Houthi rebels vow revenge after leader killed
Yemen’s Houthi rebels say their prime minister was killed in an Israeli air strike.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels say their self-proclaimed prime minister, Ahmed Ghaleb Nasser al-Rahawi, was killed in an Israeli air strike earlier this week, marking the highest-ranking Houthi official to die during the Gaza conflict. The group has vowed retaliation.
Also in the programme: more on the assassination of former Ukranian parliamentary speaker Andriy Parubiy; and the Trump administration moves to fire nearly 500 staff at US-funded broadcaster Voice of America.
Joining presenter Gary O’Donoghue are Chitra Nagarajan, a writer and human rights activist specialising in Nigeria and West Africa, and Natasha Lindstaedt, professor of government and international relations at the University of Essex.
(Picture: Head of the Houthi-led government Ahmad al-Rahawi in Sanaa, Yemen August 19, 2024. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo)
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