and the uk for these strikes, what does that mean? i believe if the united states and the uk will continue their attack, yemeni forces will attack united states battleships and uk ships, maybe using hundreds of drones and missiles and cruise missiles. mr al bukhaiti, thank you so much forjoining us from sanaa this morning. the foreign secretary is with us, good to have you here for the first time. we havejust heard good to have you here for the first time. we have just heard there, good to have you here for the first time. we havejust heard there, far from stopping these attacks, the houthis are vowing retaliation, it is clear from speaking to that man there, they have got no intention of following your action with the cessation of what they are doing in the red sea, what has given you the impression that this would make any difference? ~ ., difference? well, i would turn the auestion difference? well, i would turn the question round difference? well, i would turn the question round
point. what did you say to him? i said that the point. what did you say to him? i said that the houthi point. what did you say to him? i said that the houthi action - point. what did you say to him? i said that the houthi action is - said that the houthi action is unacceptable, it is illegal, it is dangerous, it could well result in a severe loss of life and the sinking of ships and it has to stop, they have considerable influence over the houthis, we know that they supply them with weapons, and they should act and i think it is important to be able to have that conversation and i wanted to make sure it was as clear as it possibly could be. but does the uk clear as it possibly could be. but does the uk and us action not risk escalation? does the uk and us action not risk escalation? no, the escalation has been caused escalation? no, the escalation has been caused by escalation? no, the escalation has been caused by the escalation? no, the escalation has been caused by the
and israeli flags put on deck. dana: thank you. bill: this is a quickly developing story. we ll see what happens next and get reaction from the pentagon coming up. wait to hear what happens more from the white house and try to figure out what s going on overseas. to jack keen s point going after iran. here is where it gets sticky. here is iran, right? they control militia s like hezbollah in northern lebanon, the militias in iraq and syria hitting u.s. forces throughout the area. they ve got influence on hamas here in gaza. and they ve been helping out the houthis shia shia fighting a civil war against the government in yemen. also fighting saudi arabia sunni. iran has influence all throughout this area. strait of hormuz. the area on the red sea we re concerned about going back to mid november. since the 19th of november, we
the u.s. has taken will actually have an impact. they say they hit munition depos and such with the houthis. will that actually prevent the houthis from continuing to carry out these attacks? take a listen. when you have attack after attack even though you ve had warning after warning, ultimately this military action was necessary. i think it was proportionate, it was legal, and sends a clear message to the houthis and iran as well. will it prevent the houthis from continuing to target commercial ships in the red sea? obviously it sends a clear message to the houthis that we re prepared to act in self-defense in this way. are they preventing obviously these attacks will degrade their capability, that s important, and we ll get the assessment later today about exactly how much of that has been done, but the fact is since the 19th of november, there have been 26 attacks. we ve tried warnings.
rebels have been going on since the october the 7th hamas attacks. what is your assessment for shipping in the area, how serious is it? last niuht the area, how serious is it? last night was the area, how serious is it? last night was the the area, how serious is it? last night was the largest the area, how serious is it? test night was the largest escalation to date since the 19th of november. there has been a report of 18 drone and missile attacks that were launched in a multilayered attack last night from the north. we have not seen this escalation to date. there are a number of assumptions of why it took place last night. the houthi are still very clear that they will continue to target israeli affiliated vessels. affiliated vessels. more than 20 countries signed affiliated vessels. more than 20 countries signed a affiliated vessels. more than 20 countries signed a us affiliated vessels. more than 20 countries signed a us led - affiliated vessels. more than 20 i countr