news and brief for this hour, iran's foreign minister has hailed the yemeny army's actions against israely interest in the red sea slamming the us and the uk for launching attacks on yemen. hussein amir abdullah yan said yemen is fully committed to maritime and shipping security but took action in solidarity with gazans. the palestinian envoy to the united nations has called for immediate and genuine measures to end the israeli genocide in gaza. riyad mansur made the remarks during a meeting of the un security council on the situation in gaza. yemenese. held nationwide rallies to pledge

the support for the armed forces in the wake of strikes by the us and the uk on their country. the rally came in response to call by ansurollah leader abdul malik hufi. the united nations says israel systematically refuses to deliver aid to northern gaza. the un office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs says the operations in north'. of gaza have become more complicated, the un also says israel fails to uphold the principles of international humanitarian law. the international court of justice holds the second day of hearings a lawsuit file by south africa against israel's genocidal war in gaza. pro palestine protesters gathered outside the court as the israeli regime presented this response to the case. they called for a ceasefire in gaza.

the us is really genocidal war, continues to claim lives, meanwhile israel is unraveling a variety of fronts, one of those fronts is the food industry. israel's coming up short, especially when it comes to food items. well, the israely food association has even described it as a crisis. is it a crisis and is it limited to just food? hi, i'm k welcome to another edition of economic divide. some of the highlights of this program: the food crisis, food shortages are imminents, factories are in war zones, one of the reasons, and also there's been a threat to supply chains, we'll tell you what type of threats. then uh look at the israely war cost up to 269 million daily, $20 billion for the first quarter of 2024 is what's been predicted.