The houthis may have is through that u. N. Lead process and it is that which they have spurned, and they brought continued military action which brought us to this point. Reporter coming back to the question on the u. S. And the saudis saudis dont want this to be an openended conflict. Is the u. S. s view that the situation needs to be stabilized before the political process can kick in . I mean how do you bring the houthis to the negotiating table . Well, again, there is the gccs initiative and the u. N. Lead process, which i think we need to return to. At this point its difficult to outline precisely when when that will happen, but that is our goal do you have any further readout on the discussion between the saudi ambassador and the [ inaudible ] today . No the focus was on our views on yemen, but i dont have more specifics from the meeting. Reporter you are talking about a gcc initiative and this is military intervention is enshrined as a gcc intervening well saudi lead saudi lead
Election looms. We look at the issue of education, plus. Im rob mcbride at a korean formula 1 circuit trying to figure out a solution out formula 1 first to yemen where saudiled air strikes targeted positions, the latest striking antiair defense system. The leader of the Houthi Rebels accused saudi arabia and allies of invading his country. Gerald tan has the latest. Reporter these pilots are part of group against the rebels and their latest in yemen. For a second night the alliance hit military positions in sanaa, taiz and sanaa. Saudi Officials Say theres no plan to send troops. At least for now. We should be ready for all the circumstances. Our forces are ready for the different threat. The air threat, or ground threat. For the time being there is no such operation, but if need we will be ready to face this kind of threat. So far the strikes crippled the air force, and the houthi response defines. What do they expect us to do surrender. Announce our defeat to act like cowards. What
And it comes out of a traditional period of mourning. Facing an uphill road to recovery. An exit poll in the u. K. Is predicting Prime Minister David Cameron will stay put in 10 downing street. The conservative party will be short of a majority. Contrary to preelection projections of a tight race, there has been a stunning of projected losses and there are calls for the leader to resign. Here is how the numbers are looking. The center right are expected to be the Largest Party with 316 seats. Then the center left currently predicted to have 239 seats. Its been a bad night for the central liberal democrats, projected to lose 47 seats, down to 10. The leader nick clegg held on to his seat. The polls predicting two seats for the u. K. Independence party. Its been a result for the Scottish National party, a huge increase to 58 seats. Tim friend has more. Reporter it looks like David Cameron will remain as Prime Minister. The usually highly reliable exit poll predicts hell have most seats,
Steps down. And the piano tuner from western japan sprinkle the instrument from a bronze back to wa. Chinese leaders are hearing more criticism about their decision to set up an air Defense Identification Zone over the East China Sea white house spokesperson called the announcement unnecessarily inflammatory japanese officials want the chinese to revoke the masters. Chinese officials announced on saturday that they had set up the cell includes airspace over this and cuckoo islands japan controls the highlands and maintains they belong to the country historically and in terms of International Law china and taiwan also claim them. Chinese officials said aircraft entering the airspace must now notify them of flight plans in obey instructions. They warned that the emergency defensive measures in their instructions are not follow japanese Prime Minister shinzo of it. Call the creation of the zone very dangerous he said it would escalate the situation in the region and lead to unintended con
Shinzo abes called the zone very dangerous. Chinese Defence Ministry officials announced last month that they had set up is down a chemist a large part of the East China Sea and includes the islands the japanese control the chinese and taiwanese frame. Biting my head to china after he leaves to pad the Vice President will meet on wednesday with the president s xi jim king and other chinese leaders analysts say biden is starting his thick asian tour in japan to highlight the decades old the Us Japan Alliance and to quote meat of response to china. It traveled to south korea later this week. Us readers who responded quickly to china smeared it with those words and actions. Top officials and criticize the chinese for trying to change the status quo in the asia pacific and many are rather and military commanders and a b fifty two bombers decline of the day air Defense Identification Zone out. A strong message to authorities in beijing that the operations of us forces in the region wouldnt