we ll bring you an interview with ecuador s president in the week will have elections on taiwan. we start tonight with reaction to the american and british air strikes on houthi targets in yemen. last night four royal air force typhoon fighterjets took part in the raids, along with us navyjets. this footage is from one of the two uk raf strikes. officials say 16 sites were targeted 16 sites, including in the capital city sana a. they included what the us called command and control centres, munitions depots, launching systems, production facilities and air defence radar systems. houthi leaders said five people were killed, and threatened to retaliate. the raids were in response to houthi attacks on ships in the red sea, which they say is in response to israel s attacks in gaza. fighters have been targeting ships with armed drones and missiles and boarding them. the british prime minister called the strikes necessary and proportionate in order to protect global trade in on
be too dangerous at this time. trey yingst with the latest. u.s. special forces entered the capital and the u.s. department says around 100 staff members at trust embassy were evacuated along with a small number of people from allied countries including canada. we are learning more about the details of this mission. u.s. officials say 3 helicopters took off before landing in ethiopia to refuel and the choppers flew to conduct the rescue. douglas simms described clean and fast. simms stressed the evacuation was planned for the past week and conducted without the help of parties on the ground. other countries like france and britain have started to evacuate personnel and some civilians. the british took diplomats to airfield before flying them out of the country while some to have french nationals headed in convoy to the port of sudan. reports indicate french convoy was targeted by gunfire and one person was injured. evacuations 8 days after fighting in army with rapid suppor
general douglas simms told reporters he did not expect a high number of casualties from the strikes on thursday, as the targets include those in rural areas. our state department and washington correspondent, tom bateman, joins me now. we have heard from the white house in the last couple of hours. bring this up to date on the reaction that we are getting from where you are. i think from luton in general since we are getting a bit more of the strike makkelie ten in general simms. as it was developing and into the night but i think significantly what he has confirmed is that there has been a further strike by houthi militiamen firing into the red sea earlier today. and that was significantly an anti ship ballistic missile. that matters because these are among the weapons that the
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be too dangerous at this time. trey yingst with the latest. u.s. special forces entered the capital and the u.s. department says around 100 staff members at trust embassy were evacuated along with a small number of people from allied countries including canada. we are learning more about the details of this mission. u.s. officials say 3 helicopters took off before landing in ethiopia to refuel and the choppers flew to conduct the rescue. douglas simms described clean and fast. simms stressed the evacuation was planned for the past week and conducted without the help of parties on the ground. other countries like france and britain have started to evacuate personnel and some civilians. the british took diplomats to airfield before flying them out