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Hello! From CNN, I'm Joe Beck.

With the five things you need to know for Friday, January 12th.

Tensions are past breaking point in the Middle East.

Overnight, the US and UK launched more than 60 airstrikes on Iran-backed hoothed rebels in Yemen, in retaliation

for attacks on shipping in the Red Sea.

And President Joe Biden says he'll order more if he has to. CNN's Natasha Bertrand has more from the Pentagon on how Huthy militants have responded.

The Huthy Deputy Foreign Minister released a statement saying, quote,

our country was subjected to a massive aggressive attack.

America and Britain will undoubtedly have to prepare to pay a heavy price and bear all the dire

consequences of this blatant aggression.

Now, of course, the Huthies had been warned for several weeks and months that if they did not stop, then the U.S. would not hesitate to strike back.

And of course the U.S. was able to pull together this coalition of countries to support a response.

One that was actively debated within the Biden administration for quite some time because they

were hesitant about escalating the war any further.

The attacks in the Red Sea have effectively closed one of the world's main trade routes to most container ships, vessels that carry everything from car parts to crocks, from one corner of the globe to another.

And that impact will be felt by economies all over the world,

snarling up supply chains and pushing up prices,

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