sanaa straight but now major shipping companies like bp and burst are having to avoid the red sea altogether. they are rerouting around the far side of africa, adding days to the journey 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 richey new de maxxine said the uk stands up for freedom and the free flow of trade, adding that the strikes were limited and necessary. while the us presidentjoe biden said the strikes were in direct response to unprecedented houthi attacks against international vessels in the red sea. de houthis help 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. live now to our reporter
they see as an escalation. iran, for its part, and some of its proxies, hamas, hezbollah, have come out very clearly in support of the houthis, no surprise there because the houthis are a proxy of iran. but their comments very clearly frame this as a u.s. uk attack, and not on the houthis, military capabilities, but on the whole of yemen which of course, that is not the intention that they are framing it like that. they are framing it in a way that the united states and the uk are coming out in support of israel. and the rhetoric is really designed to inflame tensions at the moment. it is a moment of great concern. the british, of course, for all the reasons natasha mentioned, their ships, hms diamond, it was targeted earlier this week. it is easy for the prime minister to convince his cabinet, opposition figures, and that this was the right
the times reports on a story we reported on breakfast yesterday the major attack by houthi rebels on ships in the red sea. the image is taken from the bridge of the hms diamond, as it came under fire from drones and missiles. some of the papers are also carrying pictures of princess anne today, as she starts a tour of sri lanka to mark 75 years of diplomatic relations with the uk. this image shows her arrival near the capital city, colombo. a variety of pictures. this is the start of a tour of sri lanka marking 75 years of diplomatic relations. these are the arrival pictures near the capital city colombo. there were some other pictures seeing her coming down, as she arrived, carrying her own bags. that attracted some attention. i think the daily mail said, that it is a working royal. what have you seen on the insights? used car is what i have got. a car that has just gone the market which has, on the plus side, it is only got a 255 miles on the clock. it is