America strikes Houthis; Starmer convenes “coalition of the willing”, and more
The World in Brief from The Economist
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🗓️ 16 March 2025
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| 0:59.2 | America launched dozens of air and naval strikes on the Houthis, |
| 1:01.0 | an Iran-backed militia in Yemen. |
| 1:05.3 | Donald Trump said that the strikes were aimed at securing shipping routes in the Red Sea and vowed that America would use overwhelming lethal force until we have achieved our objective. |
| 1:12.1 | The Houthis have been attacking commercial vessels in the Red Sea since late 2023. Sir Kier Stama, Britain's Prime Minister, |
| 1:20.6 | chaired a virtual meeting of European leaders and other allies of Ukraine. Sarkir accused Russia |
| 1:26.1 | of dithering and delay over Donald Trump's ceasefire |
| 1:29.2 | proposal and stated that Ukraine must be able to deter future Russian aggression. He said that |
| 1:35.4 | a coalition of the willing would send officials from their armed forces to London on Thursday |
| 1:40.1 | to discuss operational details of how to secure an eventual peace deal. |
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