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

I'm Alex Ritzen and in the early hours of Tuesday, the 16th of January,

these are our main stories. A large US-owned container ship is hit by a hooty

missile off the coast of Yemen as Britain defends Western airstrikes.

Those strikes that we conducted have been successful in the specific targets

that were selected. Israel rejects Hamas's claims one of its airstrikes killed two hostages

shown dead in a video released by the group and a warning about the growing gap between rich and poor as a world first is predicted the trillionaire.

Nobody should have a billion dollars let alone a trillion dollars.

This is not the kind of economy that we need to overcome poverty.

Also in this podcast, the case of the Italian culture minister and the stolen 17th century painting,

and one of the world's best-known video game franchises is back. A culturally

sensitive,

a culturally sensitive Prince of Persia.

Outhy rebels in Yemen have confirmed that they carried out a ballistic missile strike on a U.S.

container ship.

The Gibraltar Eagle reported no injuries or significant damage and continued its journey.

The attack by the huthies follows last week's US-led airstrikes against them.

The Iranian-backed group has been attacking ships since November in

protest at Israel's war with Hamas. Addressing the British Parliament about the

U.S. and UK mission, the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told MPs the government was backing words with action.

Those strikes that we conducted have been successful in the specific targets that were selected during the strikes.

Obviously that's an initial assessment, but that remains our case at the moment.

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