Marked a rapid escalation marked a rapid escalation of this conflict. Of this conflict. Israel says its air strikes in yemen, targeting power plants and the port of hodeidah, were their response to missile attacks by the iranian backed houthis. The houthi run health ministry says at least 4 people were killed and 29 wounded. Translation: we have no interest in expanding the war. We have no interest in looking for additionalfronts. But if somebody attacks israel, as the houthis have recently done with missiles and throughout the war with cruise missiles and drones, anyone who carries out such an attack, we will settle the account with them, and we know how to do it. Israel is not holding back its air force releasing footage as they set off for the raid. And earlier today, it says it shot down another drone launched from yemen. For the past year, the yemeni houthis have been trying to influence the conflict in the middle east. This is their commandos seizing a british owned ship in the
Not say when that phone call would take place. On sunday israel carried out large scale strikes on yemen targeting energy facilities help by houthi is. It targeted powerplants ina in a seaport. The houthi run health ministry said at least four people were killed and 33 wounded. Houthi is have vowed revenge and a response is inevitable. houthis. Our correspondent injerusalem, jon donnison, has more on the situation. Israel s military reach and power is long and strong. This is not lebanon, or gaza, but almost 2,000 kilometres away in yemen. The target one of the country s biggest ports and two power stations, controlled by iranian backed houthis, the operation directed by israel s defence minister. Translation: we have no i interest in expanding the war. We have no interest in looking for additionalfronts. But if somebody attacks israel, as the houthis have recently done with missiles and throughout the war with cruise missiles and drones, anyone who carries out such an attack, we
Maria corina machado in venezuela, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much, stephen. It s a pleasure to be with you again. It s great to talk to you. It s two months now since venezuelans voted in the presidential election. Just tell me what has happened to you since that vote. Well, our victory by a landslide was something the regime didn t expect. As well as the fact that in less than 2a hours, we were able to collect, digitalise and put on a robust web page over 83% of the tally sheets, the official tally sheets that actually demonstrated our victory. It was a 70 over 30 victory, but if it had been a freer election, believe me, we would have won at least by 90 10. So this was a huge defeat for the regime. Maduro is naked in front of the whole world and his followers. So his decision was to get surrounded and entrenched around the top brass of the military and in fact, unleash terror. This has reached to thousands of venezuelans that have been detained, and everybody that was direct
The iranian backed group. Israel has confirmed its carried out Air Strikes on the yemeni city of Hodeidah Targetting Houthi Sites. Videos have been posted on social media. Bbc verify has confirmed the location. Bbc verify has confirmed the location. Israel says it was targetting Power Plants and a sea port. For the latest, heres our middle East Correspondent Anna foster, who is in beirut. It is really planes have been active. Those attacks are continuing across the Country And Israel announced it has carried out this large Scale Operation. Clearly a real defence from what we are the a few days ago from World Leaders who are arranging some sort of de escalation. They were talking about 21 days of no military action. What weve seen over the last couple of days, particularly with that pivotal moment on Friday Evening, that large Scale Attack here in beirut. In the News Yesterday that Hassan Nasrallah had been killed shows that events here are moving very quickly and it seems that western
Here in the uk, candidates for the conservative Party Leadership Contest make their pitch at the annual conference. And New Zealand has regained the World Record for the largest number of people taking part in a haka. Welcome to the programme. We start in the Middle East, where israel has carried out what it called large scale strikes on yemen. Israel says it was targeting houthis energy facilities. A Power Plant and Sea Port were hit in the yemeni city of hodeidah. Videos have been posted on social media. Clearly a real difference to what we heard just a few days ago from world leaders, who were trying to arrange some sort of ceasefire deal, some sort of de escalation. They were talking about 21 days of no military action, of talks, but what weve seen over the last couple of days, and particularly with that pivotal moment here in the Middle East on Friday Evening, that large Scale Attack here In Beirut, and the News Yesterday that Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of hezbollah, had been ki