UK & US strike Houthi positions in Red Sea barrage and Ecuador in state of emergency after drug boss’s prison break

In this episode of Battle Lines, Defence Editor Danielle Sheridan and Telegraph writer Tom Sharpe bring the latest news and analysis from the Red Sea, as Britain and America strike Houthi positions after months of attacks on civilian and military vessels. Then Middle East Correspondent Nataliya Vasilyeva updates us from Israel as the IDF continues to battle Hamas across Gaza, and Senior Foreign Correspondent Sophia Yan describes how the Chinese state forced ethnic Kazakhs to round up Muslim families in Xinjiang who were then never seen again.Finally, journalist and academic Mathew Charles speaks about the internal conflict in Ecuador, where government forces battle drug gangs for control of the country. Contributors:David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on X.Danielle Sheridan (Defence Editor). @SheridanDani on X.Tom Sharpe (former Royal Navy officer). @TomSharpe134 on X.Nataliya Vasilyeva (Middle East Correspondent). @Nat_Vasilyeva on X.Sophia Yan (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @sophia_yan on X.Mathew Charles (Foreign Reporter and academic). @mat_charles_ on X.ReadThe Telegraph's Live Blog on the Red SeaWest is united against Houthi threat, says Biden as Britain and US launch air strikes in Yemen, by Danielle Sheridan‘We did it to our own people’: How China forced Kazakhs to implement its ethnic crackdown, by Sophia YanHow Ecuador’s 36-year-old leather jacket-wearing president took on the drug cartels – and lost, by Mathew CharlesFor 3 months access to The Telegraph for just £1: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |Email: battlelines@telegraph.co.uk | Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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