pentagon says they've hit underground storage sites as well as locations associated with a groups of ms island as civilians. capabilities is the 2nd time the 2 allies. i've coordinated throughout taxes and things i get to the government who these have previous evolves to continue with the tax when shipping in the red sea. we can cross to washington now and, and did it because financed by him and oliver as grew back, who was following the story for us joins that settled. benjamin, what more can you tell us about the strikes it does it just said edu business? the 2nd joints try conducted with a u. k, with the united kingdom on a to see controlled areas in yemen. that's an operation today that have the support of us tre, neil lorraine of canada and of the netherlands. that's what the us central command stated in a press release a earlier today. washington hopes that the stripes will degrade the capability of who these have to continue their attacks on us and also in your case ships, but also on international commercial shipping. in the red sea in the golf balls ident, who piece began attacking th

ms. island drone attacks that continue to cause civilian casualties and extensive damage, disability and infrastructure. again this week and several locations in ukraine including care of how to keep. and the patrol screech and there is urgent. it's urgent to redouble efforts to achieve a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in ukraine. i think you can, but i think the representative of switzerland for the statement as i now give it over to the representative of china closures. mister president. i think on the secretary general with economy full for briefing, when you click on task this morning, the security come so just to do the pro rated on the topic of weapons applying to ukraine. today when we took in an emergency session, on the instance of the crash of a russian ministry transport aircraft, resulting in significance casualties. and stated in the briefing, it is reported that the russian, joseph aircraft, carrying prisoners of close on route to hand over to ukraine was found at all the people on board were killed in his grave disaster. some day you will please the walls flaws and

seeing rockets from his will like a deeper into is ready to view as military says, is head of 90 ship ms island. yeah, man. that who the rebels were getting ready to launch. the ministry says the miss all was ing towards the gulf of aging. and so i had in commercial vessels as well as us warships. yelman's reviews have been targeting vessels. they say are linked to israel or the attacks and the syria iraq lab on, on, on the i'm and they're driving fuse of a wider regional conflicts. aimen society is the foreign minister of jordan. he's told my colleague nick clock, but the violence could easily continue to spread us from the very beginning, we warned that to this i guess you don't guys a carrier that he used to use the risk of the spitting go over. and so the rest of the agent added to that, no, that is a prime minister, might be the, the contest the prob, looking yeah, uh, compensations of other products, particularly with lebanon, other parts of the agent, to delay the political reckoning that he would have to face and also to navigate around the differences that we're seeing imaging with the

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from the virgin islands seek recognition? ms. plaskett: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. plaskett: thank you, madam speaker. this month of january has been national poverty in america awareness month. the grim reality is that over 40 million americans, including nearly 20% of individuals in my home of the virgin islands, and that's 30% of children there, live in poverty. this issue is not an inevitability, but a crisis that we have the power to resolve. poverty manifests not only through hunger but also limited education, sews grips discrimination, desperation which leads to crime, and diminished democratic participation. tragically communities of color and people living in territories face even greater disadvantage. it's disheartening to see a lack of concerted effort and poverty alleviation in this house. many of my republican colleagues are fixated on political stunts and thre

island. official photos showed ms ardern smiling in a custom ivory gown.n the country during the covid pandemic. stay with us here on bbc news hello. we've had some fairly chilly weather over the past few days, but things are about to get colder, as we're going to see a blast of arctic air moving in for the next couple of days. so a drop in temperature and some snow showers which will cause a bit of disruption, particularly in the north. so we've got a couple of weather fronts shifting their way south, opening the doors to these cold northerly winds, bringing us that arctic air. through the next few hours, already some snow showers working in across parts of shetland, mainland north of scotland. also seeing a little bit of snowfall, a few light rain showers, further south. but actually most of us are dry and as the sun rises, i think, first thing, temperatures are going to be just about either side of freezing. so through the day on sunday then we've got the snow showers packing in across the north of scotland. it's also going to be really windy, particula

ardern married her long—term partner clarke gayford in a small private ceremony in north island. official photos showed msaly scheduled for early 2022 but was postponed due to strict restrictions she imposed on the country during the covid pandemic. turning now to news here in washington. john kerry — the former us senator and secretary of state — is stepping down from his role as us special climate envoy. mr kerry served as president joe biden�*s top official on climate change since 2021 — and will reportedly depart from that role in the coming months. he's expected to help out with biden�*s re—relection campaign. mr kerry himself ran for president, winning the democratic nomination in 2004, before losing to george w bush in the general election. his decision to step down as climate envoy comes just one month after the cop28 climate summit, where he helped broker an international agreement for nations to transition away from fossil fuels. the biden administration reportedly says no decision has been made on kerry's potential successor. from the new york times' climate desk now, i am joined by lisa friedm

island. official photos showed ms ardern smiling in a custom ivory gown.ct restrictions she imposed on the country during the covid pandemic. here in the us — we're less than two days away from the iowa caucuses, where republican supporters will start the process of selecting their nominee for the 2024 presidential election. leading up to the big night — the headline out of iowa has not been candidates donald trump, nikki haley or ron desantis — it's been the weather! intense winter storms have caused major disruptions to republican presidential hopefuls campaigning in the midwestern state. a blizzard dropped about 15 inches, that's 38 centimetres, of snow across iowa, causing some candidates to cancel events. so just how cold will it be on monday? some forecasts in des moines, the state capital, say the low will be negative 18 degrees fahrenheit — that's minus 28 celsius. it's expected to be the coldest caucus day on record. here's candidates nikki haley and ron desantis talking about the wild winter weather. i've been campaigning here for 11 months now,

ms- 13, for years. it stopped, actually, when the when he increased fbi e cooperation and police protection on long island actually winning the battle for a while. unfortunately, that is starting to change again. and you know, just this summer, a member of ms 13 pled guilty to the murder of two teenage girls who were attacked with baseball bats and machetes. this is just one of the many examples. do you think border security is a national security issue? we don't know his real age. >> that's actually -- one of the times i went to the border, i've been several times -- cbp was saying when they were processing, people were trying to be show that they are under 18 and actually provided real documentation that they were between the ages of 25 and don >> no. >> this committee has been focused on the biden administration's refusal to secure our border. the house judiciary committee pointed out many vetting failures with your daughter's killer. this report shows that he was arrested for association with ms-13 before he came to the united date, something they verified easily after the murder, unfortunately. and l

ms. tia carol. woo. my dad came here during wwii and was stationed at treasure island and that wuz one of his favorite songsback home after that either, thank god. all right we're going to invite before we ask our our iustriua mayor, we have village babies with a dance performance. you guys ready? [applause] all right. all right. yes! is love those babies, thank you for that. so ms. adrian, do you want to come back up? come on. i want to thank everybody for coming out. i have gotten so many support from mayor london breed. we've been in business for 17 years and i can remember and the mayor talks about this all the time, when i didn't have a penny in my pocket and now that we have funding, hey thanks to the mayor. we're going to show you guys how we're using the funding doing this week of kwanzaa. so this is just the first day, come tonight and we will have vivian green as the guest. all week long, we have headliners, because now i can take. so the quality is going to, i am delighted and so appreciative of, let me says something about carol davis too and the dream keepers. we can do just about what we want.

sharp increase of known criminals crossing our southern border, and ms-13, whose motto is kill and control. a district in long island has suffered from high levels of gang activity, especially ms- 13, for years. it stopped, actually, when the former president increased -- when he increased fbi cooperation and police protection on long island. we were actually winning the battle for a while. unfortunately, that is starting to change again. and you know, just this summer, a member of ms 13 pled guilty to the murder of two teenage girls who were attacked with baseball bats and machetes. this is just one of the many examples. do you think border security is a national security issue? >> yes. and supposedly, he 16. we don't know his real age. >> that's actually -- one of the times i went to the border, i've been several times -- cbp was saying when they were processing, people were trying to be show that they are under 18 and actually provided real documentation that they were between the ages of 25 and 30. so we don't know, like i said. >> no. >> this committee has been focused on the biden administration's refusal to s

it seems like the island is easy to capture, but when a direct military invasion, it involves heavy losses and a very well -planned campaign, thank you very much, please excuse me, msnatalya, as always, thank you klina natali plaksienko of butyrska expert, to the expert on issues of east asia , the master of foreign policy, thank you very much, because everything was really explained in detail and professionally, now we have an experiment, an experiment like this, well, for me it is not very... because back in 1992, when i was working in and in russian, on the ukrainian service of the bbc, then the ukrainians translated everything russian simultaneously, it was just that the russian language was prohibited in ukrainian, and now according to the legislation of ukraine and in ukraine, the russian language is prohibited, and so we are from today, in fact, from january 1 we don't have a new year say a single word in russian, and i, not only i, do not have the right, but the guests do not have the right, so you mean, now we will have the first time, at least in my program, after the commercials, i am told that first advertising, i did not forget about advertising, there

island community. he will be dearly missed. until we meet again. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from illinois, ms. ramirez, for five minutes. ms. ramirez: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today as the proud daughter of guatemalan immigrants, the wife of a dreamer, and the of illinois three, a district proud of the contributions of the migrants who call it home and a member of the humble park united methodist church. a church that is formed by immigrants, a church that has been serving the community for decades, and a church that built me. and taught me to put my faith into action. and to advocate for our shared humanity. as methodist, i would like to share a call for prayer and action from the national plan for hispanic latino ministry of the united methodist church, and the general board of church and society of the united methodist church. as we just celebrated the season epiphany, we were replienlded again -- reminded again of the story of those three wise travelers who journeyed through many lands and borders in search of a newborn king. we're reminded that after they found the infant jesus, hi

ms. foxx: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record a letter from the national asian-pacific islander, american chamber of commerce and entrepreneurship, u.s. black chambers and u.s. hispanic chamber of commerce supporting h.j.res. 98. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. foxx: this letter raises concerns about the nlrb joint employer rule's impact on all small businesses, contractors and franchisees around the country. particularly the latter notes that the rule could, quote, impact minority-owned small businesses and franchisees that rely on these contracts to sustain and grow their businesses. the letter continues, quote, the franchise model has been a driver for minority entrepreneurship and job creation by allowing budding entrepreneurs to partner with well-known brands and bolster local ownership of main street businesses around the country. it's also been particularly successful on ramping first and second generation immigrants into business ownerships, end of quote. i urge my colleagues to consider these views. vote yes on h.res. 98. overturn the biden nlrb joint em

island. this is not the case. they have sophisticated missiles. they have some missiles here of real capability, including asb ms. to be under mr. rate -- do we underestimated their sophistication? norman: no. it is a well-known fact that the houthis have acquired powerful missiles and they train from iran and in iran on those missiles to make them a people threats to the region. tom: what is the difference for our ships at sea in the red sea and outside the red sea? now that this attack has occurred, what is the new risk to our sailors? norman: the houthi are going to see what they have left, how many missiles. they still have a best drone fleet, drone boats, and enable -- and naval mines. that does not mean we have taken out all of this capabilities. they can use those as long as the keep the nature of the attacks people the level that would cause a significant counterstrike. jonathan: this effort has been led by the u.s. and the view k -- and of the u.k.. what can we learn from the countries that were involved and the countries that weren't? norman: the united states and united kingdom are close partners and

rhode island said, is that secretary mayorkas has failed to secure the border and the specific examples generally relate to his failure to follow the law and detain everyone. now i would add, of course, ms green is wrong. in the president's supplemental appropriations request, the president did ask for more funding for i.c.e. detention. he asked for more funding for border patrol agents or asylum officers, more immigration judges, or u.s. cis officials to process everything. because we have such a backlog of the asylum process, but where he's being impeached right now, because he did not put everyone in jail. that's what we said. now mr. bishop then responded saying no, no, well obviously there are some circumstances when not everyone can be detained, and in those circumstances, then not everybody should be detained. so i figured it out. we have the impeachment of secretary mayorkas. because the law says that immigrants shall be detained, unless it is the judgment of representative dan bishop of north carolina that they are exempt from detention. thank you. i yield back. >> the gentleman yields in time. i thank the gentleman. ladies and gentlemen, we have votes going on right now. we ar