Yemen's Houthis reach strategic island at mouth of vital shipping lane

Yemen's Houthis took over on Friday a Red Sea island in the middle of the Bab al-Mandeb shipping lane, completing their push to control the area, a local government official and eyewitnesses told AFP. "Boats carrying armed Houthi fighters reached Mayyun Island after government forces withdrew from it yesterday," the official said, referring to an island also known as Perim that divides the strait into lanes. FRANCE 24's Florent Rodo and Rachael Griffiths bring us this report.