voiceover: the us and uk hit. around 30 sites across yemen. this film is about the complex roles western and regional powers have played in yemen s war, and the story begins with an assassination mission. ifirst met isaac gilmore in 2020. he s a former navy seal, who later became second in command of a private us military firm called spear operations group. i was surprised isaac agreed to speak to me because at the time, human rights lawyers were trying to prosecute spear for war crimes. one of the reasons that i agreed to participate in this and be part of this documentary is to be very clear about what we re doing and why. this isn t, you know, innocent until proven guilty. it s war. how did you get involved with the operation in yemen? so ultimately, i met abraham, abraham golan, who s a brother and a friend. abraham developed a relationship with mohammed dahlan and that was our path through to the uae government. we met with the appropriate bodies within the uae governmen
the middle east and beyond, most recently as the houthi group attacks ships in the red sea. the us and uk hit around 30 sites across yemen. this film is about the complex roles western and regional powers have played in yemen s war. ..and the story begins with an assassination mission. ifirst met isaac gilmore in 2020. he s a former navy seal, who later became second in command of a private us military firm called spear operations group. i was surprised isaac agreed to speak to me because at the time, human rights lawyers were trying to prosecute spear for war crimes. one of the reasons that i agreed to participate in this and be part of this documentary is to be very clear about what we re doing and why. this isn t, you know, innocent until proven guilty. it s war. how did you get involved with the operation in yemen? so ultimately, i met abraham, abraham golan, who s a brother and a friend. abra ham developed a relationship with mohammed dahlan and that was our path throu
reported a fire broke out on a vessel 55 miles southeast of aden after it was hit by a missile the crew were reported safe. the us continues to respond to these threats in the red sea. us central command confimed friday its forces shot down an anti ship ballistic missile targeting its destroyer in the gulf of aden, the uss carney. the missile was launched from houthi controlled yemen, according to centcom. no injuries or damage were reported. the houthis are, of course, backed by iran. reuters is now reporting that china is getting involved. citing four iranian sources, the report says officials from beijing have been asking their iranian courterparts to help reign in houthi fighters. the discussions reportedly took place in recent meetings in beijing and tehran. china would take notice, because the commercial shipping route is used widely by its vessels. plus, these attacks come amid a sagging economy in china, heavily dependent on shipping. not to mention, last year, beijin
start tomorrow with storm jocelyn still very much in charge of our weather. the centre of this area of low pressure tracking to the north of the uk. lots of izabela squeezing together on this chart. still very windy, particularly in scotland and northern england. they will spread time. the wind is slowly easing through the day but to the eastern side of the pennines, we could keep some really gusty conditions right into the afternoon. bear that in mind if you are travelling. however, the winds will slowly ease. not a bad day, some spells of sunshine, showers in the north west, some cloud gathering in the south later as a frontal system starts to push its way in. this front will work northwards and it brings a lot of cloud with it. some outbreaks of patchy rain. but with that extra cloud, we will see some really mild weather on thursday. this is what logan s life would have been, what our life would have been like. except it would have been even better because logan would have
innocent mariners. this video released by the us central command shows fighters launching off the uss eisenhower, on their way to hit targets in yemen. the attack followed a phone call between president biden and prime minister rishi sunak. live now to our north america correspondent david willis. david, tell us more about this latest action? david, tell us more about this latest action? the pentagon is sa in: latest action? the pentagon is saying the latest action? the pentagon is saying the us latest action? the pentagon is saying the us and latest action? the pentagon is saying the us and the - latest action? the pentagon is saying the us and the uk - saying the us and the uk conducted eight strikes on targets in yemen, including some in the capital sanaa and also hit an underground weapons facility which they say was being used to make, manufacture advanced weapons, as officials put it. this is the second strike involving the us and the uk together. they have been