Fighting intensifies in Yemen

Fighting in Yemen has intensified as government forces, supported by Saudi air power and US intelligence, attempt to reclaim territory from Iranian-backed Houthi rebels near the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait. Meanwhile, France faces widespread school protests over understaffing and dilapidated infrastructure, marked by violent clashes and a recent injury involving a teenager. In other developments, British MPs are calling for an independent review into the Financial Conduct Authority following the death of a whistleblower who exposed links between Jeffrey Epstein and high-profile figures. Scientific innovation takes center stage with the Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for optogenetics, a technique using light to control brain neurons. Additionally, the program covers a potential plague scare in Siberia, a significant measles outbreak in the United States, the passing of author Jeffrey Archer, the development of a vertical "Standing Grand" piano, and a unique recruitment drive for an "official smeller" in Finland.