economy. the houthis have said they want to see israel s war on gaza end, so should the us and its allies, its international partners be putting pressure on israel to wind down its operation to make sure there isn t a larger conflict? well, again, what you see here is the houthis attempting to exploit the situation in gaza toward their own ends. but we, the united states, will continue to stand by israel and support its inherent right of self defence. as you know, as a close partner to israel, we have been consulting with them regularly to learn more about how they intend to conduct their operations and making very clear our expectations in terms of taking civilian safety and humanitarian assistance into account and so, we ll continue to do that, but at the same time, it s important to understand that what the houthis are doing here is, in fact, attacking the international community. again, as i mentioned, over 50 nations affected by this. it s an international problem. it required int
yemen. the uss carne hit a radar site according to central command. strikes were reported in sana, the second strike on houthi targets as n as many days. the before and after images show the damage at one of nearly 30 sites hit by the u.s. and britain. the strikes are response to houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the red sea. as nic robertson reports, the houthis are trying to use the situation to rally political support. [ chants ] reporter: iran-backed houthis whipping up anti-american and anti-israeli anger. chanting death to america, death to israel, curse the jews. [ speaking in a non-english language ] we condemn the strikes by israel, america, and britain, he says, we have been at war for eight years. these strikes don t frighten us. a decade ago the houthis, a
determined by the people of taiwan. so a number of analysts, even officials inside taiwan say no matter who wins this election, it is expected that china will continue to make investments including military investments to put the pressure on taiwan which your a destabilize which would have a destabilizing effect on taiwan, the taiwan strait, on the region it would affect the global economy as it would affect trade, shipping, the global supply chain. don t forget that the world s biggest contract chip maker is based in taiwan. i m talking about tsmc. back to you, kim. we ll find out in a couple of hours. thanks so much. u.s. launches a new wave of strikes on houthi targets in yemen. but as western missiles rain down, houthi leaders try to win political points at home. we ll explain that coming up. stay with us.
the u.s. carried out this further strike, again targeting a radar facility, so much smaller set and much more specific set of strikes. it s unclear at this point if that was specifically in response to the ballistic missile fired, or if this was simply a follow on to the previous evening s strike. a senior pentagon official said the u.s. was still conducting a battle damage assessment. it s certainly possible the u.s. saw what it had been able to destroy and realized there was another target that needed to be hit or destroyed here. the u.s. again trying to send with these other countries a message of deterrence to the houthis and a warning, president joe biden saying on friday, that if the houthi attacks on shipping continued, so too would the u.s. strikes on houthi facilities. still, the strikes have tried to be limited in scope, making it clear they re not going after all houthi infrastructure, just their ability to target international shipping lanes. the question, could they conduc
welcome to all you watching in the united states, canada, and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom iowa turning into a ghost town as a blizzard moves through. this is as canadianance try to get their messages out to voters days before the caucuses. we ll go to des moines for the latest. plus, the u.s. carrying out another round of strikes against houthis in yemen one day after hitting more than 30 locations. we ll look at the escalation in the region as the war rages on. and taiwan votes for a new president as fear grows over threats from china. we ll take you live to hong kong. only two days remain before the first nominating contest of the 2024 presidential race. the iowa republican causes.