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Trump orders 'decisive and powerful' strikes on Yemen

Over 30 dead after US air strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen

The United States has launched large-scale air strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, killing at least 30 people and injuring 101 others. This response follows Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, which the group maintains are retaliation for Israeli actions in Gaza. Donald Trump has warned that if the Houthis continue with their attacks, 'hell will rain down upon you like nothing you have ever seen before'. The armed group says 'this aggression will not go without response'.

Also in the programme: Protests in New York in support of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist detained by US immigration officials last Saturday and now facing deportation, despite being a legal US resident. We hear from a professor and a fellow postgraduate from Columbia University, as well as a lawyer and conservative commentator, with their thoughts on Khalil's arrest.

Joining presenter Rebecca Kesby are historian and journalist Christopher de Bellaigue, and Samantha de Bendern, an associate fellow at the Chatham House foreign relations think-tank who specialises in Russia.

(Picture: U.S. President Donald Trump in Maryland, U.S., March 14, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)

50 minutes

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Sun 16 Mar 2025 07:06GMT

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  • Sun 16 Mar 2025 07:06GMT