Middle East tensions rise after wave of US and UK strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen

Sky's John Sparks reports from Iraq, where militia members have taken to the streets of Baghdad to remember 16 of their number killed in US air strikes.

The military attacks have raised tensions in Iraq, and across the region, with many calling for the Americans, and their bases, to go.

It comes after the US and UK pounded multiple targets in Yemen overnight - facilities they say are being used by the Houthi militia to attack shipping in the Red Sea.

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