But why the flare up now . All of these things are interconnected, and thats why its really dangerous right now. So the big question now is, could this Red Sea Conflict become the next war in The Middle East . First of all, lets start by looking at what has actually been happening In The Red Sea. In mid november, 2023, the houthis, an iranian backed rebel group in yemen, began targeting commercial shipping off their coast. So, who exactly are the houthis and what is it motivating them . The houthis, who are a so called rebel group in yemen, they hail from the north west of yemen. They have been very active in this area for about a decade. Its only now that were noticing because our global trade is being impacted. They hijacked this ship called the Galaxy Leader and they fired missiles and drones at others. Us and british warships went to their defence. The houthis vowed revenge. The world economy, every economy will suffer if ships keep coming under attack in this illegal and unaccepta
Complexity and diversity is just going to be amazing. Ifill those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the world woke up today to the news of an agreement aimed at curbing Irans Nuclear weapons program. It was the fruit of marathon talks between iran and a group of world powers the United States and other permanent members of the u. N. Security council, plus germany. The weary Foreign Ministers gathered after 18 long days and nights of talks in vienna. Today is an historic day. Its a great honor for us to announce that we have reached an agreement on the Iranian Nuclear issue. Woodruff within minutes
Complexity and diversity is just going to be amazing. Ifill those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the world woke up today to the news of an agreement aimed at curbing Irans Nuclear weapons program. It was the fruit of marathon talks between iran and a group of world powers the United States and other permanent members of the u. N. Security council, plus germany. The weary Foreign Ministers gathered after 18 long days and nights of talks in vienna. Today is an historic day. Its a great honor for us to announce that we have reached an agreement on the Iranian Nuclear issue. Woodruff within minutes
Civilians disappear into Central African republic. Peace keepers are implicated in their disappearance. Just a day after a peace deal was signed in yemen huti rebels have been raiding homes of tribal officials. Also Yemens Health Ministry has found about 200 victims since the fighting began. Mohamed val reports. Reporter these are the streets, its clear who is in charge. These armed huti militiamen, besieging their compounds that belong to their opponents. Keeping guard in front of major sthutions such as this one at Iman University a sunni establishment. Surrounding the headquarters of the sixth military zone which they took over on sunday. There appears to be no sign of the deposit or the army. Whats more many here say they are worried. Husi rebels are reported to have carried out acts of revenge on their enemies. The peace deal signed on sunday will likely endowment situation from years to come. The u. N. Envoy who brokered the deal has concerns. The state must reestablish its autho
Your sports as the race to become fifas president races up. The suicide bomber has blown herself up inside a Police Station. In it stainable district lets go straight to bernard smith, in southern turkey, what do you know about this. As you say that very touristy part, to the museum and the blue mosque and she walked into that we are told, and she said in english she said that she had lost her wallet, and after she said that she detonated explosives. Killing herself and critically injurying a policeman who was near her, and then he died less than a couple of hours later. And another policeman is being treated for less nonlife threatening injuries. What is interesting about this is that it seems the woman was deliberately targeting the police. She could have targeted anywhere on her way to the Police Station but many thousands of tourists who were around that part of istanbul at an time, and would be been there but instead she specifically and apparently deliberately went into this Poli