But why the flare up now . All of these things are interconnected, and thats why its really dangerous right now. So the big question now is, could this Red Sea Conflict become the next war in The Middle East . First of all, lets start by looking at what has actually been happening In The Red Sea. In mid november, 2023, the houthis, an iranian backed rebel group in yemen, began targeting commercial shipping off their coast. So, who exactly are the houthis and what is it motivating them . The houthis, who are a so called rebel group in yemen, they hail from the north west of yemen. They have been very active in this area for about a decade. Its only now that were noticing because our global trade is being impacted. They hijacked this ship called the Galaxy Leader and they fired missiles and drones at others. Us and british warships went to their defence. The houthis vowed revenge. The world economy, every economy will suffer if ships keep coming under attack in this illegal and unaccepta
talking business. hello, everybody! a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. shipping gets stuck in the slow lane. how much damage will be caused by the red sea attacks forcing global trade to take the long way around? the global economy relies on all our stuff being moved across the oceans. but, are 150 years of progress being undone by an unprecedented threat to shipping? i m going to be discussing all of that with these two, there they are. the big boss of the world second biggest shipping company, denmark s maersk, who tells me that consumers are already feeling the effect with higher prices. and the boss of the un s international maritime organisation, who will fill us in on what needs to be done to keep the oceans free for global trade. plus, big bucks for the big stage the man who runs the world s biggest brewer, the giant behind budweiser, corona and stella tells us why he is spending h
and the boss of the un s international maritime organisation, who will fill us in on what needs to be done to keep the oceans free for global trade. plus big bucks for the big stage the man who runs the worlds biggest brewer, the giant behind budweiser, corona and stella tells us why he is spending hundreds of millions of bucks on the olympics and why he s not worrying about shipping delays. wherever yourjoining you from around the world, once again, a warm welcome to the show. you know, just when the global economy thought it was getting over at the shocks of the pandemic, russia s invasion of ukraine and the inflation that followed, up pops another major challenge. this time the shipping industry is quite literally under attack like never before, and it is causing growing disruption to the global economy. diversions and delays are threatening to push up prices once again. the crunch point is the red sea. it s a conduit to the suez canal which, since it opened more than 15
from iphone camera half aworld away. the assault in yemen stoking fears of a wider middle east war pending the response that we await still at this hour. a big morning, big day. see what happens throughout the day. let s start here at 9:00 in new york. i m bill hemmer. good morning at home and. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. some people wondered if the biden administration would ever be willing to do. the u.s. carried out strikes in coordination with the united kingdom scorching more than 60 houthi targets. bill: part of tehran s response to the israeli war on hamas. according to general jack keane earlier today he says it is time to go after iran directly. the center of gravity for the aggression in the middle east that we re experiencing is iran. we have said this time and time and time again. and to deter the proxies themselves by hitting them will not be sufficient. we have got to go after iran. dana: all this unfolding while the head of
sandra: fox news alert, a live look at perry, iowa, where we are awaiting an update after multiple people were hurt in a shooting at the city s high school. it happened early this morning. it was the students first day back of classes there after their winter break. officials announced moments ago we will be getting our next update from there at 4:00 p.m. eastern time. we will certainly be watching and listening for that. john: the sheriff says there is no longer a threat to the public but released little detail other than that. nothing on the number of victims or if the shooter is dead or alive. said officials would give those updates later this afternoon. we ll bring you developments as we get them on this story. first, another fox news alert. sandra: any moment now expecting to hear from the pentagon. the press secretary pat ryder is expected to step up to the podium for the first on camera briefing of the year as escalation in the middle east takes a brand-new turn