Heavy fighting has been taking place in Yemen, as pro-government forces take on the country’s Houthi rebels, whose recent attacks on neighbouring Saudi Arabia have seized the world’s attention.

Yemen’s long civil war has become impossible to ignore, as the latest attacks by the Houthis, who are funded by Iran, play into the wider conflicts in the Middle East.

The Houthis took control of Yemen’s capital in 2014, ousting the country’s internationally-recognised government. A year later a Saudi-led coalition of Arab states intervened, trying to dislodge the Houthis. Despite years of devastating air strikes, that hasn’t worked.

Now Yemen’s Houthi fighters – already a threat to global shipping with attacks in the Red Sea – are an increasing threat to Saudi Arabia. And they provide leverage for their backers in Iran, Saudi’s regional rival.

The BBC has been given rare access to Yemen and the latest desert battlefields.

Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Orla Guerin.

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Australian MP Helen Haines has been taken to hospital with “critical injuries” after she was hit by a car near her regional office in Wangaratta, Victoria, police have said.

“This wasn’t an accident – there was a deliberate act, it would appear,” said Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Police have said they’re investigating whether it was “intentional” and a 43-year-old man, from nearby Tarrawingee, was arrested at the scene by a passer-by.

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The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult, Paul Mackenzie, has been found guilty of murdering 191 people, all but one of them …

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The US president said ‘annihilating’ Iran would create peace in the world and if Tehran were to agree a deal, oil prices would drop immediately.

In a wide-ranging magazine interview, Donald Trump, suggested military action could resume after the midterm elections in November.

Also, we have details of the Iranian national who’s been arrested in London on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts in connection with the incident at RAF Fairford on Sunday in Gloucestershire.

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