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Year of Israeli Airstrikes on Yemen: A Nation Under Siege
Year of Israeli Airstrikes on Yemen: A Nation Under Siege

Yemen Online

time4 days ago

  • Politics
  • Yemen Online

Year of Israeli Airstrikes on Yemen: A Nation Under Siege

Aden — A full year has passed since the first Israeli airstrike targeted Yemen on July 20, 2024, marking the beginning of a sustained military campaign that has reshaped the country's geopolitical landscape and deepened its humanitarian crisis. Over the past 12 months, Israel has conducted at least 12 major military operations across Yemen, involving dozens of air and naval strikes. These operations primarily targeted infrastructure in Al-Hudaydah, Sana'a, and other strategic locations, which were reportedly repurposed by Houthi forces for military use. Key Operations and Targets - The campaign began with 'Long Arm 1' and 'Long Arm 2' in Al-Hudaydah. - Later operations, such as 'White City' and 'Golden Jewel,' expanded to include Sana'a International Airport, which was nearly destroyed. - The most recent strike, 'Long Braid,' on July 21, 2025, introduced unmanned aerial drones, signaling a shift toward lower-cost, high-impact tactics. Casualties and Damage - According to rights groups, 141 civilians were killed or injured, including 34 fatalities and 107 wounded, among them children and technical workers. - Infrastructure losses include: - Three major ports in Al-Hudaydah - Sana'a International Airport - Four civilian aircraft - Multiple power stations and fuel depots

‘The England we've been waiting for': fans buoyed by win over Netherlands
‘The England we've been waiting for': fans buoyed by win over Netherlands

The Guardian

time10-07-2025

  • Entertainment
  • The Guardian

‘The England we've been waiting for': fans buoyed by win over Netherlands

Tables were thumped, hugs shared and arms raised in the air. There was a palpable sense of relief in the room at the Toca Social bar in White City as Sarina Wiegman's Lionesses romped to a commanding 4-0 win over the Netherlands to keep their Euro 2025 dreams alive. More than 50 people had gathered at the bar, in which the England captain Leah Williamson is a stakeholder. The event was organised by members of the advocacy group Women In Football (WIF) and every England tackle and pass forward were cheered. The crowd was young, passionate, and predominantly female, with a mix of first-time watchers and seasoned fans. Among them is a grassroots coach from inner London, keen to learn how best to guide his girls' team towards the professional ranks. An older man, attending on his own, explains he has five granddaughters who have recently developed a love for the game. It is, unmistakably, a space built for everyone. England started the Euros in Switzerland with an underwhelming defeat against France but the electric performance against the Dutch sparks hope for Ana Briedermann, who grew up playing football in Paraguay before moving to London and adopting the Lionesses as her team. At half-time, she says: 'This is the England we've been waiting to see.' Her friend Sarah nods in agreement, adding: 'Something would have to go very wrong for England to lose now.' Melissa Herman, senior vice-president of global communications at Toca, admits she thought England were in for a tougher night. 'I did think the Netherlands were going to give them more of a game,' she says. 'But Lauren James – unbelievable. She was just phenomenal. I think this sends a real message to the rest of the tournament. We're going to see a different England now.' By the time Ella Toone struck England's fourth, father-daughter duo Martin and Milly Sheehan had begun singing the chorus of Status Quo's 1977 hit Rockin' All Over The World. 'It's bonding time for me and my daughter,' says 53-year-old Martin. 'This is something we both enjoy and we get to spend some quality time together. Milly's played football for her school so as part of getting her into it, we thought we'd follow the women's game.' Sign up to Moving the Goalposts No topic is too small or too big for us to cover as we deliver a twice-weekly roundup of the wonderful world of women's football after newsletter promotion Milly, 19, started following the Lionesses after witnessing their historic Euro 2022 triumph on home soil. 'It was something incredible. I was so proud, ecstatic and it felt really good,' she says. 'The women's game has grown massively. The crowds at the Emirates are absolutely insane. Now there are 60,000 people turning up at some games.' There is no doubt the women's game has experienced a significant boom since the home Euros, evidenced by the record £65m Women's Super League five-year deal with Sky Sports and the BBC. But a recent Women's Sport Trust report showed television audiences for the WSL fell 35%, pointing to a slight dip in progress. Lisa Parfitt, director of WIF, does not think it is a cause for concern. 'One of the things we didn't have was a national tournament,' she says. 'We didn't have a Team GB at the Olympics or a World Cup last year. The reality is these big events, like Euro 2025, are key drivers for people to see the game, to follow it.' She expects audience figures to improve. 'I think there is sustained support. The social content is excellent, to follow the different personalities and characters,' she adds. 'It's not quite habitual yet to attend women's football matches, but clubs like Arsenal are doing a brilliant job investing in the fan experience.' As an Arsenal fan, Milly agrees. After all, she has had selfies taken with Gunners such as Beth Mead and Katie McCabe. Martin, proudly wearing an England kit with Mead's name on the back, adds: 'My daughter has ADHD, so seeing them [the players] as accessible has made a big difference to her engagement. But with more money and sponsorship coming in, hopefully it won't create barriers.' For Herman, all that matters now is creating inclusive spaces. She says: 'It's such an amazing feeling, being with people to celebrate something. You ride the highs and lows together, whether they're losing or winning, you feel it as one.'

Death never takes a holiday but you do: 10 best crime books for summer
Death never takes a holiday but you do: 10 best crime books for summer

The Herald Scotland

time18-06-2025

  • Entertainment
  • The Herald Scotland

Death never takes a holiday but you do: 10 best crime books for summer

Ambrose Parry, Canongate, £18.99, Canongate, out now Writers Chris Brookmyre and Dr Marisa Haetzman (Image: Getty Images) Why has STV or BBC Scotland not given us a small screen version of Parry's Raven and Fisher Victorian murder mysteries? Budget - or the lack of it - is, presumably, the boring answer. But this splendid series, now drawing to a close, is tailor-made for a TV adaptation. Set in Edinburgh's medical community in the mid-1800s, this is the fifth and final volume in a series of wonderfully crafted entertainments by husband-and-wife duo Chris Brookmyre and Marisa Haetzman, operating under the Ambrose Parry nom de plume. Victorian virtues turn out to be anything but in this gripping story which takes in photography, pornography and people trafficking. White City Dominic Nolan, Headline, £10.99, July 3 Out in paperback at the start of July, this is crime fiction as historical epic. Inspired by a real-life event - the Eastcastle Street robbery of a Post Office van in London in 1952 - this sweeping novel takes the temperature of the capital in the post-war years, culminating in the Notting Hill riots at the end of the decade. More James Ellroy than Agatha Christie, it's bleak, brutal and often thrilling. It's about cops and robbers - and how close both those sides can be - as well as postwar housing, Rachmanism (Peter Rachman is one of just a number of real-life people who appear in its pages; see also Lady Docker), racism and politics at the margins. Both vivid and visceral, it's a rewarding reminder of just how ambitious crime fiction can be. The Good Liar, Denise Mina, Harvill Secker, £16.99, July 31 Oh, this is also very good. Published at the end of July, Denise Mina's new book is a reminder of just how potent a writer the Glasgow author is. The Good Liar is a standalone novel that is embedded in the worlds of forensic science and the law. Doctor Claudia O'Shiel is a blood spatter expert who becomes involved in the investigation of a brutal double murder in an opulent London townhouse. The chief suspect is a Viscount who's never out of the papers. What follows is a novel about grief (O'Shiel has recently lost her husband), the seductive nature of the British establishment and moral compromise. It's sharp, clear-eyed and clever. Rum Punch, Elmore Leonard, Penguin, £9.99, out now 'Sunday morning, Ordell took Louis to watch the white-power demonstration in downtown Palm Beach. ''Young skinhead Nazis,' Ordell said, 'Look, even little Nazi girls marching down Worth Avenue. You believe it?'' Rum Punch, Elmore Leonard (Image: Penguin) Ah, I'd forgotten what a joy it was to read Elmore Leonard. Since the author's death in 2013 he has slightly slipped out of the public eye, but Penguin has now added him to its Modern Classics Crime and Espionage series. The first three of 14 books - Rum Punch, The Switch and Swag - are out now and they're essential reading. Rum Punch is the source material for Quentin Tarantino's film Jackie Brown, which is fine and all, but the original is better. Leonard is one of the great prose stylists of the late 20th century. And these handsomely designed reissues are a wonderful excuse to become reacquainted with one of crime fiction's true originals. The Cut Richard Armitage, Faber, £18.99, August 28 Richard Armitage (Image: PA) Actor Richard Armitage (The Hobbit, Captain America) made something of a splash with his debut thriller Geneva in 2023. This follow-up is a tricksy, time-switching story about High School rivalries and a teenage murder, jumping between then (the 1990s) and now. At times the result pushes hard against the border of believability, but you do keep reading to find out what really happened in the past and what's going to happen in the present. The Man Who Died Seven Times, Yashuhiko Nishizawa, Pushkin Vertigo, £14.99, August 14 More tricksy, time-switching entertainment. On steroids. In fact Yasuhiko Nishizawa's crime novel - translated by Jesse Kirkwood - qualifies for that Doctor Who description, 'wibbly wobbly timey-wimey'. The man in the title is Hisataro's grandfather. He's dead on the first page and then comes back to life a few pages later. That's because for some reason his grandson regularly relives certain days over and over. And so when his grandad is killed - yes, it's murder - he decides to try and change the course of events. But it proves more difficult than he imagines. This is puzzle fiction for want of a better description. It has no other purpose than to entertain. It succeeds at that. Like a Bullet Andrew Cartmel, Titan Books,£9.99, July 8 Like a Bullet by Andrew Cartmel (Image: Titan Books) This year has been a bumper one for Andrew Cartmel fans. There's already been a new Vinyl Detective book - Underscore, the eighth in this hugely entertaining series. And next month sees the third in his Paperback Sleuth series in which our morally ambivalent heroine Cordelia Stanmer tracks down rare paperbacks and somehow becomes embroiled in the odd spot of murder as a result. In her latest adventure she is tasked with finding copies of a pulp wartime series originally published in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In fine condition, it goes without saying. (Not mint condition. That's for coins, stamps, comics and records.) In doing so she meets dodgy brothers, one-armed ex-military men and an author with a taste for Bettie Page and bondage. It's a brisk amuse-bouche of a book, one that wears its learning lightly. Very moreish. The Diary of Lies, Philip Miller, Polygon, £9.99, August 7 The third Shona Sandison thriller is full of spies, conspiracies, government secrets, the newspaper industry and, inevitably, murder. Plenty, then, for our journalist heroine to get her teeth into. Miller, formerly arts correspondent of this parish, has proven himself a very able crime writer in recent years. Among the many admirers of his last novel, The Hollow Tree, was David Peace, author of the Red Riding Quartet, and The Damned United no less. Murder Takes a Vacation, Laura Lippman, Faber, £9.99, August 14 Mrs Blossom is, as the title implies, going on holiday. A cruise down the Seine. Quite something given that she has never left the United States before. It's just a pity that there has to be a murder at the start of it. Veteran crime writer Laura Lippman has taken a minor character from her Tess Monaghan series and placed her front and centre in this cosy crime story. It works perfectly well enough as such, but, really, what makes this essential is that at heart it is a nuanced and clever character study of a flawed, decent woman in her sixties coming to terms with grief and a growing sense of adventure. Mrs Blossom is a delight to spend time with. Oh, and by the way, you may well come away from this with a newfound interest in the abstract artist Joan Mitchell and the ceramics of American industrial designer Russel Wright. A Particularly Nasty Case, Adam Kay, Orion, £16.99, August 28 Not out until the end of August, former doctor Adam Kay has - as his publisher points out - 'decided to stop writing about saving people's lives and start killing them off instead.' Everyone from Russell T Davies to the aforementioned Chris Brookmyre and Joanna Lumley are raving about this development. Chapter 26 is entitled 'Autopsy-turvy'. How you respond to that may tell you whether you'll like it or not. (It made me smirk.)

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