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Konflikten mellan huthirebellerna och den saudistödda regeringen har eskalerat under de senaste dagarna.
Flera höga smällar ska ha hörts nära presidentpalatset i hamnstaden Aden på torsdagseftermiddagen svensk tid, säger vittnen till Reuters.
Jemens premiärminister och ytterligare ett antal ministrar befann sig vid presidentpalatset vid tiden för attacken, men ska enligt regeringskällor vara oskadda. Däremot uppges två säkerhetsvakter ha dödats.
De Iranstödda huthirebellerna säger att anfallet var en del av en strategi i att angripa ”saudiska förstärkningar”.
Konflikten mellan huthirebellerna och saudikoalitionen, som stöttar regeringen i Jemen, har trappats upp de senaste dagarna. I helgen dödades tolv personer och över 300 skadades i en drönarattack mot flygplatsen i saudiska Riyad.

Marine Le Pen called the EU leaders' attempt to agree on the next seven-year budget before the French presidential election illegitimate and an attempt to prevent democratic elections. She warns that a possible presidential election victory could lead her to use a veto to stop the EU budget, including aid to Ukraine, and halve France's EU contribution in 2027.

After ten years of delay, the new bridge over the Yalu River between China and North Korea has been opened to truck traffic. The bridge, which has long been called the ghost bridge, marks a closer cooperation after a cooler period between the countries.

The US decision to temporarily lift sanctions against Russian diesel has drawn strong criticism in Ukraine and the EU. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy feels betrayed and EU leaders call the announcement a gift to Putin.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he was betrayed by the United States after Washington stopped intelligence sharing and cut back on Starlink. Zelensky announces that the moratorium on Ukrainian attacks against Russian energy facilities has thus been lifted.

A Swedish citizen has been arrested by the Russian FSB in the Pskov region, accused of planning sabotage and terrorist acts at military facilities after fighting for Ukraine.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk criticizes the construction of Nord Stream 2 and believes that the problem was not the explosion but the construction itself. A Ukrainian citizen is on trial in Hamburg on suspicion of sabotage, while Poland and Denmark have refused to cooperate with Germany in the investigation. The trial comes at an unfortunate time for Chancellor Friedrich Merz, as the far-right AFD could use it to undermine Germany's support for Ukraine.