prosperity of multiple nations. but the houthis, whose command is captured a ship in the red sea 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 only raf raid are only partly about freedom of navigation in the red sea. and the reality is that they re also directly linked to events in gaza and represent an escalation in the crisis that is gripping the middle east. jeremy bowen, bbc news. you heard briefly there injeremy s piece from major general patrick ryder, press secretary for the us defence department. i spoke to him earlier about the strikes and what comes next. major general, the houthis have now retaliated. what exactly impact has that had so far? retaliated. what exactly impact has that had so far? what we know right now is that they that had so far? what we know right now is that they have that ha
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by the iranians. these are weapons that would sink a ship if they hit a commercial vessel. the point about them is they fall from very high trajectory very fast, faster than a cruise missile, is very hard to manoeuvre. president biden announced the strikes last night, specifically referring to anti ship ballistic missiles. i think it is important that we ve seen them now being used in retaliation already within hours of the uk us strikes. it shows they still have the capability, although you heard patrick ryder described as the houthis is saying they re still here, i think it matters a bit more than that. it tells you what is the red line for another us uk strike on yemen. us-uk another us uk strike on yemen. us uk strike. they re talking about
are that it has not struck anything. it landed in the water. we ll continue to monitor. it s important to understand the context. as you know last night, the us and the uk, with support from australia, bahrain, canada and the netherlands, conducted strikes in houthi controlled areas in yemen to describe houthis ability. considering the size and the scope of the attack and some of the rhetoric we ve seen coming out of the houthis, it is probably likely that we ll see these kind of activities. but it s certainly our hope they will receive the message loud and clear that these attacks are unacceptable and the international community sent a very clear message last night. so
calling on the houthis to desist. indeed, just this week, we ve seen a un security council resolution condemning what s happening and saying that states have a right to self defense. have a right to self defence. we have acted in self defence. it s incumbent now on the houthis to stop carrying out these attacks, putting people s lives at risk and disrupting the global economy, which is also have a damaging impact on on people s shopping and their day to day shopping when they go about their lives. that s not right. we ve seen the disruption that that s brought over the past year or two with the situation in russia and ukraine. we don t want to see that happen againm that happen again, and that s why it s right that we ve taken action. the us and uk led the last night s military operation in yemen, but a coalition of countries were involved. the bbc s international editorjeremy bowen has a look at what happened, and the possible wider consequences for the region. in sana a, the yemeni c