on shipping lanes there. according to a statement from the ministry of defence. .. "overnight, hms diamond, along with us warships, successfully repelled the largest attack from the iranian—backed houthis in the red sea to date." hms diamond used sea viper missiles and guns, and destroyed multiple attack drones heading for her, and commercial shipping in the area. there were no injuries or damage sustained by hms diamond or her crew. the ministry of defence has issued these images of the live firing undertaken by the crew of hms diamond. it's understood that more than 20 missiles and drones were shot down. at this stage the ministry of defence has not said if there were any casualties among the houthi attackers. the precise location of the incident is not known, but it happened somewhere in the red sea — the body of water which separates the arabian peninsula from north eastern africa. we arejoined live now byjoshua hutchinson, managing director of intelligence & risk for the ambrey global maritime risk management firm. welcome to you joshua, good to have you on the programme. this has been going on, the attacks by the houthi