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BBC OS: 2024/01/01 17:06 GMT: Houthi Red Sea attacks

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Houthi Red Sea attacks

2024/01/01 17:06 GMT

2024/01/01 17:06 GMT: Houthi Red Sea attacks

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Houthi Red Sea attacks

We explain who Houthi rebels are and what's behind their Red Sea attacks

We explain who Houthi rebels are and what's behind their Red Sea attacks.

The US Navy has destroyed Houthi "small boats" whose crew attempted to board a container ship in the Red Sea. Our correspondent explains what is known about the confrontation and why these attacks are taking place now. 

Denmark's Queen Margrethe II has announced her surprise abdication. We speak to a royal reporter. 

We hear from three people who each embarked on a unique adventure in 2023, one of them was a seven-month solo cycle from Turkey to China.

Listeners share what it is that they are looking forward to or expect to happen in 2024.

This year Disney's US copyright expires on the images from the short animated film Steamboat Willie - meaning the first appearance of Mickey Mouse is now available for the American public to be re-used without permission or fee. We hear more from a copyright expert. 

Presenter: James Reynolds.

(Photo: Houthi troopers riding a truck patrol at a street in Sana'a, Yemen, 30 December 2023. Credit: YAHYA ARHAB/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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