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Saudi Arabia announced on Thursday, 24 September, that it had intercepted a missile attack from neighbouring Yemen by the pro-Iranian Houthis, against the background of intensified hostilities between the two sides. Air defences shot down six missiles in the Taif and Yanbu areas of the Red Sea. Emmanuel Macron said sending "military means" there to "protect" these key energy sites.
Press coverage on Wednesday: Chinese President's visit to Washington from today, a visit that worries Taiwan about Beijing's repression of minorities; fears of a new mobilisation in Russia; a polemic in France about a novel in the run for the Goncourt, whose author is accused of using the AI; and the debate on the intelligence of unicellular organisms.
Donald Trump received Emmanuel Macron on Monday 21 September in New York City for an interview deemed "very constructive" by the latter on the situation in the Red Sea and the war in Ukraine. In particular, the two men discussed the "need to help our Ukrainian friends even faster and stronger in terms of (missiles) interceptors," said the Head of State. Sarah Anderson, France 24 correspondent in New York and Anne Corpet, columnist in France 24.
About 12 per cent of world trade in oil by sea through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. As the Strait of Ormuz is heavily disrupted by the war, Iran's allies threaten to further disrupt world trade by closing this second crucial maritime route in the Middle East.
