Dominic Waghorn

Now, Saudi Arabia was forced to extend the suspension of all flights to and from its main international airport in Riyadh, uh, today after a further round of Houthi missile attacks caused more damage and left one person dead.

Uh, joining us now is Dominic Waghorn, Sky News international affairs editor.

Uh, Dominic, can you start by just bringing us up to speed on what's been happening today?

Well, today there was meant to be, there is an oil conference going on in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, but the front rows of, uh, of that conference normally would've been lined with, um, men and women in Western suits.

So they're gonna have to reach out to rivals, to foes like the Iranians, and try and resolve this.

But it is a, a can of worms that they have opened and of course Donald Trump has opened with his war against Iran.

Dominic Waghorn, Sky News international affairs editor, thank you for talking to The Hard Shoulder.

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Now, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said one of the pilots of a fly Dubai plane bound for Tel Aviv had planned to crash it and kill its mostly Israeli passengers, who themselves stopped that major disaster from happening.

Joining us with the latest is Dominic Waghorn, international affairs editor with Sky News.

Dominic, what exactly do we know about what happened this afternoon?

Well, it does sound like, yeah, it was an extraordinary incident and extremely dramatic, especially for those on board.

An extraordinary credit to all those involved in saving all those lives.

Thank you indeed for that update.

Dominic Waghorn there, International Affairs Editor with Sky News.

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