entirety and such limited strikes. and there s quite a lot of bluster from the houthis switch you would expect. they have a limited capacity to host british and american interest beyond a tax on shipping which they are already doing. capacity due hurt. there are already few british assets in yemen, no embassy in yemen, and they would be unable to do that without a rainy and help and that would certainly put matters. without iranian help. put matters. without iranian hel. ., ., , . ., help. you mentioned they had ignored all the warnings help. you mentioned they had ignored all the warnings come help. you mentioned they had ignored all the warnings come at help. you mentioned they had ignored all the warnings come at the help. you mentioned they had ignored all the warnings come at the back- all the warnings come at the back channels, the private work to dissuade them and they have continued the attacks. what happens if this doesn t work? i continued the attacks. what ha
more military action was immediately planned . here s jonathan beale. these strikes were led and coordinated by the us. last night, dozens ofjets launched from an american carrier already in the red sea the scene of recent tensions. their targets, houthi rebels in yemen who had been launching their own attacks on merchant shipping. they d been warned to stop or face the consequences. president biden said the strikes were in direct response to unprecedented houthi attacks against international maritime vessels in the red sea including the use of sophisticated anti ship missiles for the first time. britain was one of the few other nations to directly take part. a more limited contribution four raf typhoons flying from their base in cyprus, loaded with guided bombs. it took them several hours to reach their targets in yemen.
on bbc verify, we have been examining videos of us and uk strike 0n bbc verify, we have been examining videos of us and uk strikes on yemen and what s triggered this latest crisis. also on this programme, we ll get the latest details on the attacks. we ll hear from military experts, top diplomats, and our teams in london, washington and the region. our other main story today the international court ofjustice hears israel s defence against allegations of genocide brought by south africa. the entirety of its case hinges on a deliberately curated decontextualised and manipulative description of the realities of current hostilites. of current hostilities.
next month. the final taking place on tenth february, but for me, all from now. straight back to our main story. they white house spokesmanjohn kirby has been giving more details on the strikes. let s take a closer look at the american and british strikes on yemen overnight, targeting the iranian backed houthis. bbc verify has been examining video from inside yemen and what we know so far. here s merlyn thomas. these are some of the images that have come out of yemen overnight. we verified this video of an explosionjust east of yemen s capital, sanaa.
and we m have to move to a more instant strike method, within side yemen. if we continue to get the attacks on u.s. forces. and if our commercial shipping lanes continue to be threatened. and i know the pentagon and others are looking at this. right now, we ll remain in the stance that we re in. but as this ratchets up, i think we ll see a more proactive role by u.s. forces and our coalition that is now in the mediterranean and the red sea that are protecting those shipping lanes. and, michael crowley, your yesterday, there have been other reports as well. we have done some reporting on this about the growing tensions, clearly apparent with what general austin had to say at the reagan library, with what the president had to say at a