hello and welcome to verified live. the houthis in yemen have said american and british strikes against them will not go without punishment or retaliation. the group says five of its fighters were killed and six were injured overnight. earlier, the houthis issued a statement saying british and american interests were legitimate targets after the strikes. us central command says more than 60 houthi military targets were struck, in response to attacks on ships in the red sea. they included what the us called command and control centres, munitions depots, launching systems, production facilities and air defence radar systems. among the areas targeted the capital sanaa and the port of hudaydah. this was the moment us warplanes took off from an aircraft carrier. russia called the strikes illegitimate and requested an urgent meeting of the un security council. iran which supports the houthis condemned the strikes in yemen as a clear violation of the country s territorial
Send the houthis a message that the what they have been doing attacking ships in the red sea is unacceptable. they have also published a summary of the legal advice they have received, and they believe they are acting within international law, because it is happening in defence of the ships. there was an economic consideration in all of this and it is an ongoing want to because it is such an important route through the red sea and a lot of ships are now having to go around the whole continent of africa, which is costing them somewhere in the region of $1 million perjourney, and extra fuel costs, which may well then be passed onto consumers in the shops here in the uk, inflation is a major political issue, so lots of reasons why the government would want to get on top of this, but whenever you intervene militarily and overseas, it is a risk. it is a risk politically, because if you do it without the approval of parliament, you have mps without the approval of parliament, you have mstump
Stories from across the uk. with these, these and these there are more options than ever to pedal around the capital. london s original bike hire scheme was launched by former mayor borisjohnson in 2010, but the numbers using so called boris bikes are not what they were. figures suggestjourneys made between january and july were down by a third on the same period last year and are at their lowest for a decade. and some believe it s the price. last september, tfl changed the annual subscription and the fee for single journeys. i would usually have fourjourneys for the cost of £2.50 per a journey. i went to hire a bike and found it was 1.65 perjourney. 0thers point to the rise of rival hire bikes. reducing usage of the santander scheme is the competition from all the doctors hire bikes. there are now four main doctors hire bikes. among these riders, though ease and comfort is key. i actually don t i have my own bike any more because it got stolen so many times. i
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Voice-over: bbc news, - bringing you different stories from across the uk. with these, these, and these, there are more options than ever to peddle around the capital. london s original bike hire scheme was launched by former mayor borisjohnson in 2010 but the numbers using so called boris bikes are not what they were. figures suggestjourneys made between january and july were down by a third on the same period last year. and are at their lowest for a decade. some believe it is the price. last september, tfl changed the annual subscription and fee for single journeys. i would usually have four journeys for the cost of £2.50 a journey. i want to hire a bike and found that it is £1.65 perjourney. 0thers point to the rise of rival hire bikes.