action and the language from the other parties in west miniature today. while they may have been critical parliament did say they ve also been critical of the houthis and not gone so far as to say that the uk should not have done this. are can be questions for rishi sunak when he comes to parliament on monday. about what success looks like, what will happen if the houthis continue with their attacks. it is not that there are not questions for him but there is a broad consensus that as things stand at the moment while mps might have liked to of been consulted and not necessarily against what has happened. necessarily against what has happened- necessarily against what has ha ened. , ~ , happened. interesting. we ve been heaļ¬na happened. interesting. we ve been hearing from happened. interesting. we ve been hearing from the happened. interesting. we ve been hearing from the us happened. interesting. we ve been hearing from the us this happened. interesting. we ve been hearin
back to today, the scottish national party condemned the houthis but said the prime minister should have consulted more widely beforehand. parliament should have been recalled, the evidence base is laid out, the legal basis laid out, and house of commons for mps to scrutinise and the issue to be debated and of course for a decision to then be taken. what s this? strawbridge! the lib dems leader, visiting a school in stopper, said he sympathised with the government decide to act but. it is really important that parliament, whenever we use our military forces, has a saw i m not saying we would not support it but i think it s reasonable and the public would expect there to be a provision of information from the government to make the case. the prime minister will be here on monday to face questions about what has happened. live now to our correspondent hannah miller who is at westminster.
why the attacks are happening now. but first, with the possible wider ramifications for the region, here s our international editor jeremy bowen. in sana a, the yemeni capital, a huge rally against the air and in support of palestinians filled the city s broadest boulevard. it was organised, the houthis do not allow unauthorised protest, but without question, millions in yemen and across the arab world are appalled by israel s conduct in the gaza war and regard the american and british air strikes as an escalation on israel s behalf. during the night, the americans launched their attack from a carrier battle group in the red sea. like britain, they had warned the houthis this was coming if they did not stop hitting shipping. the air strikes were intended to show that western red lines will not turn pink under pressure but if anything, the houthis will be even more determined to carry on.
been affected by this affecting the economic prosperity of multiple nations. but the houthis, whose commanders captured a ship in the red sea in december, say to support palestinians in gaza and hit israel s allies iran provides the houthis were training and weapons and they said the attacks will go on until the fighting in gaza stops pulled up britain and the us oppose an immediate ceasefire in the war. the air strikes, this was the raf raid, are only partly about freedom of navigation in the red sea. the reality is that they are also directly linked to events in gaza and represent an escalation in the crisis that is gripping the middle east. jeremy bowen, bbc news. here in the uk the prime minister has described the strikes on houthi rebel sites as necessary and proportionate, to protect global shipping. it s the first time he s launched any kind of military operation, since becoming prime minister. our political editor