jeremy bowen, bbc news, mareb. well, if you want to get in touch with me on any of the stories you've seen on newsday so far — jeremy's report for instance— i'm at twitter at @bbckarishma. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: a new star in the pantheon of french greats — the american—born singer and activistjosephine baker takes her place among the heroes of france, her adopted home. it's quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor people living in the slums which have sprung up around the factory. we feel so helpless. the children are dying in front of me and i can't do anything. charles manson is the mystical leader of the hippie cult suspected of killing sharon tate and at least six other people in los angeles. at 11 o'clock this morning, - just half a metre of rock separated britain from continental europe. it took the drills just i a few moments to cut through the final obstacle, _ then philippe cossette, a miner from calais, was shaking hands and exc

jeremy bowen made his way there and has this report, which includes distressing images. >> the planes are not much of a refuge. but it is all there is for more than 45,000 people who fled the houthi offensive in the last three months. at this camp, the newest arrivals are in flimsy tents, with little food and salty water. children don't have schools. in the desert, the nights are cold. they've lost almost everything, except enough trauma for a lifetime. between them, these two women have fled the fighting with their families 11 times in four years. she said her six children freeze in their ripped tent. >> we witnessed everything. here in panic every time. the kids are terrified when they hear missiles or shooting. >> she was wounded. her daughter was badly hurt in a houthi attack. her two month old son was killed. these are pictures of dead people. >> she gets them to draw their frightening memories. >> my kids saw bodies blown to pieces. in the evening, my seven-year-old says he sees ghosts. they are haunted by the people they saw killed. >> they blame the houthis. mostly women and c

jeremy bowen is there. the way this war ends is not in the hands of yemenis, because big regional powers have intervened. the people here are suffering because of the fault lines that run right through the middle east. five days after storm arwen, tens of thousands of people in parts of scotland and the north of england are still without electricity. and in paris, the singer and activist josephine baker becomes the first black woman to be honoured at the pantheon. and later, sports day on the bbc news channel with all the features from the bbc sport centre. good evening. every adult in england is to be offered a booster vaccination by the end of january, according to borisjohnson. people will be approached by age group and will be informed when it's their turn. faced with the uncertainty posed by omicron, the new coronavirus variant, one government expert advised people not to socialise unnecessarily ahead of christmas, but borisjohnson appeared to contradict that advice, telling people not to cancel their

jeremy bowen, bbc news, marib. and we'll be hearing from jeremy bowen more about his reporting in yemen, later on the programme. what a day for barbados — it's the world's newest republic — with it, a new president as head of state. barbados is in the south of the caribbean, its population is just below 300,000 — and it became independent from britain in 1966. now, 55 years on, it is a republic. queen elizabeth is no longer head of state. this ceremony in the capital bridgetown marked the moment. at midnight, a final salute was made to the british monarchy, and the royal standard flag was lowered and replaced. then barbados welcomed its first—ever president, dame sandra mason. i, sandra prunella mason, do swear that i will be faithful and bear true allegiance to barbados according to law, so help me god. the ceremony marks the beginning of a new era for barbados. daniela relph was at the ceremony. some of this country's most well—known names were among the vip guests attending the transition ceremony. ris

our middle east editor, jeremy bowen, is there. the way this war ends is not in the hands of yemenis because big regional powers have intervened. the people here are suffering because of the fault lines that run right through the middle east.

the human cost of the war in yemen. 0ur middle east editor, jeremy bowen, sends a special report. the way this war ends is not in the hands of yemenis because big regional powers have intervened. the people here are suffering because of the fault lines that run right through the middle east. we have a rare interview with britain's spy chief, who says china is his agency's top priority. she sings. legendary singer and activistjosephine baker —

our middle east editor jeremy bowen has been there and to the front line. we are heading up towards the front line. we are with soldiers from the army, the government of yemen. the houthis, the other side, started to push at the beginning of the year around here. it has really intensified since about september. which has resulted in that big influx of displaced people fleeing from the fighting. for the people in this camp, it is not the first time they have had to move, they have had to move repeatedly as the front lines have moved. there are camps, plenty of camps, which have been closed because of military action. they move because they have to to get away from the front line thatis coming towards them. so she was wounded? these are pictures of dead people. what lies beneath all of this is the war. war kills people, war makes people move. war creates a crisis and the way this war ends is not in the hands of yemenis, because big, regional powers have intervened. one side, the friends of iran, on the other side, the friends of saudi arabia, the us and israe