UK launches Yemen airstrikes, joining US campaign against Houthi rebels

<p>RAF jets target buildings used to make drones, officials say, in Britain’s first involvement since Trump took office</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/apr/30/houthis-yemen-us-uk-strikes-israel-icj-gaza-middle-east-crisis-live-updates">Middle East crisis – live updates</a></li></ul><p>British fighter jets joined their US counterparts in airstrikes against Yemen’s Houthi rebels overnight, the first military action authorised by the Labour government and the first UK participation in an aggressive American bombing campaign against the group.</p><p>RAF Typhoons, refuelled by Voyager air tankers, targeted a cluster of buildings 15 miles south of the capital, Sana’a, which the UK said were used by the Houthis to manufacture drones that had targeted shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/30/uk-yemen-airstrikes-houthi-rebels">Continue reading...</a>