LIVE: Yemen protest after UK and US airstrikes on Houthi rebels

Yemenis take the streets of the capital Sanaa protesting in solidarity with Gaza, after US and UK forces launched retaliatory strikes on Houthi targets in response to Red Sea shipping attacks. Explosions were heard across rebel-held Yemen late on Thursday night as British and US forces launched strikes on Houthi targets, after the Iranian-backed group ignored warnings to stop attacking ships in the Red Sea. The Houthis have carried out a growing number of attacks on what they deem to be Israel-linked shipping in the key international trade route since Hamas’s unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7. Read the best of our journalism: Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: Find us on Facebook: Find us on Twitter: Find us on Instagram: #yemen #houthi #middleeast