Good evening everyone. We're following breaking news the US and British military

have launched strikes against targets in hoothe controlled Yemen according to two US

officials. This comes after the Iranian-backed militant group

has launched a series of attacks on commercial ships

in the Red Sea, which has stoked fears of a wider conflict

in the region already reeling from the Israel-Hamas war.

We've a lot to get to. This is obviously a huge development in the region. You're

looking at a map right there. The challenge has been that the Huthi attacks have caused

ships that would normally go through the Suez Canal to have to go around the

Horn of Africa, meaning it takes a lot longer to get there. There have been some limited military strikes

that have actually killed some huthies

that were involved in this blockade.

The huthies launched this blockade in protest

to the killing of Palestinians in Gaza.

So that is just the setup,

kind of the background to what's going on,

the who these are an Iranian-backed group.

They were involved in a civil war in Yemen. We now do have a

reporter we want to go to give me one moment. Okay we're going to go to

senior White House correspondent Gabe Gutierrez with more. Gabe what do you know?

Hi there Joy, well as you may have mentioned, two U.S. officials confirmed to NBC

news that these strikes are underway targeting Huthy rebels inside Yemen.

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