and driving up costs in europe and elsewhere. the ministry of defence said the bombings followed houthi attacks on the hms diamond and us navy vessels on tuesday. in a statement, prime minister rishi sunak said the uk stands up for freedom and the free flow of trade, adding that the strikes were limited and necessary. the us presidentjoe biden said the strikes were in direct response this morning, us central command released this footage 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.
they re re routing around the far side of africa, adding days to thejourney, and driving up costs in europe and elsewhere. the ministry of defence said the bombings followed houthi attacks on the hms diamond and us navy vessels on tuesday. in a statement, prime minister rishi sunak said the uk stands up for freedom and the free flow of trade, adding that the strikes were limited and necessary. this morning the us central command released this footage 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 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
the air defences of those western warships. in the case of hms diamond, the royal navy type 25 destroyer, it had to rely on its closing support weapons because the missiles that it had were not on their own going to be enough to stop some of the incoming ordnance. that is what they are trying to do, trying to punch a hole in a western warships up what can you explain the motivation behind what he houthis doing the red sea? as you say, they have been attacking the warships and they said they were primarily attacking israeli ships and ships that were heading towards what they call palestinian territories. what call palestinian territories. what are they getting call palestinian territories. what are they getting out call palestinian territories. what are they getting out of- call palestinian territories. what are they getting out of it, - call palestinian territories. what are they getting out of it, i - are they getting out of it, i suppose is my question? i won the houthis are punc
a painful retaliation on the us and uk and i think the most likely form of that is that they will try to hit western warships in the way that they did on tuesday, where they mounted a complex mass attack, a combination of drones and missiles, in an attempt to overwhelm the air defences of those western warships. in the case of hms diamond, the royal navy type 25 destroyer, it had to rely on its close in support weapons because the missiles that it had were not on their own going to be enough to stop some of the incoming ordnance. that is what they are trying to do, trying to punch a hole in a western warship. can you explain the motivation behind what the houthis are doing in the red sea? as you say, they have been attacking these warships and they said they were primarily attacking israeli ships and ships that were heading towards what they call palestinian territories. what are they getting out of it, i suppose is my question?