A ship earlier hit by Yemen's Houthi rebels sinks in the Red Sea, the first vessel lost in conflict
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00:00 For two weeks, the Ruby Mar had been submerged but still afloat in the Red Sea after it was
00:05 attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels. Now the British-owned ship has sunk,
00:10 and the militants warn that more vessels will meet the same fate.
00:13 Yemen will continue to sink more British ships and any repercussions or other damages will be
00:19 added to Britain's bill as it is a rogue state that attacks Yemen and partners with America
00:25 in sponsoring the ongoing crime against civilians in Gaza.
00:29 The Ruby Mar was struck by an anti-ship ballistic missile fired on February 18th.
00:35 It's the first vessel to be destroyed by the rebels, who have been targeting commercial
00:39 ships on the Red Sea since last November, a campaign aimed at pressuring Israel to stop
00:44 the war in Gaza. The attacks have upended global shipping. Experts predict they will
00:49 have ramifications on the economies of several countries too. The internationally recognised
00:54 governments in Yemen, Greenpeace and the US are warning of an environmental catastrophe
01:00 following the sinking of the Ruby Mar. The approximately 21,000 metric tons of
01:06 ammonium phosphate, sulphate fertiliser that the vessel was carrying presents an environmental risk
01:12 in the Red Sea. As the ship sinks, it also presents a subsurface impact risk to other ships
01:18 transiting the busy shipping lanes of the waterway. The US's Central Command had already
01:23 branded the Ruby Mar an environmental disaster even before it sunk. The initial attack on the
01:29 ship in February triggered a 30 kilometre long oil slick in the Red Sea.