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be a thing of the past. and good morning. the frost and ice is not so widespread that but it will be another chilly, cloudy day. mostly dry. i will bring you all the details throughout the programme. good morning. it s friday, 12th january. our main story. the uk and united states have launched military action against houthi rebels in yemen. overnight, the royal air force took part in strikes against 60 houthi targets in 16 locations, following attacks on commercial shipping in the red sea. in a statement, rishi sunak described it as limited, necessary and proportionate action in self defence . louisa pilbeam reports. uk fighterjets launched their attacks on yemen from an raf base in cyprus overnight, directed by the prime minister tojoin us planes striking yemeni rebel targets. the results were captured on houthi television, showing these explosions and reporting significant damage in cities, including the capital, sanaa. yemen s houthi rebels are a tribal mountain militia
targets linked to houthis in yemen. president biden has issued the following statement today at my direction us military forces together with the uk and support from australia, bahrain, canada and the netherlands successfully conducted strikes against a number of targets in yemen used by houthi rebels to endanger freedom of navigation on one of the worlds most vital waterways did it let s get some immediate reaction to this development in the statement from the us president. let s quash now to washington and our correspondent there. what can you tell us? figs correspondent there. what can you tell us? correspondent there. what can you tell us? as you said we had a statement you tell us? as you said we had a statement from you tell us? as you said we had a statement from the you tell us? as you said we had a statement from the white - a statement from the white house confirming that the strikes have begun, saying it was the us, uk and lists a number of nations includ
the us and britain have begun strikes against targets linked to houthi rebels in yemen. we can cross to will vernon. what can cross to will vernon. what can you tell us? can you tell us? very few details at can you tell us? very few details at this can you tell us? very few details at this stage. - can you tell us? very fewl details at this stage. what can you tell us? very few- details at this stage. what we do know is that several us officials have been speaking to news agencies, to reporters, saying the united states and britain have started carrying out strikes against targets linked to the houthis in yemen. that s all we know so far. we haven t had any official word from the white house or from the pentagon. earlier today, when a pentagon spokesman was asked about that, they said they would not comment on any. they wouldn t speculate on any potential military action. from what we re hearing, it seems the strikes have started. one houthi official has written on socia
military capability and protect level shipping. those words from the uk prime minister rishi sunak echoing and complementing the words that we brought to you earlier from the us presidentjoe biden as laid out with the context of our washington correspondent. we need to stay with the breaking news for more information. the us says there have been 27 attacks in the red sea since mid november by houthis and as he recalled they say they support hamas and they are targeting ships headed to israel. let s get more now from our security correspondent frank gardner on who the houthis are and what the effect of their attacks has been. armed, angry and defiant. yemen s houthi rebels. a tribal mountain militia that controls much of yemen and its red sea coast. they ve declared their support for hamas in gaza and, since november, they ve been attacking