and coming up in the programme could it be the end of the password? we ll hear why the passkey could be the next stage of tech evolution. hello, i m maryam moshiri. welcome to bbc news now three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. attacks on houthis in yemen by aircraft from the united states and the united kingdom would not go without punishment or retaliation . a houthi military spokesman has vowed to continue its support for palestinians in gaza and its attacks on ships in the red sea. iran which has long backed the houthis said the strikes were a clear violation of yemen s territorial integrity. according to the us, more than 12 sites were hit across yemen,
rallying to the palestinian cause, and that will resonate throughout the middle east, notjust in yemen. as always, frank, thank you for your analysis. it is at worry about the economy, about what is happening along that shipping area which is pushing western powers to worry about this more than perhaps they might. so how will houthis react to the strikes? how could they potentially react to them? here is our bbc international editor jeremy bowen with his analysis. the iranians are their allies, often talked about as proxies but they are allies, really. i have spent quite a bit of time with the houthis in yemen and they are people who are highly independently minded. they have a relish for getting involved in this kind of thing. they want to be involved in the war. and so the iranians have very much beefed up the kind of firepower they have, they even have anti ship missiles, they have various kinds of ballistic
last night. he is currently in ukraine. let s listen.- ukraine. let s listen. very straightforward ukraine. let s listen. very straightforward question. | ukraine. let s listen. very - straightforward question. why ukraine. let s listen. - straightforward question. why did you authorise military action against houthi targets in yemen? 0ver against houthi targets in yemen? over the last month we have seen a significant over the last month we have seen a significant increase in the number of houthi significant increase in the number of houthi attacks on commercial shipping of houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the red sea. that is putting shipping in the red sea. that is putting innocent lives at risk, it is disrupting the global economy and it is also is disrupting the global economy and it is also destabilising the region and in it is also destabilising the region and in that time we have also seen the single and in that time we have also seen the single biggest at
this is essentially a very, very strong shot across the bows, and if you look at the statements from both biden and the prime minister, they have essentially said they wanted to send the strongest possible message, that these attacks on international shipping could not go unpunished. today, there was a big demonstration of defiance in sana a, the yemeni capital, and the houthi military command promised more of the same. they ve won considerable support, notjust in yemen but on the arab strait more broadly and therefore this plays into their narrative. i suspect that it also willjustify them taking greater action in retaliation. we have to remember that they have experienced already about 25,000 plus air strikes that the saudi led coalition has dropped over yemen over the past nine years of the civil war and they were undeterred.