this is all because of rebels in yemen are firing attacking ships. these are houthi rebels that support hamas. this at one of the world s busiest shipping routes. bbc verify explains. a, busiest shipping routes. bbc verify exlains. ., ., ., , explains. a month ago, this was hi acked. successfully capturing the galaxy leader cargo ship in the red sea. now, the group supports hamas and they say they re targeting all ships with ownership links to israel as well as any shipping going in or out of israeli ports. and the houthi group still has that boat. so we spotted it here on satellite imagery off the coast of yemen. now, this is the best image we have from satellite image provider planet. and it was taken on wednesday last week. now, these attacks are huge problem for big companies because this region is crucial to global trade. so, the red sea is one of the world s most important routes for oil and fuel shipments. now, any ship passing through suez to orfrom the indian ocean
this is bbc news. the headlines: israeli air strikes pound the south and north of gaza. us defence secretary lloyd austin says the us has spoken to israel about making the war in gaza are more surgical. so we will continue to stand up for israel s right to defend itself and we will also continue to urge for the protection of civilians during the conflict, and to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into gaza. en verify, we look at how the war is impacting en verify, we look at how the war is impacting this trade route for oil in the impacting this trade route for oil in the red impacting this trade route for oil in the red sea. and the bbc understands the democratic unionist party has ruled out any deal to restore power sharing in northern ireland before christmas. time for a look at the business news now with tadhg. we are also talking about the potential looming crisis in world oil shipping. the oil giant bp has supended all shipments of oil through the red sea afte
mayorkas back on capitol hill today to participate in border policy talks as the senate is postponing their holiday break to continue negotiating a possible immigration deal, which house lawmakers have demanded in exchange for additional u.s. assistance to ukraine. welcome to fox news live. i m griff jenkins. hour two, here we go, aishah. aishah: here we go, griff. i m aishah hasnie. u.s. border protection worning agents to be on the lookout for explosive devices after the mexican military obtained ten ieds on the border. what do we know, alexandria? reporter: this is nothing new and explosive devices housed on the mexican side of the border. as for what s going on in congress right now, emergency aid funding for aid in israel and ukraine and con ting gent on lawmakers contingent on u.s. border policy agreement and the senate indeed pushed back its holiday recess. secretary mayorkas arrived back on the hill earlier to continue meetings with senate negotiators and we ve lear
The U.S. sanctioned a deputy commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a Houthi militant member, firms registered in Hong Kong and the Marshall Islands, along with two ships, including one that transported $100 million in Iranian commodities to China. Iranian official Mohammad Reza Falahzadeh, and Houthi group member Ibrahim al-Nashiri were hit with sanctions Tuesday.
The US and British armies launched a new wave of strikes against sites in areas controlled by the Ansarullah (Houthi) group in northern Yemen on Saturday night, US military officials said.