and i think was a cause of grave concern to the ship's owners — bearing in mind, of course, that this was a ship carrying oil products, and so the possibility of a fire spreading was a very real one. carrying oil products, and so the possibility of a fire spreading was a very real one. the vessel is now sailing towards what is described as a safe harbour, and the crew is continuing to mon

the marlin luanda is operated by a uk registered company here.nment spokesman said britain and its allies reserved the right to respond. paul adams, bbc news. and we'll speak to our correspondent paul adams live for the latest in the next few minutes. the uk hasjustjoined australia, italy and canada in suspending theirfunding to the un agency for palestinian refugees after israel has accused staff of being involved in the october 7th attacks, when hamas gunmen killed 12—hundred people. the us state department has also suspended its additional funding to unrwa. the organisation's head said a full investigation into the allegations is being carried out — and anyone found to have been involved will be held accountable. now, this latest news comes as pressure is mounting on the israeli government to change its conduct in its war with hamas, after the international court ofjustice ruled that israel must do everything possible to prevent genocide there. israel is pressing ahead with its military operation in gaza. tanks are advancing into khan younis,

these pictures show that fire on board the marlin luanda.on friday in response to what they called "american—british aggression". the operator of the ship, trafigura, paid tribute to the bravery of the captain and crew and thanked the indian, us and french navies for their help. (pres)in a statement the company said(box we are pleased to confirm that all crew on board the marlin luanda are safe and the fire in the cargo tank has been fully extinguished. the vessel is now sailing towards a safe harbour. this latest incident follows us and uk air strikes on houthi targets in response to attacks on ships in the red sea region — one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. the uk government says it reserves the right to respond appropriately, and in the last few minutues the defence secretary grant shapps said "this intolerable and illegal attack on maritime shipping "is the latest on innocent people and global trade. "it's our duty to protect freedom of navigation in the red sea "and we remain as committed to that cause as ever." 0ur diplomatic c

the marlin luanda is operated by uk registered country.ies reserve the right to respond. the us government has approved the sale of forty new f—i6 fighter jets to turkey, after ankara fully ratified sweden's long— delayed membership of nato. turkey will also get upgrades to the warplanes in its existing fleet as part of the $23 billion dollar deal. the sale had become contingent on turkey dropping its objections to sweden joining the alliance. f—i6s are the same jets that ukrainian pilots are being trained on. protests against a recent surge in violence against women are taking place in major cities across kenya today. the demonstrations, led by feminist campaigners, follow the murders of 10 women this year. amnesty international says more than 500 femicide cases were recorded in kenya between 2016 and 2023, with many victims killed by their partners or people known to them. 0ur africa correspondent, merchuma, is in nairobi and has been tracking the protests in the capital. i'm just right outside parliament buildings now, and just a few me

this was the marlin luanda this morning. dousing a fire that threatened to ignite the ship's cargo of russian oil — the end of a perilous night for the crew. the houthis were quick to take credit for the attack, their spokesman saying, once again, that this was being done to support the palestinians in gaza, and in response to what he described as it's been two weeks since britain and the us first hit back, striking military targets inside yemen, aiming to deter the houthis. so far, the strategy does not appear to be working. so, the attack on marlin luanda in the gulf of aden signify a great extension and escalation from the red sea to the gulf of aden — so a geographical extension. and also with the type of weapons, the missile used yesterday was a ballistic missile and the houthis started their attacks in the red sea using drones. so we're seeing a technological expansion and a geographical extension. the houthis are using the attacks to bolster support at home, orchestrating huge rallies on the streets of the capital, sa

this was the marlin luanda last night, fire visible from the bridge, threatening its cargo of russianor singapore. the houthis are quick to take credit, their spokesman saying once again that this was being done to support the palestinians in gaza and in response to what he described as american—british aggression. the fire was finally brought under control this morning as indian, french and american naval vessels arrived on the scene. the crew was unharmed and the tanker now heading for a safe harbour. it's been two weeks since britain and the us first hit back, striking military targets inside yemen, aiming to deter the houthis. so far, the strategy doesn't appear to be working. so the attack on the marlin luanda in the gulf of aden signifies a great extension and escalation from the red sea to the gulf of aden, so a geographical extension, and also with the type of weapons. the missile used yesterday was a ballistic missile, and the houthis started their attacks in the red sea using drones, so we're seeing a technological expansion and a geographical extension. the houthis are usin

yemen's ansarullah has announced that it has targeted the marlin luanda oil tanker with several missiles in the gulf of aden. the passengers evacuated the tanker, but the ship is still burning. britain, along with america , attacked yemen two weeks ago under the pretext of providing security in the red sea. yemen has emphasized that british and american ships are a legitimate target for sana'a. yahya quick spokesperson the yemeni armed forces said today: this country continues its operations against the zionist ships or ships related to this regime that move towards the ports of occupied palestine. in continuation of their attacks on yemen, the united states and the united kingdom attacked ras isa area in the north of hodeida twice . the us ministry of defense was informed that several soldiers of this country were wounded in the attacks of the iraqi resistance. the pentagon also announced that these attacks have caused financial losses to the islamic resistance of iraq. early this morning , the american military bases in the two keniko al-khazra bases in syria were once again targeted.

it took hours for the tongues of fire to come down from marlin luanda, an english oil tanker that had set off from india and was going to babolmandb to enter the red sea, 120 km from the gulf of aden. a missile was caught near yemen. hitting tank number 5, the yemenis confirmed that we hit it. the british ship in the gulf of absence was directly targeted and caused a fire in it. we will continue our operations against the zionist ships or related to this regime that are heading towards the palestinian ports they move, we emphasize. war and commercial ships. america and england have become legitimate military targets for sana'a after these two countries invaded yemen. the british oil tanker carrying jet fuel , all 27 of its crew are elderly, but its cargo and fuel have burned out. the battle in the red sea is a battle to support the palestinian people against the crimes of the zionist regime. the us attack on yemen, but based on the organization. not the united nations or the security council. the us attack on yemen is not authorized by the united nations. but the pressure of the yemen

yemen's ansarullah has announced that it has targeted the marlin luanda oil tanker with several missiles in the gulf of aden. the passengers have evacuated the tanker, but the ship is still burning. the first court session of the complaint case against the american president due to his support for the palestinian genocide was held. the american civil liberties group, on behalf of pro-palestinian groups and human rights groups, filed a complaint against biden and members of the delegation his government has submitted to the court for supporting the zionist regime in killing the people of gaza. in the first court session in california, a number of human rights activists and doctors from gaza explained the situation in gaza and the problems of its people following the attacks of the zionist regime as witnesses. at the same time as the court was held, a rally was held in gaza to protest the crimes of the zionist regime. the believers asked the us president not to support the genocide in gaza. we lose hundreds of people every day. that is why we must stand up. this government should ask. supp

the british maritime trade center announced that the marlin luanda oil tanker, which was hit by a yemeni armed forces missile in the gulf of aden , is still burning. last night, the spokesman of the yemeni armed forces announced that in response to the continued attacks of the united states and the united kingdom on the territory of yemen, the army of this country targeted this british ship. brigadier general yahya seri said until the end of the war in the gaza strip. and the arrival of aid to this area, the operations of the yemeni army against the zionist ships or those related to this regime that move towards the occupied farstin ports will continue . exposing the use of the zionist regime's powers cans containing explosives to injure and kill the people of gaza revealed other aspects of this regime's crime and genocide. the france 24 television channel announced that reports and published images show that the zionist military, taking advantage of the severe food shortage in gaza , dropped explosives in canned goods on gaza as a bait so that it would explode in the hands of those who

on friday, the oil tanker, marlin luanda, caught fire in the gulf of aden after being hit by a missile has approved the sale of a0 new f—16 fighter jets to turkey, a day after ankara fully ratified sweden's long—delayed membership of nato. turkey will also get upgrades to the warplanes in its existing fleet as part of the $23 billion deal. the sale had become contingent on turkey dropping its objections to sweden joining the alliance. two malaysian men have been sentenced at guantanamo bay for their role in the 2002 bali bombings. more than 200 people, including many foreign tourists, were killed in the attacks on nightclubs in indonesia. mohammed bin lep and mohammed bin amin were both jailed for 23 years but will only have to serve six, after pleading guilty. the men had already been detained for nearly 20 years awaiting trial. king charles has had surgery for an enlarged prostate, after being admitted to hospital on friday. queen camilla has said the king is "doing well." the procedure was carried out at the london clinic private hospital, where catherine, princess of wales had surg

against our country, yemeni navalforces carried out a targeting operation on the british oil tanker marlin luandaf aden using a number of appropriate naval missiles. the strike was direct and resulted in the burning of the vessel. the un's top court has ordered israel to take all measures to prevent genocide in gaza. the court stopped short of ordering israel to implement a ceasefire but thejudges did order a series of measures that it says israel must take up moving forward. the international court ofjustice ruled israel must do more to prevent civilian deaths in gaza, israel must punish any incitement to genocide in the strip, it must take actions to increase humanitarian aid there, and israel must submit a report a month from now detailing measures taken to comply with the ruling. the hearing was part of a case brought by south africa, which had asked the court to order israel to stop military action in gaza, pending a decision on whether israel has committed genocide — something israel vehemently denies. a verdict on that central allegation of genocide is expected to take much longer, possibl

the fire on board the marlin luanda has now been extinguished, and none of the crew was injured.and trade secretary kemi badenoch has said she removed the post office chairman henry staunton because the governance of the post office just wasn't working. an interim chair is expected to be appointed shortly. it comes as the post office is reeling from the fallout from the horizon scandal, which has been called the biggest miscarriage ofjustice in uk history. with more on this is our political correspondent, harry farley. bring it up—to—date with their comments from the secretary. this comes in response _ comments from the secretary. this comes in response to the public fury at the post office scandal, more than 700 sub—postmasters and mistresses prosecuted because of the faulty horizon software system that made it look as if money was disappearing from post office accounts when it wasn't and many more having to pay out of their own pockets to make up the shortfall is that the horizon error made it look what's happening. there is a keenness on government to be seen to be proactive i

the fire on the marlin luanda was extinguished with no crew injured after french, indian and us navaletary grant shapps wrote... 0ur political correspondent harry farley has the latest. this is isn't even the first time hms diamond, which is a british navy destroyer in the red sea, not the first time that hms diamond has been targeted by houthi drones. 0ur political correspondent harry farley has the latest. the statement from the ministry of defence in london saying that this was an intolerable and illegal attack, which is completely unacceptable and the ministry of defence says it is our duty to protect freedom of navigation in international waters. and as you say, the defence secretary grant shapps also condemning this attack. he says that the uk remains undaunted. so what happened, we understand, yesterday afternoon, the houthi group in yemen launched a drone targeting hms diamond. the crew on hms diamond activated the ship's sea viper missile system, a missile system that costs more than £1 million per missile, and destroyed the drone. they say that there was no damage or injurie

on friday, the oil tanker, marlin luanda, caught fire in the gulf of aden when it was hit by a missiled the sale of forty new f—16 fighter jets to turkey, a day after ankara fully ratified sweden's long— delayed membership of nato. turkey will also get upgrades to the warplanes in its existing fleet as part of the $23 billion deal. the sale had become contingent on turkey dropping its objections to sweden joining the alliance. now it's time for a look at today's sport with mike bushell. hello, welcome to the bbc sport centre. we start at the australian open where experience told, as the reigning champion, aryna sabalenka, retained her women's singles title. it was a rather one—sided match against the rising chinese star, zheng qinwen, appearing in herfirst majorfinal. she only had brief chances to break the champion�*s serve and didn't take any of them, as sabelenka triumphed 6—3, 6—2, to win her second grand slam title. defending champion alfie hewett, lost the men's wheelchair singles final, at the australian open to japanese player, tokito oda. hewett won the singles trophy, for the

tonight, the destroyer "uss carney" and a french warship are on their way to assist the "marlin luanda," damaged by an antiship ballistic missile. houthi rebels have launched nearly three dozen attacks on commercial and navy ships to show solidarity with palestinians in gaza. the chairman of the joint chiefs telling me today that the nine retaliatory strikes the u.s. has already carried out against the houthis are designed so as not to cause a wider war. when you walk this fine line of not wanting it to escalate, what would you say to those people who are critics who would say, look, they're not being tough enough on these militants, they're not being tough enough on iran? >> i would also ask, do they want a broader conflict? do you want us in a full-scale war? that's the goal is to deter them. and we don't want to go down the path of greater escalation that drives to a much broader conflict within the region. >> reporter: what is clear tonight is that deterrence is thus far not working, and in fact, these attacks on commercial ships are only getting worse. david? >> david: and much mo

the movement said it had targeted the marlin luanda on friday evening.ing used to contain it. us officials say there are no reported injuries. it's the latest attack on commercial shipping by the houthis in and around the red sea. king charles is reported to be doing well after treatment today to address an enlarged prostate. earlier today queen camilla, visited the hospital — the same one where catherine, the princess of wales, the king's daugher in law is also recovering from treatment. buckingham palace says the king is having a "corrective procedure" after being diagnosed with the condition earlier this month. before we go — a reminder of our breaking story this hour. a new yorkjury has found donald trump liable for defamation of the writer, ejean carroll — and ordered the former president to pay more than $83 million in damages. mr trump says he will appeal the verdict. mrtrump was found civilly liable last year of sexually abusing ms carroll in a new york department store back in the 1990s, and then defaming her after she wrote about it. remember y

against our country, yemeni navalforces carried out a targeting operation on the british oil tanker marlin luandae gulf of aden using a number of appropriate naval missiles. the strike was direct and resulted in the burning of the vessel. earlier, uk maritime trade operations 60 nautical miles south east of aden, and this comes after british maritime security firm ambrey reported a fire broke out on a vessel 55 miles south—east of aden after it was hit by a missile. the crew were reported safe. earlier friday before this latest us strike on houthis, us central command confirmed friday its forces shot down in yemen, an anti—ship ballistic missile targeting its destroyer in the gulf of aden, the uss carney. no injuries or damage were reported. the houthis are, of course, backed by iran. reuters is now reporting that china is getting involved. citing four iranian sources, the report says officials from beijing have been asking their iranian counterparts to help reign in houthi fighters. the discussions reportedly took place in recent meetings in beijing and tehran. china would take notice, because t

cargo tank in marlin. luanda'sed with the help of indian us and french navy vessels . all crew are reported vessels. all crew are reported to be safe . the united kingdom to be safe. the united kingdom is pausing funding for the united nations gaza aid group following allegations that staff participated in the october 7th attacks. the foreign office says the uk is appalled by the allegations means that unrwa staff were involved in the heinous acts of terrorism that the uk government has repeatedly condemned . the uk is suspending condemned. the uk is suspending any future funding, as are finland. the us, italy, australia and canada. following a review , representatives from a review, representatives from the gaza relief agency have pleaded with allies to reverse the decision. a spokesperson for the decision. a spokesperson for the foreign office says we remain committed to getting humanitarian aid to the people in gaza who desperately need it . in gaza who desperately need it. the ministry of defence will neither c

on friday, the oil tanker, marlin luanda, caught fire in the gulf of aden after being hit by a missilehis. the us government has approved the sale of a0 new f—16 fighter jets to turkey, a day after ankara fully ratified sweden's long—delayed membership of nato. turkey will also get upgrades to the warplanes in its existing fleet as part of the twenty three billion dollar deal. the sale had become contingent on turkey dropping its objections to sweden joining the alliance. two malaysian men have been sentenced at guantanamo bay for their role in the bali bombings of 2002. the attacks on nightclubs in indonesia killed more than 200 people, including many foreign tourists. mohammed bin lep and mohammed bin amin were each jailed for twenty three years but will only have to serve six, after pleading guilty and agreeing to cooperate with prosecutors. the men had already been detained for nearly 20 years awaiting trial. us politicians have called for new laws to criminalise the creation of deepfake images, after explicit ai—generated images of taylor swift were viewed millions of times on x,

this coming just hours after yemen's houthi rebels struck a british oil tanker, the "marlin luanda" withn anti-ship ballistic missile setting it ablaze in the gulf of aden. the crew forced to abandon ship. the u.s. destroyer, "uss carney" and a french warship assisting. officials say earlier in the day, the houthis fired a missile at the "uss carney," which was shot down without any injuries. the latest strikes marking a new escalation in the iranian-backed houthi attacks on vessels transiting the shipping channel which they say are in support of palestinians in gaza. the houthis have launched nearly three dozen attacks on commercial and navy ships since october, and there have been more than 150 attacks by iran-backed militants on u.s. troops in iraq and syria. the chairman of the joint chiefs in an exclusive with our martha raddatz when asked about how some believe the biden administration should be tougher on these militants. >> i would also ask, do they want a broader conflict? do you want us in a full-scale war? >> reporter: this after the u.s. launched multiple air strikes against

the gulf of aden went up in flames on friday after it was targeted by houthi rebels ablaze in marlin luanda's cargo tank was extinguished with the help of indian, us and french navy vessels, all crew are reported to be safe and the united kingdom is pausing funding for the united nations gaza aid group following allegations that staff participated in the october 7th attacks. the foreign office says the uk is appalled by the allegations that unr wa staff were involved in heinous acts of terrorism that the uk government has repeatedly condemned , and the uk is condemned, and the uk is suspending any future funding, as are finland. the us, italy, australia and canada. following a review , representatives from a review, representatives from the gaza relief agency have pleaded with allies to reverse the decision. a spokesperson for the decision. a spokesperson for the foreign office says we remain committed to getting humanitarian aid to the people in gaza who desperately need it. up in gaza who desperately need it. up to 11,000 staff working for john lewis and waitrose could lose their job over t

the iran—backed movement said it targeted the marlin luanda in response to "american—british aggressionrant shapps called the attack "intolerable and illegal" and said britain remained committed to protecting ships operating in the red sea. the beauty firm avon is still operating in russia despite the ongoing war in ukraine. the bbc has found that the firm, which has its headquarters in the uk, is recruiting new sales agents in the country and continuing production in a huge plant in the moscow region. avon says it provides "critical support" for women whose livelihoods depend on their business. firefighters in liverpool have been dealing with the remains of a huge fire, which engulfed a four—storey building yesterday. huge plumes of smoke could be seen across the city, including over goodison park during everton's fa cup tie against luton town. the incident has now been scaled back and evacuated residents have returned home. there are no reports of injuries. major uk landmarks were lit up last night to mark holocaust memorial day, the anniversary of the concentration camp in auschwitz

the fire on the marlin luanda was extinguished with no crew injured after french, indian and us navalr in the ten macro two, has been targeted by houthi jones. -- hms been targeted by houthi jones. —— hms diamond. the ministry of defence saying this is and illegal and unacceptable attack, and it is our duty to protect freedom of navigation in international waters. as you say, the defence secretary grant shapps also condemning this attack. he says the uk remains undaunted. we understand what happened yesterday afternoon, the houthi group in yemen launched a drone targeting hms diamond. the crew of hms diamond activated the ship's see viper missile system, which cost more than £1 million per missile, and destroyed a drone. they say there was no damage or injuries to anyone on board. but as you say, this is not the first time that hms cameco diamond has been attacked, and it does raise questions about whether the uk will be drawn into future air strikes. of course, the uk has already struck houthi targets in yemen once, joining the us in doing that. the question is whether it will do it

in the gulf of aden went up in flames on friday after it was targeted by the rebels ablaze in marlin. luanda'sgo tank was extinguished with the help indian , us and french help of indian, us and french navy vessels , and all crew are navy vessels, and all crew are reported to be safe and the united kingdom is pausing funding for the united nations gaza aid group following allegations that staff participated in the october 7th attacks. the foreign office says the uk is appalled by allegations that unrwa staff were involved in the heinous act of terrorism , and that the uk of terrorism, and that the uk government has repeatedly condemned. the uk is suspending any future funding, as are finland , the us, italy, finland, the us, italy, australia and canada. following a review , representatives from a review, representatives from the gaza relief agency have pleaded with allies to reverse the decision. a spokesperson for the decision. a spokesperson for the foreign office says we remain committed to getting humanitarian aid to the people in gaza who desperately need it . in gaza who desperately need

a blaze in marlin luanda's cargo tank was extinguished with help of extinguished with the help of indian us and french navy vessels , and all crew are vessels, and all crew are reported to be safe and the united kingdom is pausing funding for the united nations gaza aid group following allegations that staff participated in the october 7th attacks. the foreign office says the uk is appalled by allegations that unrwa staff were involved in the heinous act of terrorism , that the uk of terrorism, that the uk government has repeatedly condemned. the uk is suspending any future funding as our finland , the us, italy, finland, the us, italy, australia and canada following a review by representatives from the gaza relief agency, have pleaded with allies to reverse the decision. a spokesperson for the decision. a spokesperson for the foreign office says we remain committed to getting humanitarian aid to the people in gaza who desperately need it . in gaza who desperately need it. this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on your digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play . g

no injuries were reported and the ship, the marlin luanda, received assistance from the us navy. terrorist organisation by the uk. 0ur correspondent mark lowen is injerusalem for us. mark, what more do we know about this meeting? good morning. they are reportedly due to begin tomorrow, sunday, in france, although the cia has not confirmed the location or the start date and they will involve the head of the cia, the head of mossad the head of the egypt agency and top officials from qatar to try to reach a ceasefire. israel is under renewed pressure and scrutiny of its actions in gaza following thatjudgement, the provisional decision by the international court ofjustice in the hague yesterday that they called on israel to do everything it can to prevent any possible genocide in gaza, to get more urgent humanitarian aid in and to stop inflammatory language and so i think the icj decision is a club in the wheels of diplomacy turning faster. president biden spoke yesterday with the president of agent and the emir of qatar so attempts to push both sides to new diplomacy and negotiation

. >> a blaze in the marlin luanda's cargo was luanda's cargo tank was extinguished with the help of indianus and french navy vessels and all crew are reported to be safe and scotland's first minister has made an urgent plea to unite against hate on the occasion of holocaust memorial day in a video posted on humza yousaf says together we remember the millions of lives cut short with the utmost cruelty and brutality. lands marks across the uk have glowed purple to mark the holocaust memorial day . mark the holocaust memorial day. this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car , on your digital tv in your car, on your digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to . mark my thanks to back to. mark my thanks to sophia, who returns in an hour's time. >> we've got the dream team this evening, producer maria and also directors josh and sebastian , directors josh and sebastian, who's doing his 700th day in a row here at gb news welcome to mark dolan tonight. row here at gb news welcome to mark dolan tonight . your perfect mark dolan tonight. your perfect saturday