let's talk about the speech by presidentjoe biden. t is symbolic, including the timing and location.— timing and location. that's right, this is joe biden's _ timing and location. that's right, this is joe biden's first _ timing and location. that's right, this is joe biden's first campaign | this isjoe biden�*s first campaign speech of 2024, and i think he would use it to try and refocus his campaign. last year, the messaging, the narrative out of the biden campaign was very much about bidenomics, the economic achievements under this administration. but that hasn't been working for president biden, he's not doing well in the polls, so i think he would try to redirect the narrative today i wake from this election being a kind of referendum on the biden presidency and more towards a mission to stop donald trump. now, of course, donald trump is not the official republican nominee yet, he is ahead and oppose, but i think mr biden to it will seek to portray mr trump as a threat to us democracy. democracy, that he would say amma is america'

�*s attributable to presidentjoe biden�*s unwillingness to take a risky, gutsysimply did not have it in him to do it and he is responding to do it and he is responding to pressure i think from the allies, the economic pressure from around the world and from the congress of the united states and american people. they do not like seeing american ships being targeted and they do not like the thought of prices going up even further because of this constriction of one of the most important sea lanes in the economically.— important sea lanes in the economicall . ~ ., , economically. the white house has said that _ economically. the white house has said that the _ economically. the white house has said that the strikes - economically. the white house has said that the strikes were l has said that the strikes were meant to damage and we the houthis capability. they were not intending to kill leaders or the iranian trainers. because of the escalation, the risk of escalation. how easy is it to achieve a name like that? it is almost impossible. it is a fully statement on t

there is a statement released at the same time as the us presidentjoe biden made a statement, a statementshi sunak that says the royal air force participated in the attacks on facilities used by houthi rebels in yemen. the united kingdom will always stand up forfreedom of kingdom will always stand up for freedom of navigation on the free flow of trade, he says. there for we have taken limited necessary and proportionate action in self—defence alongside the united states with nonoperational support from the netherlands, canada and bahrain against targets tied to these attacks to degreed appointment military capability and protect level shipping. those words from the uk prime minister rishi sunak echoing and complementing the words that we brought to you earlier from the us presidentjoe biden as laid out with the context of our washington correspondent. we need to stay with the breaking news for more information. the us says there have been 27 attacks in the red sea since mid—november by houthis and as he recalled they say they support hamas and they are targeting ships headed to israel. le

the united automobile workers, a major us union, has endorsed presidentjoe biden�*s re election bid.auto workers on a picket line the united automobile workers, a major us union, has endorsed presidentjoe biden�*s re election bid. mr bidenjoined auto workers on a picket line last year in a first for a sitting president. he is expected to face off against donald trump in november's general election. joe biden bet on the american worker while donald trump blamed the american worker. we need to know who's going to sit in the most powerful seat in the world and help us win as a united working class. so, if our endorsements must be earned, joe biden has earned it. in fact, when donald trump was in office, six auto factories closed around the country. tens of thousands of auto jobs were lost nationwide through trump's presidency. during my presidency, we've opened 20 auto factories with more to come. we've created more than 250,000 auto jobs, all across america. the world's most valuable auto company has warned of a slowdown in sales of its electric vehicles. tesla just reported earnings f

us presidentjoe biden spoke with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on friday.s their first talk in nearly a month. mr biden re—affirmed washington's commitment to a two—state solution, once the fighting in gaza had ended. mr netanyahu said this week he would not accept a palestinian state after the war. our correspondent mark lowen is injerusalem with more. netanyahu's comments are not a surprise because he has spent his entire political career opposing a palestinian state but it is about the timing. israel is under intense international pressure with almost 25,000 people killed in gaza in the offensive, according to hamas—run health ministry and this is a very public rebuttal of the biden administration, get another one. and it is being seen as israel thumbing its nose at the us and netanyahu falling back on the far right here that has propping up his government and he believes that he is staking his political survival on opposing a palestinian state. public opinion here is increasingly fallen out of love with the prime minister. only 50% of israelis according

on the us position book taiwan is security, here is presidentjoe biden. the is president joe biden.joe biden. the idea that it can _ is president joe biden. the idea that it can be - is presidentjoe biden. tue: idea that it can be taken by force, just taken by force, is not appropriate. it will dislocate the entire region and be another action similar to what happened in ukraine. taiwan finds itself in the middle of a diplomatic tug—of—war. and the outcome of its domestic elections could well have a profound impact on some very delicate international affairs. live now to taipei and our correspondent, shaimaa khalil. how is building going there in taipei and what are voters saying to you? —— voting. d0 saying to you? -- voting. do ou saying to you? -- voting. do you know? _ saying to you? -- voting. do you know? as _ saying to you? —— voting. dr? you know? as i was a lot of weather talk during any election day, people are either braving the weather or enjoying the weather and this is a really nice, sunny, breezy day. we are at the part of taipei, blackburn coming and going to this po

what does your government believe that presidentjoe biden has got wrong about that? n has got it right actually. he said just over the weekend that there are different types of two—state solution. we on our end say no to the type which means that it will imperil israel's security. peace with the palestinians or a full palestinian sovereignty down the road cannot mean a collective public suicide of israel. that is not peace, and we say that for the near future, israel will have to retain the security... sorry, you said "collective public suicide". what do you mean by that? the palestinians — do you agree they should have a say in what that two—state solution or solution should look like? first, let me say this. hamas does not want a two—state solution. he just sat in a podcast, but the leader a few days ago said — he said hamas does not want us to state solution, they want a final solution like the holocaust. what happened on october 7... it was a tragedy. and hamas waged brutal attacks. i just wonder what you think about the palestinians having a say in what postwar g

that's as us presidentjoe biden says the us has delivered a private message to iran about the houthis. the houthis say the strikes have had no significant impact on their ability to attack vessels in the red sea. israel's military says it will consider allowing palestinian civilians to return to northern gaza once it's safe — an area the un has described as a scene of utter devastation. hello, i'm azadeh moshiri. welcome to the programme. we begin in taiwan, where voters have ignored china's repeated warnings not to vote for william lai from the ruling party, the dpp. he will replace tsai ing—wen as president after securing 40% of the vote — though the dpp lost its majority in parliament, making it hard for him to pass legislation. mr lai says he will maintain the status quo in relations with china — which has labelled him a troublemaker and a "dangerous separatist". in his victory speech, he pledged to use dialogue instead of confrontation in exchanges with china and said he hoped beijing understood that peace will benefit both sides. china says reunification with taiwan is still ine

kirby also said presidentjoe biden would, quote: "not stop working toward a two—state solution."mark lowen sent this update from jerusalem. well, in the south of gaza, they have reported the heaviest fighting so far this year, with intense military air strikes by israel around khan younis, the largest city in the south of gaza, and rafah as well, with the israeli defence forces saying dozens have been killed as they say, terrorists, and the hamas—run health ministry says 93 people were killed in overnight strikes, and that they — there's real concern for those sheltering around nasah hospital, the largest still functioning in the south of gaza where intense fighting is taking place. the israelis say they're targeting terror cells in the vicinity of the hospital, but remember more than half of the hospitals in gaza are completely out of operation, only 15 of the 36 in the territory are still partially functioning. the number sheltering in the south of gaza are enormous. rafah had a pre—war population of 280,000, it's now over one million. so, there's a huge concern over the israel

presidentjoe biden is seeking to galvanise democratic voters on the issue of abortion.throughout the 2024 campaign. a recent study led by the guttmacher institute says that the number of abortions increased in the first ten months of 2023. it estimates that there were 878,000 abortions in the formal us health system. factors contributing to the rise in abortions include people travelling across state lines to access the procedure, abortion provided via telehealth, and some states passing policies protecting abortion. here in washington on friday, anti—abortion activists gathered on the snowy national mall for the annual march for life. the rally has been held every january since 1973 — when the supreme court's roe v wade ruling guaranteed abortion access nationwide. in 2022 the supreme court overturned that decision. a short while ago i spoke with our digital reporter holly honderich— who was at the rally. what was getting people out on a very cold, snowing day, what were people telling you? the weather was tough and as you mention, it is a bit tough for the pro—life, a

here in washington, presidentjoe biden met with congressional leaders to discuss funding for ukraine . biden told leaders from the house and senate he was encouraged by progress being made in bipartisan talks on both funding for ukraine, and new measures to secure the us southern border. among those in attendance for the high—level meeting were top republicans, speaker of the house mikejohnson and top senate democrat, chuck schumer. here's what schumer said about today's meeting. iam i am more optimistic now that we can come to agreement on board and ukraine in one package, along with aid to israel, humanitarian aid for the palestinians in gaza, along with helping indochina. i am more optimistic than ever more we come to an agreement, i put the chance is greater than half, that's the first time i can say that. as congress works toward that bipartisan agreement. i spoke to one member of the house, republican representative mike lawler. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. if we can start with that meeting with the president and the congressional leaders today, the resident city was ope

us presidentjoe biden kicked off his re—election effort on friday with a speech marking three years sincein pennsylvania, mr biden singled out former president donald trump as a danger to us democracy and compared mr trump's recent inflammatory language to that heard in nazi germany. mr biden said the former president's campaign was all about "revenge and retribution" and mr biden criticised mr trump's inaction onjanuary 6 as his supporters violently stormed the us capitol and some chanted in favour of hanging then vice president mike pence and then speaker of the house nancy pelosi. mr biden said american democracy was pushed to the brink but survived and he said mr trump was — and remains — willing to "sacrifice" democracy for his own benefit. donald trump's mob weren't a peaceful process. it was a violent assault. they were introspection is, not patriots. that make insurrection lists. they were there to protect the constitution. they were there to destroy the constitution. donald trump won't do what a us president needs to. he won't denounce political violence. figs denounce politicalvi

on the democratic side, presidentjoe biden is already looking ahead to november and the key issues hevoters around. one of them is the contentious issue of abortion in the wake of the supreme court's landmark overturning of roe v wade last summer. abortion rights advocates have been on a winning streak at the polls, with voters in seven states choosing to improve and protect abortion access sincejune 2022. meanwhile here in washington, anti—abortion activists gathered on the snowy national mall on friday for the annual �*march for life.�* our reporter holly honderick attended the march. afterwards she caught up with my colleague, helena humphrey. it has been a tough year for the pro—life movement, the anti—abortion movement. they had a landmark victory, overturning roe v. wade, and the ultimate goal is a national abortion ban and that has not happened. things have not gone to plan if you are one of those activists. they see political resistance. a gallup poll last month showed 69% support some access to abortion. that is huge. they have the election coming up this year and it will be

the us presidentjoe biden said the strikes were in direct response —— this morning, us central commandotage of military planes taking off from an aircraft carrier at sea. the us presidentjoe biden said the strikes were in direct response to unprecedented houthi attacks against international maritime vessels in the red sea. the houthis, helped by iran, have plenty more missiles and have vowed to use them, which is why the us and uk say they must now bear the consequences. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. what has been the reaction to all of this in the region? there is a big fear about escalation, isn't there? that is right, it has been linked to the possibilities of regional escalation in the war in gaza. israel has not formally commented on what is happening but we have had hamas say that the us and the uk will bear responsibility for those strikes, for the impact on the security of the middle east. they have strongly condemned the strikes as well. otherwise, the saudis have been commenting and they have warned about the possibility of an escalation here. they said they are monitoring things

us presidentjoe biden gave the first speech of his 2024 re—election campaign.at he says former president donald trump poses to america's most sacred cause. speaking in pennsylvania, mr biden hammered mr trump repeatedly by name, giving no mention to trump's republican challengers. he called mr trump's recent inflammatory language akin to that of nazi germany, and said the former president's campaign was all about "revenge and retribution." with tomorrow marking three years since the january 6th insurrection, mr biden criticised mr trump's inaction that day — where trump reportedly watched on television as his allies pleaded for him to do something, his supporters violently storming the us capitol, with chants of hanging the former vice president and the speaker of the house. mr biden said american democracy was pushed to the brink, and survived. he accused the former president of rewriting the history of something millions of people around the world saw with their own eyes. and he said former president mr trump was willing to sacrifice democracy for his own cau

the son of us presidentjoe biden is being accused of not paying taxes. hill, where republicans formally recommended to hold him in contempt of congress for defying a subpoena for testimony. lawyers for the south african government outlined a case in the hague thursday, accusing israel's military of carrying out genocide in gaza. it was the first of two days of hearings before the united nations top court. lawyers from south africa demanded that the international court ofjustice order an emergency suspension of israel's military campaign in palestinian territory. speaking to the court — tembeka ngcukaitobi, advocate of the high court of south africa, said "the intent to destroy gaza has been nurtured at the highest level of state". he went to to directly call israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, among other israeli leaders a, "genocidal inciter" and said genocide was "evident from the way in which israel's military attack is being conducted." israel will present its case tomorrow, rejecting the accusations of genocide as false and baseless. israel ar

washington, two republican—led committees approved a resolution holding hunter biden, the son of presidentjoe biden judiciary committees passed the measure because hunter biden did not comply with subpoenas to sit for a closed—door deposition. there was a raucous hearing in the oversight committee wednesday morning. hunter biden surprised members when he showed up in person sparking fierce reaction from republicans, who accused him of a political stunt. democrats lashed back, urging republicans to allow hunter biden to testify in public straight away. the president's son has offered to testify at a public, televised hearing, but republicans on the committee want to speak to him in private. tuesday's drama is the latest in republicans' investigation into presidentjoe biden over allegedly peddling his influence through his son. the busy day for house republicans continued with an impeachment hearing of homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. the inquiry into secretary mayorkas comes as record numbers of migrants attempt to cross the us—mexico border. the republican lawmaker leading the hearin

what is your government believe that presidentjoe biden has got wrong about that? right. he said just over the weekend that there are different types of church state solutions. we on rn drive say no to the type which means that it will imperil israel's security. peace with the palestinians or a full palestinians or a full palestinian sovereignty down the road cannot mean a collective public suicide of israel. that's not peace and we say that for the near future, israel will have to retain... sorry, use a collective public suicide. what do you mean by that? the palestinians, do you agree they should have a say in what that two state solution or idiot solution should look like? , _ idiot solution should look like? , , like? first, let me say this. hamas does _ like? first, let me say this. hamas does not _ like? first, let me say this. hamas does not want - like? first, let me say this. hamas does not want a - like? first, let me say this. hamas does not want a two like? first, let me say this. - hamas does not want a two state solution. hejust hamas does not want a

us presidentjoe biden marks the anniversary of january 6th on the campaign trial with a speech aboutocracy�*s amei sacred weather democracy�*s america's sacred because it is one of the pressing issues of all time. and it's with the toys are up for election is all about. —— what the 2024 election is all about. hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. the united nations humanitarian chief, martin griffis, said the israeli bombardment of gaza has rendered the territory uninhabitable. he says in

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a militant group backed by iran has claimed responsability and presidentjoe biden said they will be consequencesikes on us targets around 150 times since october seven when the us studied increasing its military presence in the middle east in response to the attack on israel by hamas, designated here as a terror organisation. that attack killed around 1300 people. meanwhile, according to local officials, israel's offensive in gaza is called 26,000 people. and here's ten seconds of an escaped monkey. the animal managed to get out of its enclosure at a wildlife park in northern scotland and it was later seen hanging out in people's back gardens nearby. its keeper says it was trying to avoid a fight with another monkey. that's it from me. you're all caught up. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. the holders are out of afcon as hosts ivory coast take it all the way to penalties to knock out senegal. there's stoppage time drama in qatar — we'll have all the latest from the asian cup. a four—year ban for russian figure skater kamila valieva as a court rules her doping violation should s

presidentjoe biden holds talks with congressional leaders over aid to ukraine and issues at the us—mexicon from the us military that it has hit houthi positions in yemen for a fourth time. the air strikes targeted 14 loaded houthi missiles. that's according to us central command,

the measure is now being sent to presidentjoe biden�*s desk for his signature.n to india and its fast growing aviation industry. there's a new carrier to enter the market and has dozens of 737 max planes. it's the first order for the 737 max planes. it's the first orderfor the plane—maker since order for the plane—maker since the midair cabin orderfor the plane—maker since the midair cabin blow—out in the midair cabin blow—out in the united states. let's bring in our correspondent from mumbai. thanks forjoining us. how do they feel about this? because that midair incident was quite dramatic. are they not concerned?— was quite dramatic. are they not concerned? they are. but the 're not concerned? they are. but they're also — not concerned? they are. but they're also confident - not concerned? they are. but they're also confident the - they're also confident the planes they're ordering have all the safety features installed. the company's ceo in a press conference say they have not ordered the max 9 planes that he had modification of the door plug that blew out in

us presidentjoe biden is sending his cia chief for high—level talks on a potential hostage deal in gazas defence in a defamation case brought by writer e jean carroll. hello, i'm azadeh moshiri. welcome to the programme. we start with breaking news. alabama's governor confirmed the execution of convicted murderer kenneth smith by nitrogen gas on thursday. it is the nation's first execution using the method. the news comes hours after the us supreme court ruled that the state of alabama could proceed with the execution by nitrogen gas. three of the nine justices dissented. justice sotomayor slammed alabama's decision, stating that it "has selected him as its guinea pig to test

us presidentjoe biden is sending his cia chief for high—level talks on a potential hostage deal in gazahis defence in a defamation case brought by writer e jean carroll. hello, i'm azadeh moshiri. welcome to the programme. for a second time, the us supreme court has ruled that the state of alabama can proceed with the country's first execution by nitrogen gas on thursday. three of the nine justices dissented. death row prisoner kenneth smith is expected to be executed using nitrogen gas. it's a method which the united nations has called "cruel and inhumane". it will be the state's second attempt to execute mr smith, who was convicted in 1988 of murdering a preacher�*s wife, in a hired killing. mr smith's spiritual advisor, reverend jeff hood, will be in attendance in the chamber

us presidentjoe biden is vowing to respond to a drone attack that killed three us troops and injured a moment of silence.- president biden called for a moment of silence. one last thin - moment of silence. one last thing - i _ moment of silence. one last thing - i want— moment of silence. one last thing - i want to _ moment of silence. one last thing - i want to point - moment of silence. one last thing - i want to point out i thing — i want to point out that we had a tough date last night in the middle east. we lost three brave souls in an attack on one of our bases. i would ask for a moment of silence for all three of our fallen soldiers. we shall respond. fallen soldiers. we shall remand-— fallen soldiers. we shall resond. , �* , respond. president biden says the attack _ respond. president biden says the attack took _ respond. president biden says the attack took place -

presidentjoe biden also convened a taskforce on reproductive healthcare access, a key campaign issueion has links to terrorist groups near ecuador�*s border with colombia. ecuador�*s military is fighting criminal gangs under a state of emergency. thank you so much for watching. bbc news will be back at the top of the next hour. stay with us. hello. storm jocelyn is the latest named storm to come our way, through tuesday and into tuesday night. the storm system has been fired up by the same process which we saw with storm isha. cold arctic air recently across the eastern portion of the united states and in canada, big temperature contrast down towards florida, and that has really fired up an active and potent jet stream. and it's jet streams which have developed this low pressure system. this is jocelyn, not as potent as isha, but will still cross the country and have impacts. now, storm jocelyn is almost like a two stage storm. the winds will strengthen throughout tuesday, but by day it's the heavy rain which could have its greatest impact across parts of scotland, north—west england

presidentjoe biden says he has decided how the us will respond to sunday's deadly drone attack on americaniate. three us soldiers — all from the state of georgia — were killed on sunday morning, when a drone struck an army barracks on the border ofjordan and syria. the white house says president biden has spoken with theirfamilies. more than a0 others were injured in the attack. the strike injordan marked the first loss of life for american troops in the middle east since the start of the israel—gaza war. well, speaking to reporters outside the white house on tuesday, president biden said he holds iran responsible because it is iran that supplies weapons to the militia group the us believes carried out the attack. but mr biden reiterated the white house position that the us is not seeking war with iran.

us presidentjoe biden marks the anniversary of the january 6 attack on the campaign trail with a speechrica's for good causes the most urgent question about time and what the 2024 election all about. and famed sprinter 0scar pistorius is released on parole, 11 years after murdering girlfriend reeva steenkamp. hello, i'm carl nasman. we begin in gaza, where israel's war against hamas continues amid renewed humantarian concerns. the united nations humanitarian chief martin griffths said israel's bombardment of gaza has rendered the territory — quote — "uninhabitable". he says in a statement that:

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the measure is now being sent to presidentjoe biden�*s desk for his signature.he latestjob data shows job growth has relayed study as unemployment benefits fell to the lowest level in one and a half years last week. yet another round of lay—offs is hitting workers at amazon. the cuts come just a week after the company let hundreds of workers in its prime video and mgm studios. the bbc erin delmore reports. amazon prime is famous for offering its members to day shipping. but that two day shipping. but that two day shipping benefit is valid not only for goods sold by amazon but also for goods sold by other companies on amazon. that's called him sounds by with prime services. that is the division that is seeing the latest round of lay—offs altogether the tech giant has cut more than 27,000 jobs company—wide since the end of 2022, including hundreds of lay—offs of its prime video, mgm studio, switch, audible and amazon pay last week. less than 5% of the staff in prime division will be cut according to amazon. but we don't know how many that is. in amazon books perso

we begin in the united states, where presidentjoe biden says he has decided how to respond to an attacklled by enemy fire in the region since the israel—gaza war began in october. i don't think we need a wider war in the middle east, that is not what i am looking for. that was joe biden _ not what i am looking for. that wasjoe biden speaking as he left the white house when he cautioned against a wider war in the middle east. no details are given about how or when the us would respond, so what could americans do? here is our international editor.- americans do? here is our international editor.

let's just recap on that statement from presidentjoe biden on that a developing story. we know carried out by radical iran militant groups operating in gazan and iraq. the servicemen have been risking their own safety... we will of course bring you more on that developing story from the middle east shortly. to stay with us if you want more on that, but let's go to image a story here in the uk. a murder investigation has been launched after two boys were killed in a stabbing in bristol last night. they were attacked by a group of people who fled the scene in a car. a 44—year—old man and a 15—year—old boy are in custody, but police are looking for more suspects. a vehicle has also been seized. police arrived at the scene within minutes and provided first aid. live now to commander superintendent mark runacres of avon and somerset police, who is in bristol. good to talk to you on bbc news. if you could just bring us up—to—date with period investigation is at. $5 with period investigation is at. is you explain officers attended the scene at around 20 past 11 does night, com

presidentjoe biden,who's standing for re—election for the democrats,says it's clear mr trump will be start with this report from north america correspondent, nomia iqbal. it was an election result donald trump accepted. well, i want to thank everybody. this is a fantastic state. this is a great, great state. new hampshire gave him a big win, but not a blowout, leaving his rival, nikki haley, still on for the fight to secure the republican party's presidential nomination. well, i'm a fighter... cheering. ..and i'm scrappy. and now we're the last ones standing next to donald trump. that was a comment that trump really didn't like. and she was up and i said, "wow, she's doing like a speech like she won." she didn't win, she lost. the race to win new hampshire was seen as a real test for donald trump's strength. nearly 40% of people here are independent voters. at this polling station, voters were greeted by others, making their points loud and clear. amongst them, glenn, who arrived early. nikki haley, who i support, is a good person, who, while i don't agree with all of her — her conse

the measure is now being sent to presidentjoe biden�*s desk for his signature., where the latestjob data showed job growth remained solid last week, as the number of americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell to the lowest level in nearly 1.5 years. yet, another round of lay—offs is hitting workers at amazon. the cuts come just a week after the company let hundreds of workers go at its prime video and mgm studios. amazon prime is famous for offering its members two—day shipping. but it's not valid not only for goods sold by amazon, by goods sold by other companies on amazon. that's called amazon's buy with prime services and that's the division seeing the latest round of lay—offs. all together, the tech giant has cut 27,000 jobs country wide, including hundreds of lay—offs including hundreds of lay—offs in its prime video, mgm studios, twitch, audible and amazon pay divisions. we don't know how many staff that is. the amazon spokesperson said the cuts affected a small number of roles. as for buy with prime, the spokesperson said that still is a t

presidentjoe biden saying the united states will not allow houthi attacks to imperilfreedom of to imperil freedom of navigation to imperilfreedom of navigation and rishi sunak saying the united kingdom will always stand up for freedom of navigation. and free flow of trade. the question is will these strikes work? britain's defence ministry already says the strikes have already affected their ability to threaten merchant shipping. the real risk is that the conflict in gaza will escalate throughout the red sea region. that could affect the price of oil and the price of good, even further, because of shipping lanes in the region. so far the houthi have attacked 27 sheets to date disrupting commerce on a key route between europe and asia. that accounts for about 15% of the world's shipping traffic. the boss of a shipping giant, maersk, has said why it is so important to global trade. it is so important to global trade. , ., ., trade. it is an important artery of _ trade. it is an important artery of global- trade. it is an important artery of global trade i trade. it is an important l artery

us presidentjoe biden spoke with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on friday, their first talkment to a two—state solution, once israel ends its military

presidentjoe biden has a problem.show he's losing the economic messaging, donovan trump is most likely opponent in the presidential election. it's hurting is standing with voters in key battleground states that will determine the outcome of the presidential election —— donald trump. the problem is inflation. americans are upset about high cost that are going back to pre—pandemic levels. yet this comes at a time when data shows that the american economy is getting stronger. growth is solid, unemployment is low, inflation has dropped to three from a peak of nine part 1%. in the country central bank at tears down with interest rate hikes, even writing cuts next year for the one democratic poster told me there are things what else can do to close the gap between perception and reality. like focusing on kitchen table economics and drawing a contrast between the qquu candidates wants the republican presidential nominee is confirmed. as long as american voters filled horrible loaded joe biden doesn't seem able to benefit pol

presidentjoe biden saying the us will not allow houthi attacks to imperil freedom us will not allow houthi attacks to imperilfreedom of navigation and britain's prime minister rishi sunak saying the uk will always stand up for freedom of navigation and free flow of trade. the big question is will the strikes work? britain's defence ministry says the strikes have already been a blow to the hootie�*s ability to threaten merchant shipping. the real risk is that the conflict in gaza will escalate throughout the red sea region. major shipping lines and oil giant bp have already diverted vessels around southern africa adding time and cost to journeys rather than risk the red sea. if the crisis continues the increased cost of oil as well as goods could be passed on to consumers. hampering efforts to curb inflation and reduce interest rates. the houthi have attacked 27 ships to date disrupting commerce on those key shipping lanes between europe and asia and they account for about 15% of the world's shipping traffic. the boss of shipping giant maersk has told the bbc why the waterways are so import

presidentjoe biden says there'll be consequences. american targets around 150 times since october 7th — when the us started increasing its military presence in the middle east in response to the attack on israel by the terror group hamas, which killed around 1,300 people. meanwhile, israel's offensive in gaza has killed 26,000 people. if you want to know more about what is happening and here's ten seconds of an escaped monkey! the animal managed to get out of its enclosure at a wildlife park in northern scotland — it was later seen hanging out in people's gardens nearby. its keeper says it was trying to avoid a fight with another monkey. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. the holders are out of afcon — as hosts ivory coast take it all the way to penalties, to knock out senegal. there's stoppage time drama in qatar — we'll have all the latest from the asian cup... a four year ban for russian figure skater — kamila valievia— as a court rules her doping violation should stand. and disappointment for andy murray — anothe

leon, mill, will be back with you in shortly. - in the last hour of the us presidentjoe biden has beeninent is what he said. i think they are a terrorist group. and let's hear what us department of defense spokesperson, patrick ryder, had to say about what the strikes had achieved... i don't know that i would necessarily describe that as retaliatory or whether what we are seeing is an effort on the part of the houthis say we are still standing but again, i think right now probably the houthis are evaluating what capabilities they have and they have a hard decision in front of them. whether or not they want to continue to feel the condemnation and the results and the response from the international community. at the end of the day, our focus is on ensuring that the red sea, this vital international waterway is a safe and secure for international shipping and the lives of mariners and us will continue to stay focused on.— stay focused on. patrick ryder s-ueakin stay focused on. patrick ryder speaking there. _ stay focused on. patrick ryder speaking there. and _ stay focused on. patrick r

presidentjoe biden says the united states will respond after three of its service members were killedn, near the border with syria. us officials say some wounded us forces were evacuated for further treatment and at least 3a personnel are being evaluated for possible traumatic brain injury. president biden said the attack had been carried out by an iran—backed group. jordan — a close ally of the us — has condemned the attack and says it's cooperating with the us to secure the border. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports.

on the democratic side, presidentjoe biden is already looking ahead to november and the key issues hee of abortion in the wake of the supreme court's landmark overturning of roe v wade last summer. abortion rights advocates have been on a winning streak at the polls, with voters in seven states choosing to improve and protect abortion access sincejune 2022. meanwhile here in washington, anti—abortion activists gathered on the snowy national mall on friday for the annual march for life. the rally has been held every january since 1973, when roe v wade guaranteed abortion access nationwide. our reporter holly honderick attended the march. afterwards she caught up with my colleague, helena humphrey. great to have you with us. what was getting people out on a very cold snowy day? it was getting people out on a very cold snowy day?- very cold snowy day? it was tou~h. very cold snowy day? it was tough- the _ very cold snowy day? it was tough. the weather - very cold snowy day? it was tough. the weather was - very cold snowy day? it was i tough. the weather was tough and it has been a tough

in what is sure to be a stormy election year in the us presidentjoe biden has delivered his first major*s speech comes a day ahead of the three—year anniversary of the insurrection at the us capitol, where supporters of former president donald trump attempted to stop congress from certifying biden�*s 2020 election victory — and president biden is expected to refer to it prominently. last night republican presidential hopefuls nikki haley and ron desantis went head to head in a debate on cnn. this was seen as one of the final chances for the two candidates to make an impression in race which has been dominated by one man.