exercises included the dropping of bombs on sites marked with american and israeli flags. angered over israel s ongoing war in gaza, houthis have been disrupting international trade in the red sea. after warning houthis to stop the attacks for weeks, the us and uk governments carried out what they called defensive airstrikes on friday and the us struck another houthi target early on saturday. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega has more. before and after these satellite images show the impact of the american and british attacks on houthi targets in yemen. the us says airfields and weapons storage depots were destroyed. overnight the us carried out more strikes, targeting a radar facility in the capital, sanaa. british forces were not involved. american officials say the strikes are designed to reduce the ability of the houthis to attack ships in the red sea and called them legitimate and proportionate .
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it s saturday, 13th january. our main story: the united states has confirmed it s carried out a fresh strike on a houthi target in yemen overnight, a day after both the us and uk carried out a series of raids on the iran backed group. the operation follows an attack by houthi rebels on commercial shipping vessels in the red sea. the group have said attacks in yemen will not go without punishment or retaliation . graham satchell reports. before and after satellite images show the impact of the american and british bombing raids. the americans say airfields and weapons storage depots were destroyed. the raf didn t take part in the attack overnight, but both the british and americans say the raids are vital to keep shipping routes open in the red sea. houthi militia have been targeting container ships off the yemeni coast for weeks. sometimes, like this, they have boarded vessels.
for international trading routes. finance experts say the post office may have underpaid more than £100 million in tax while overpaying top executives. good morning. ridiculous and disgraceful , how burnley s co owner described luton s late equaliser in their relegation battle last night, which was allowed to stand, by var despite what they claim was a blatant foul on their keeper. morning, all. it s a rather quiet start to our weekend. we ll be chasing cloud amounts around to begin with and they ll linger across england and wales. but more sunshine coming through for scotland and northern ireland, but it will start to feel colder, particularly for the second half of the weekend. i ll have all the details on that coming up shortly. good morning. it s saturday, 13th january. our main story: the united states has confirmed it s carried out a fresh strike on a houthi target in yemen overnight, a day after both the us and uk carried out a series of raids on the iran backed group.