The allies have launched strikes for the first time since the group began targeting shipping in the Red Sea. Plus, the European royals taking on the climate crisis<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Good morning.<\/p>\n The US and the UK launched strikes overnight against targets<\/a> linked to the Houthis in Yemen, with President Joe Biden saying that he \u201cwill not hesitate to direct further measures\u201d if necessary.<\/p>\n Who else has condemned the strikes? <\/strong>Hamas and Hezbollah.<\/p>\n Were other countries involved?<\/strong> The Netherlands, Canada and Bahrain offered non-operational backing.<\/p>\n How are other nations reacting? <\/strong>Russia has requested an urgent UN security council meeting, while Saudi Arabia is calling for restraint.<\/p>\n It comes as Israel prepares to defend the Gaza war at the UN\u2019s top court.<\/strong> Follow our liveblog for the latest developments.<\/a><\/p>\n What will happen during the visit? <\/strong>The leaders will sign a UK-Ukraine agreement on security cooperation after the G7\u2019s decision to offer bilateral security assurances.<\/p>\n How will the \u00a32.5bn be spent?<\/strong> On long-range missiles, air defense, artillery ammunition and maritime security, according to Downing Street.<\/p>\n For more,<\/strong> follow our blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The allies have launched strikes for the first time since the group began targeting shipping in the Red Sea. Plus, the European royals taking on the climate crisis Don\u2019t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. The US and the UK launched strikes overnight against targets linked to the Houthis … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}