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Newshour: Why Did Saudi Arabia Strike a Yemeni Prison?

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Why Did Saudi Arabia Strike Yemeni Prison?

10/01/2018 GMT

Why Did Saudi Arabia Strike a Yemeni Prison?

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Why Saudi Arabia bombed a Yemeni jail in which there were hundreds of their own men

Why Saudi Arabia bombed a Yemeni jail in which there were hundreds of their own men.

Last month Saudi Arabian airplanes bombed a prison in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, in which there were hundreds of their allies along with journalists, political prisoners and even children. Dozens died. Was it an escape plan which went wrong, the targeting of an arms depot, or something much more cynical?

Also in the programme: rescue efforts continue around Santa Barbara County in California after at least 13 people are killed in mudslides and flooding; and why Venezuela has the highest teen pregnancy rates in Latin America.

(Photo: A Saudi pilot walking past a F-15 fighter jet at the Khamis Mushayt military airbase. Credit: Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images)

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