BBC reports from inside Yemen's front-line city

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Saudi-backed pro-government forces are battling to push back Houthi fighters, who swept down the coast of the Red Sea earlier this month, taking control of a key shipping point and escalating Yemen's civil war. We hear from our correspondent. In the UK, Counter-terrorism police have arrested 5 men near a air force base used by the US air force to launch attacks against Iran... the police are investigating possible explosives. An offer to the US from Iran of a ceasefire has been rejected by President Trump over the weekend, but reports say that there will be more talks later this week. (Photo: A handout screen grab taken from a video made available by the Houthis-run al-Masirah TV on 27 September 2026 shows damage to a market after it was targeted by an alleged airstrike by Saudi Arabia; Credit: EPA/Shutterstock)