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    Video caption: Starmer backs stikes to stop Houthi attacks

    Sir Keir Starmer says Labour backs the military operation to stop Houthi attacks in the Red Sea.

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    Video caption: Cameron says Houthis are escalating tensions in Middle East

    Cameron says the Houthis are responsible for escalation - and that their attacks on commercial vessels left the UK and its allies with little choice but to act.

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    Video caption: Yemen strikes 'embolden' extremists - ex-ambassador

    Frances Guy said the UK and US governments should pursue a ceasefire

  4. How Yemen's media are covering the strikes

    BBC Monitoring

    In Yemen, the joint US-UK strikes have dominated media reporting today. The Houthi-affiliated Al-Masirah TV channel broadcast rolling coverage of reaction and commentary - including of huge demonstrations held in the capital Sanaa and other cities, with protesters chanting pro-Palestinian and anti-US slogans.

    Houthi officials were swift to condemn the strikes, which they described as an act of “idiocy” and “aggression”, aiming to “protect Israel” and “stop Yemen from supporting Palestinians”.

    The group’s officials have reiterated their vow to respond to the strikes, and to deny passage to ships “linked with Israel” until humanitarian aid is allowed into Gaza.

    Several prominent anti-Houthi voices also criticised the strikes. One wrote: "It is impossible to stand with America and Britain, we are against any strikes on Yemen whatever the justification.”

    Al-Masirah TV showing large protests in multiple locations across Yemen
    Image caption: The Houthis have vowed an "even bigger" response to the strikes