The UK has thrown its weight behind Saudi Arabia in the war against the Houthis in Yemen. Defence secretary Wes Streeting has announced it will send RAF fighter jets to protect the petrostate in a conflict that has already killed hundreds of thousands of people. On Novara Live, Aaron Bastani and Banseka Kayembe discuss how Saudi Arabia has become an “imperial partner” for Britain — and how the latest development in the decade-long war is actually about defending commercial interests.

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