capehart. we begin the saturday show with breaking news from the middle east. the united states and its allies launched another round of strikes against iran-backed militants. the strikes hit at least 36 targets across 13 houthi controlled sites in yemen. the pentagon says these strikes are a message to the houthis to stop interfering with global trade in the red sea. a statement from defense secretary lloyd austin reads, in part quote, they will continue to bear further consequences if they do not and they are illegal attacks on international shipping and naval vessels. we will not hesitate to defend lies, and the free flow of commerce in one of the world s most critical waterways. however, u.s. officials clarified today s attacks are not in response to the american casualties in jordan. a spokesman for the houthis warned the group would retaliate. writing, quote, we will meet escalation with escalation. this comes as secretary of state antony blinken prepares to depart for
the kremlin said they only hit military targets, not civilian ones. this was yuri sak, an adviser to the ukraine s defence ministry, responding to that. that s ridiculous, every time the kremlin moves their lips they re lying, and the world knows this by now so there is no trust to anything they said. and this just underscores that these are not normal people with whom negotiations are possible. these are terrorists who have to be either destroyed on the battlefield, which is what the ukrainian army is successfully doing. during the last 2a hours, we have destroyed 930 occupiers on the battlefield, so they either have to be destroyed or the other alternative is to surrender and stand trial. of course we will achieve justice and we will bring to account for these atrocities everybody who is behind them, including the top leadership of the kremlin. our correspondent andrew harding has the latest from the scene in kramatorsk. i m in the centre of kramatorsk, where the missiles
three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. let s turn to that massive search off the newfoundland coast for a missing submersible near the wreck of the titanic. us coastguards have confirmed that underwater noises have been detected. the sounds were picked up by a canadian aircraft. according to one report, there was a banging noise at 30 minute intervals, but searches so far have produced no results. five people are on board, three of them british. it s estimated they only have a day s supply of oxygen left. earlier i spoke to rear admiraljohn maugerfrom the us earlier i spoke to rear admiraljohn mauger from the us coast guard. earlier i spoke to rear admiraljohn maugerfrom the us coast guard. he spoke to me and our correspondent jonathan amos about the search and oxygen supplies. the? jonathan amos about the search and oxygen sunplies- oxygen supplies. they indicated that the have oxygen supplies. they indicated that they have an oxygen suppl
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