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Saudi-led coalition launches new strike in Aden

11/08/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Saudi-led coalition launches new strike in Aden

Saudi-led coalition launches new strike in Aden.

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen says it has taken military action against its separatist former allies in the city of Aden, but it's not clear whether this has dented a newly-announced ceasefire. 

Also in the programme: Former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd on global trade wars and; the hope and heartbreak of the Arab Spring.

(Picture: Security forces take security measures at the site of a car bomb attack took place at police station in Aden, Yemen on 1st August 2019.  Credit: Getty Images)

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