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
nations to protect shipping in the red sea, shortly after that on the 3rd ofjanuary, there was a very strongly worded joint statement from the us, the uk, and i2 joint statement from the us, the uk, and 12 over nations. it seemed as a final warning to the houthis that if these attacks do not stop, then they will bear the responsibility of the consequences. those warnings were not heeded by the houthis. the attacks continued and tonight, it seems we re seeing the results of that. we re seeing that the us and the uk have backed up those promises, those warnings to the houthis. i think the question i will be how far will these strikes go, how long will it last and what with the response be. earliertoday, one houthi leaderwent be. earliertoday, one houthi leader went on yemini tv promising if there were any attacks, they would retaliate. that group is backed and armed