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in the last few hours, uk prime minister rishi sunak also released a statement, saying: the houthi s leadership has already responded, warning that the us and uk will pay a heavy price for this blatant aggression . for more on the situation, joining me live is the bbc s tom bateman. good to see you. firstly, tell us your thoughts on the statements that we saw coming up statements that we saw coming up from both the united states and the uk and allies? the statements and the uk and allies? the statements is and the uk and allies? the statements is meant - and the uk and allies? the statements is meant to - and the uk and allies? lie: statements is meant to do and the uk and allies? tue: statements is meant to do two things. firstly they are show resolve and that is what we got in the statement from president biden which spoke about the unity of the coalition and, basically that it was a message to the houthis two says stop these attacks in the red sea and if not t ....
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israel is expected to argue it s acting in self defence in accordance with international humanitarian law. on thursday, south africa accused the highest levels of the israeli state of nurturing genocidal intent against palestinians in gaza. israel is expected to say statements by senior israeli politicians referenced by south africa have been misinterpreted or taken out of context. will bring you all the latest from there as we get it. iran and russia have condemned the military strikes carried out by the uk and the us against houthi rebels in yemen, and china has expressed concern. the attacks are in response to the houthis, backed by iran, attacking israeli and commercial ships passing through the red sea in protest at israel s military operation in gaza. these pictures are from the uk s ministry of defence. this is the moment royal air force jets took off from cyprus, to carry out strikes on two houthi targets in yemen. other aircraft, ships, and a submarine were ....
in the last few hours, uk prime minister rishi sunak also released a statement, saying: the houthi s leadership has already responded, warning that the us and uk will pay a heavy price for this blatant aggression . live now to barbara starr, long time pentagon correspondent here in washington, previously for cnn. very good to see you. we have seen a flurry of statements coming out tonight but what is the latest that you are seeing from the white house and the pentagon? i from the white house and the pentagon? from the white house and the pentaaon? ~ . , ., pentagon? i think what they are t in: to pentagon? i think what they are trying to do pentagon? i think what they are trying to do here pentagon? i think what they are trying to do here in pentagon? i think what they are trying to do here in washington | trying to do here in washington is to keep it narrowly focused, these were a series of strikes planned with coalition partners to degrade and disrupt the ho ....
to do so. broadcast countless messages over radio and through social media, warning civilians to distance themselves from hamas operations, and made over 70,000 individual phone calls, including two occupants of the targets, warning them of impending attacks. this requires time, it requires resources, and intelligence. and the idf invests all of these to save civilian lives. here you can see the idf s civilian lives. here you can see the idf s arabic twitter account providing information for civilians to evacuate specific areas, including the location of shelters nearby. yet the applicant, astonishingly, claims that these efforts are in themselves genocidal. in other words, a measure intended to mitigate harm to the civilian population, sometimes exceeding the requirements of the international humanitarian law, is proof, according to the applicant, of israel s intent to commit genocide. when in fact it proves the exact opposite. my third topic, with respect to the human ....