Saudi Arabia has confirmed that two of its airports were targeted in attacks overnight, as fighting intensifies between the Iran-backed Houthis and Saudi-led forces in Yemen who support the government.

They say they’ve secured the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait after launching a major offensive against the Houthis.

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US death row inmate Christa Pike is “conscious and speaking” after surviving a failed execution attempt in the state of Tennessee last week, her lawyers say.

Pike, 50, continues to receive critical medical care while handcuffed in hospital, according to a statement from her attorneys on Tuesday.

She was sentenced to death following her conviction for murdering Colleen Slemmer in 1995. But Pike survived two lethal injections last Wednesday and was transferred to a hospital in Nashville for treatment, where she remained unconscious while medical staff cleared her body of the injected pentobarbital.

An anaesthesiologist advising Pike’s defence team said her survival is highly unusual.

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A 22-year-old British national has been arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts in connection with an incident close to RAF Fairford, counter-terror police said.

The man was arrested in Westminster, London, on Tuesday as part of the investigation into the incident near the airbase in Gloucestershire last month.

It is the seventh arrest in connection to the incident – the six other men have been released on bail.

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The US has withdrawn all its bombers aircraft stationed at RAF Fairford in the UK following an alleged terror plot to target the facility. Washington has ben using the airfield to launch strikes on Iran, including deploying the B-1 strategic bomber.

In a statement the Pentagon said: “We can acknowledge now that all US bombers that were deployed to RAF Fairford have redeployed to their home stations in the United States.”

The withdrawal of a dozen B-1 strategic aircraft comes after British counter-terrorism police arrested six suspects in connection with a planned attack on the base that US and British officials said was disrupted last Sunday.

Police initially detained five British men near RAF Fairford after three suspicious vans were reported nearby. The suspects were released on police bail while remaining under investigation. Ccounterterrorism officers then arrested a 25-year-old dual British-Iranian citizen on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts linked to the incident. He has also been released on bail while inquiries continue.

The US President Donald Trump has said a planned attack was intended to do “big damage” and claimed that suspects were under investigation by both US and British authorities. Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that his country handed Britain intelligence about the suspected terror plot.

The British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said there were “strong indications” pointing to Iranian involvement in the incident near the airbase, although he stressed that the police investigation remained ongoing. Iran has denied any connection to an alleged terror operation.

Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Tom Symonds.

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Sir Alex Ferguson has released his latest memoir ‘Games of my Life,’ packed full of stories and memorabilia from his long career.

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