I was one of many people that were victims who was used by somebody who was

psychotic. Let's tell this story. World of Secrets, season 2, The

Disciples. Listen now wherever you get your BBC podcasts. This is the

global news podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Janet Jalil and in the early hours of Friday the 12th of January these are our main stories.

The British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has held talks with his cabinet to discuss potential US and UK strikes against Huthie rebels in Yemen.

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says hypocrisy and liars are behind the court case at the Hague in which his country is accused of committing genocide in Gaza.

Researchers say they found the ruins of a vast ancient city in the Ecuadorian Amazon

that changes everything known about the history of the region.

Also in this podcast, one of my vendors was selling something else and she said at the end of the

conversation, I've got a couple of friend scripts do you think they'll sell and I of course went yes

Bring them in bring them in because I love friends

25 years after they were thrown in a bin original scripts from the hit US sitcom are up for auction.

As we record this podcast, expectations are rising that the United States and Britain are

preparing to carry out airstrikes on Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen, possibly in the coming

hours. On Thursday evening the British Prime Minister Rishisunak briefed his cabinet as well as the leader of the

opposition.

The Times of London newspaper said he dispensed with the usual convention of informing the

British Parliament because the airstrikes were expected

within hours. Another briefing has been taking place in Washington. In recent

days Iranian-backed huthy rebels in Yemen have been stepping up attacks on commercial

vessels in the Red Sea in what they say is a protest against Israel's war in

Gaza. This is despite the deployment of a US-led naval task force in the region.

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