we ll bring you an interview with ecuador s president in the week will have elections on taiwan. we start tonight with reaction to the american and british air strikes on houthi targets in yemen. last night four royal air force typhoon fighterjets took part in the raids, along with us navyjets. this footage is from one of the two uk raf strikes. officials say 16 sites were targeted 16 sites, including in the capital city sana a. they included what the us called command and control centres, munitions depots, launching systems, production facilities and air defence radar systems. houthi leaders said five people were killed, and threatened to retaliate. the raids were in response to houthi attacks on ships in the red sea, which they say is in response to israel s attacks in gaza. fighters have been targeting ships with armed drones and missiles and boarding them. the british prime minister called the strikes necessary and proportionate in order to protect global trade in on
general douglas simms told reporters he did not expect a high number of casualties from the strikes on thursday, as the targets include those in rural areas. our state department and washington correspondent, tom bateman, joins me now. we have heard from the white house in the last couple of hours. bring this up to date on the reaction that we are getting from where you are. i think from luton in general since we are getting a bit more of the strike makkelie ten in general simms. as it was developing and into the night but i think significantly what he has confirmed is that there has been a further strike by houthi militiamen firing into the red sea earlier today. and that was significantly an anti ship ballistic missile. that matters because these are among the weapons that the