let s go straight to gavin at the bbc sport centre. the africa cup of nations kicks off in ivory coast on saturday. despite going through a civil war just over a decade ago, the country has produced some of africa s greatest players such as didier drogba and yaya toure. since the conflict ended, ivory coast has become a growing power in west africa. earlier, we looked ahead to the tournament with bbc sport africa s ian williams, who s in abidjan. the first in a0 years in the ivory coast, notjust excitement but pride as well that is coming back after so long. you see those distinctive orange, white and green everywhere you go, traders weaving through the traffic selling their flags, hats and horns. not so long ago, a country torn apart by civil war. they are spread over $1 billion on new infrastructure including forney stadiums. the idea turn the country into a west african sporting hub so the facilities do not go to waste. we are told there is great interest in as globally
three hours of breaking have diminished the groups ability to launch missiles and drones again shipping in the red sea. the houthi spokesman says it will stop attacking ships and at five of its fighters were killed and six were injured overnight. the group has issued a statement saying it was legitimate targets after the strike. more than 60 houthi military strikes have struck due to attacks on the ships in the red sea. they included what the us called command and control systems, launch systems, reduction facilities and air defence radar systems. among the areas targeted in the capital and the port. this was the capital and the port. this was the moment us air is general and requested an urgent meeting of the un security council. iran, which supports the who these condemn the strikes in yemen as a clear violation of countries of integrity. the british government described the strikes as a limited proportion response and said no more military action was immediately planned. o