appreciate our company, i m michael holmes in atlanta, first breaking news and concerns about a possible widening conflict in the middle east. u.s. and uk have been hitting houthi charters in yemen. show you new images now that shows smoke hanging over the skyline in a western yemeni port city, as the sun begins to come up there. the coalition strikes following a surge of attacks by the iran-backed rebels, on commercial vessels in the red sea. american fighter jets are being taking off from the u.s. white d. eisenhower aircraft carrier to carry out the strikes. the senior u.s. official says it is unclear what percentage of who the athletes have been destroyed inside yemen at the amount was significant. we are told u.s. coalition forces hit more than 60 targets, at 16 houthi locations, and those targets included the militants radar systems along with storage and launch sites for ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones. let s show you where they are located on the map t
bring in cnn military allen is a retired, air force colonel cedric leighton good to see you sir do you expect this to be short sharp and focus or or could it broaden? i think it could broaden the pentagon is optimistic that they will have a shortened seat so to speak effect on the houthis and make them, really in essence stopped the type of activities that they ve been doing in the red sea but i don t think the way who these are going to handle is, what they will do is they will try to redouble their efforts there will have to be some re-strikes, and there will probably be some new targets of the huge k in other countries will have to engage before this is over under intended constant always feared what are the risks just for example could a civil war be reignited the saudi piece of
military campaign. experts, say it could take years before there s a final ruling on the question of genocide. cnn s melissa bell with more from the hague. free palestine. passionate protests on the streets outside of court. as inside, south africa laid out the details of their case. even in can provide any justification for or defense to the convention. israel has denied all accusations calling the case a, quote, south africa is accusing israel of breaching the 1948 genocide convention through its military response to the hamas attack, which says it has killed more than 23,000 people. at least 200 times it has deployed 2000 pound bombs in
can they have been worrying about the october 7th attacks, israel s response to that escalating tensions in the northern border and israel with lebanon and hezbollah, all of these iranian-backed proxies trying to stoke tensions in the region, the houthis other one who seem to precipitated this particular escalation. new saudis of course are saying that the freedom of navigation in at the red sea is a vital importance to the region. so while they are not part of that military coalition in the red sea, they are clearly giving it a green light to go ahead. this potential right now depending on the houthi response me is a volatile time right now microburst. in, cnn, tel aviv, israel. the u.s. says more than 50 countries have been affected by dozens of houthi attacks in recent months. a number of
have launched at least 27 missile and drone attacks on commercial shipping in recent months. turning to new york now where both sides wrapped up closing arguments in donald trump s 370 million dollar civil fraud trial. the judge is expected to rule by the end of the month. cnn s chief legal affairs correspondent paula reid wraps up today s proceedings. former president trump getting the last word in at closing arguments, usually closing arguments are an opportunity for lawyers to summarize their theory of the case, and the day kicked off with trump s lawyer laying out their theory that this is a political persecution, and his client trump had no intention of defrauding, banks and they were never harmed. but after he wrapped his remarks, he then asked if his client could have addressed the court, and the judge granted it and a judge previously said a