The ships are down: Houthis resume strikes
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The Economist
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🗓️ 18 July 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Once again, commercial vessels sailing in the Red Sea are being attacked. Our correspondent explains why Houthi rebels, an Iranian-backed militia in Yemen, have regrouped. The islands of Tuvalu are sinking. Now Australia is offering residents the world’s first “climate visas”. And remembering Dutch agronomist Simon Groot.
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| 0:47.9 | I'm your host, Rosie Bloor. |
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| 1:02.5 | All the islands of Tuvalu in the South Pacific are extremely low-lying, and within decades much of the country will be underwater. Now Australia has offered its residents the |
| 1:07.2 | world's first climate visas. Our correspondents consider what you do when a country is sinking. |
| 1:15.4 | And Simon Groot was a Dutch agronomist who spent his life developing disease-resistant |
| 1:20.7 | seeds to improve crop yields, particularly in Asia and Africa. |
| 1:25.5 | Our obituries editor remembers him. |
| 1:34.0 | But first... |
| 1:39.3 | Back in May, Donald Trump said that Houthi attacks on container ships in the Red Sea were over. |
| 1:48.3 | They just don't want to fight, and they have capitulated. They say they will not be blowing up ships anymore. |
| 1:56.2 | But the Houthis don't seem to have got Trump's memo. |
| 1:59.2 | Earlier this month, they did just that, sinking two vessels in the space of a week. |
| 2:03.9 | Greg Kahlstrom is a Middle East correspondent for the economist. |
| 2:08.1 | On July 6th, Yemen naval forces calling you on Channel 1-6, how do you read me? |
| 2:12.5 | On July 6th, Houthi rebels in Yemen confronted and then attacked a Liberia-flagged, Greek-operated bulk carrier, |
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