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Britain Joins U.S. in Strike Against Houthis in Yemen 

The United Kingdom has reportedly joined the US in a strike against the Houthis in Yemen, for the first time since US President Trump has returned to office. Britain’s military announced that it had carried out a joint operation with the US forces overnight. The American military has not yet commented on the operation, but the UK said that precision guided bombs were used by typhoon jets in the mission, targeting a cluster of Houthi buildings. The buildings were used by the Houthis to manufacture drones which attacked ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. 

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/world/middleeast/uk-us-yemen-houthis-strikes.html