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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Peter Beaumont

US agrees ceasefire with Houthis in Yemen after dozens killed in airstrikes

A large column of smoke rises over buildings in Yemen
Recent airstrikes have ‘completely destroyed’ an airport in Sana’a, the Yemeni capital. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

The US will halt its bombing campaign against Yemen’s Houthis after the Iran-aligned group agreed to stop targeting shipping in the Red Sea.

The halt – announced by the US president, Donald Trump, during an Oval Office meeting with Mark Carney, Canada’s prime minister, came on a day in which Israel claimed its jets had fully disabled Yemen’s main airport, including three civilian aircraft on the ground, in retaliation for a missile strike on Sunday that hit within the perimeter of Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport.

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