US announces multinational force to protect Red Sea shipping after attacks

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has announced the formation of a coalition – including Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, the Seychelles, Spain and the UK – to patrol the Red Sea in response to Houthi attacks on commercial shipping. A Houthi official says the Yemeni rebel group will confront any such force.

Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher joins us live from occupied East Jerusalem for the attest updates.

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