This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Nick Myers, and in the early hours of Friday the 27th of December, these are our main stories.

Israel has launched a wave of airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen, including the main

international airport, where the attack narrowly missed the head of the World Health Organization.

The European Commission has threatened further sanctions against Russia

following the alleged sabotage of another cable under the Baltic Sea.

India's first Sikh Prime Minister Manmahan Singh has died at the age of 92.

Also in this podcast, good news for the American bald eagle.

I'm soaring with the eagles.

I'm absolutely excited.

I'm ecstatic that finally after 248 some odd years,

that the bald eagle is now our national bird.

Israel will strike hoofies until the job is done.

The words of the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

after his defence forces said they'd launched strikes across Yemen.

One of the places targeted was the international airport in the capital Sena.

Inside the departure lounge, there was panic as people tried to flee the building.

Also there was the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Gabriyasas,

who was about to board a flight.

Israel says it was attacking sites used by the Houthi armed group that controls part of

Yemen. They're backed by Iran and they've repeatedly hit Israel with drones and missiles since the

first months of the Gaza war. I asked our correspondent in Jerusalem, Shama Khalil, how much damage

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