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The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross tours a hospital and bombarded homes in the Yemeni capital, calling the experience "shocking". Vanessa Johnston reports.
Jordan's representative to the U.N. says the U.N. Security Council will respond to Russia’s proposal for a 'humanitarian pause' in hostilities in Yemen. Gavino Garay reports.
Jordan's representative to the U.N. says the U.N. Security Council will respond to Russia’s proposal for a 'humanitarian pause' in hostilities in Yemen. Gavino Garay reports.
Yemen's Huthi rebels fired three missiles at two ships in the Red Sea, US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby tells reporters, adding, "one missile missed by something like 200km and the other two were shot down by a US Navy destroyer." SOUNDBITE
The United Nations Security Council demands an immediate end to attacks by Yemen's Huthi rebels on shipping in the Red Sea. The resolution passed "demands that the Huthis immediately cease all such attacks, which impede global commerce and undermine navigational rights and freedoms as well as regional peace and security." It passed after Russia, as well as China, Mozambique and Algeria abstained. IMAGES
The impact of the Israel-Hamas conflict is having a 'catastrophic' impact on health in Gaza says World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the opening of a WHO executive board special session called to discuss the health conditions in the Palestinian territories. SOUNDBITE