Yemen Attacks Houthis; Anthropic Researcher to Testify | Bloomberg Daybreak: US Edition

Bloomberg Audio Studios podcasts radio news. — Good morning. I'm Nathan Hager — And I'm Karen Moscow. Here are the stories we're following today.

Karen, we begin with the latest from the Middle East. Yemen's internationally recognized government has begun a fullscale campaign to take back territory held by Iranbacked Houthis. This follows weeks of escalating fighting between the militant group and Saudi Arabia around the Babel Mandeb Strait along with key Saudi energy infrastructure.

We get the very latest from Bloomberg's head of Middle East coverage, Stuart Livingston Wallace. As far as they're concerned, they want to just get rid of the Houthis altogether and re and effectively reunify Yemen. So, it's a bold intention.

I would say history is not necessarily on their side. You know, we saw the better part of a decade of fighting in which the Hushes gained ground and gained control. And it's true that they didn't gain control over the whole of the country.

So, there are limits to their own power. So, like I say, past performance is no indication of future results, but you have to be a little bit skeptical going into this about whether they can make any headway.

And Bloomberg Stewart Livingston Wallace reports. Saudi Arabia has asked Western governments for additional support. The UK is providing refueling aircraft while France is sending troops to the Red Sea port of Yanbu. The US has said it will not provide extra support beyond the intelligence it already gives the Saudis.

Meanwhile, Nathan, the US is making a major move after last week's arrest at an air base it's been using in the UK for the Iran war. The Pentagon has removed all its bombers from Royal Air Base Fairford. The New York Times reports a withdrawal was carried out with unusual speed after threats of a new plot linked to Iran emerged over the weekend.