{"id":"1794473072693-news-segment","slug":"saudi-arabia-the-houthis-and-yemen-s-war","title":"Saudi Arabia, the Houthis and Yemen's war","summary":"Saudi Arabia is under attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels; the conflict has escalated with Houthi gains along the Red Sea coast and Saudi airstrikes.\n\nThe Guardian reports Nvidia's board met to decide CEO Jensen Huang's future amid a share price plunge.\n\nUK GDP grew 0.7% in Q3 2026, its fastest pace in two and a half years, and 0.2% month-on-month in September, according to the ONS.\n\nOfwat is tightening the water industry bonus ban after accusing firms of undermining rules and damaging public trust.\n\nThe Guardian reports Nvidia's board is deciding whether to oust CEO Jensen Huang after he admitted to a relationship with a woman alleged to be a Chinese spy.","publishedAt":"2026-11-12T08:44:32.693Z","channel":{"id":"news","name":"Oncast News","language":"en"},"show":"Overnight","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: Saudi Arabia is under attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels; the conflict has escalated with Houthi gains along the Red Sea coast and Saudi airstrikes.\nSource: [dw.com](https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-how-disinformation-fuels-houthi-saudi-conflict/a-79307257) (https://x.com/abuzarali749/status/2119228009400107076)\n\nTRUE: The Guardian reports Nvidia's board met to decide CEO Jensen Huang's future amid a share price plunge.\nSource: [theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/live/2026/nov/12/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-affairs-share-price-plunges-live-latest) NAMES: Nvidia = US ch (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/live/2026/nov/12/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-affairs-share-price-plunges-live-latest)\n\nTRUE: UK GDP grew 0.7% in Q3 2026, its fastest pace in two and a half years, and 0.2% month-on-month in September, according to the ONS.\nSource: [theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/nov/12/uk-economy-grows-third-quarter-oil-price-ons-gdp) NAMES: ONS = Office for National Statistics (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/nov/12/uk-economy-grows-third-quarter-oil-price-ons-gdp)\n\nTRUE: Ofwat is tightening the water industry bonus ban after accusing firms of undermining rules and damaging public trust.\nSource: [theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/nov/12/water-industry-bonus-ban-tightened-ofwat) NAMES: Ofwat = water services regulation authority  (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/nov/12/water-industry-bonus-ban-tightened-ofwat)\n\nTRUE: The Guardian reports Nvidia's board is deciding whether to oust CEO Jensen Huang after he admitted to a relationship with a woman alleged to be a Chinese spy.\nSource: [theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/nov/12/nvidia-board-decision-ceo-jensen-huang-alleged-second-affair) NAMES: Nvidia = US chip compa (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/nov/12/nvidia-board-decision-ceo-jensen-huang-alleged-second-affair)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Saudi Arabia is under attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels; the conflict has escalated with Houthi gains along the Red Sea coast and Saudi airstrikes.","sourceName":"[dw.com](https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-how-disinformation-fuels-houthi-saudi-conflict/a-79307257)","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/abuzarali749/status/2119228009400107076","claim":"BREAKING NEWS 🚨🔥😭 JUST IN 💥🔥💯 SAUDI ARABIA is under Attack by Yeman... https://t.co/ZMv9kydwJS","author":"Global Watch (@abuzarali749)"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"The Guardian reports Nvidia's board met to decide CEO Jensen Huang's future amid a share price plunge.","sourceName":"[theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/live/2026/nov/12/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-affairs-share-price-plunges-live-latest) NAMES: Nvidia = US ch","sourceUrl":"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/live/2026/nov/12/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-affairs-share-price-plunges-live-latest","claim":"Nvidia board reportedly meets to decide CEO Jensen Huang’s future as chip giant’s share price plunges – follow live - 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Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Bella","text":"A Global Watch account on X says Saudi Arabia is under attack by Yemen. The post is all flames and sirens, but the core claim holds up."},{"host":"Brian","text":"It does. Fact-checkers confirm Yemen's Houthi rebels are attacking Saudi Arabia, with Houthi gains along the Red Sea coast and Saudi airstrikes in response."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Careful with the wording, though. \"Yemen\" isn't attacking anyone. The Houthis are one armed movement inside a country split into pieces."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Good catch. And that's why this war is so hard to explain. Start with who they are."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Go ahead."},{"host":"Brian","text":"The Houthis come from Saada, in the far north. They're Zaidi Shia, and they started as a revival movement fighting the old Yemeni government in the two thousands."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Then in twenty fourteen they swept into the capital, Sanaa. The internationally recognized government fled."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And in twenty fifteen Saudi Arabia led a coalition to put that government back. Air power, a blockade, the works."},{"host":"Brian","text":"They expected a quick job. It became years of stalemate, and the UN called Yemen one of the worst humanitarian crises on earth."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Which matters for the listener. Ordinary Yemenis paid for this the most. Hunger, collapsed services, a broken economy."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Right. Then a UN-brokered truce in twenty twenty-two mostly stopped the big fighting, and Saudi Arabia and the Houthis talked directly about an exit."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's the part people forget. Riyadh was trying to get out. The attack in this post is the opposite of an exit."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Which brings us to the fight I want. Everyone calls the Houthis an Iranian proxy. I think that label is lazy."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Lazy? Iran supplies missiles, drones, training. The Houthis fire what Iran helps them build."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Supplying isn't commanding! The Houthis fought their own wars before Tehran cared. They have their own goals, their own leadership."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Nobody says they were invented in Tehran. I'm saying the weapons change what they can do. Without that help, this is a local insurgency."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And if you treat them as pure puppets, you negotiate with the wrong people. You think squeezing Iran switches them off. It doesn't."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And if you treat them as pure locals, you ignore who's handing them the tools. That's just looking away."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Look at twenty nineteen. The Abqaiq oil facility gets hit, the Houthis claim it, and the US and Saudi Arabia blame Iran. Iran denies it."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Right, and that's my point. When something big hits Saudi oil, Washington reaches for Tehran's name first. That tells you how the Houthis are seen."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Seen, yes. Proven in each case? Different question. Governments blame Iran for things all the time. Sometimes it's right, sometimes it's convenient."},{"host":"Bella","text":"I'll give you that. The proxy label is a shortcut. But the arms pipeline is real."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Fine. Iran's help is real. Where I won't budge is that calling it pure proxy warfare is how outsiders talk themselves into thinking there's a simple off switch."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Then what's the answer? Saudi Arabia just absorbs it?"},{"host":"Brian","text":"No. Deterrence matters. If you can hit a country's airports and oil sites for free, you'll keep doing it. Riyadh is right to hit back."},{"host":"Bella","text":"But the airstrikes didn't win the first war. Years of bombing and the Houthis still held Sanaa."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's the trap! Force alone failed, and talks alone get you drones over the border. Neither side of that debate has a clean win."},{"host":"Bella","text":"So we agree it's a mess and disagree on the label. That's a very radio ending."},{"host":"Brian","text":"I'll take it. But the label drives policy, and that's why I keep pushing."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Now the same account has another post with the same flames. It claims Aramco lost twenty billion dollars in half an hour on the stock market."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And?"},{"host":"Bella","text":"No evidence found for that number anywhere. It reads like a figure picked to scare people."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's the pattern. A real, serious event gets wrapped in invented numbers, and suddenly nobody knows what to believe."},{"host":"Bella","text":"The DW fact-check on this very conflict says disinformation fuels it. People post what they want to be true, or what spreads fastest."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And Aramco matters because it's the prize. It's Saudi Arabia's state oil company, which makes oil sites a target and a symbol."},{"host":"Bella","text":"So the safest rule? If a post screams in capital letters and gives a precise number with no source, wait for the outlet that names its sources."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Agreed. The war is real. The twenty billion? Nobody's shown it. That gap is where the damage gets done."}]}