Saudi Arabia shuts oil pipeline as Houthis tighten grip on Red Sea

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Saudi Arabia confirms it has shut down its East-West oil pipeline following “multiple attacks” earlier this week. Meanwhile, the Iranian-backed Houthi fighters have now seized control of Yemen's entire Red Sea coast, in a lightning offensive that's cemented their grip on a vital maritime corridor. Also in the programme: Leaders including the presidents of Russia, China and Iran are gathering in India for a BRICS summit likely to face divisions over the conflict in the Middle East; and singer Diljit Dosanjh makes history as first Punjabi artist to headline at London's Wembley Stadium. Joining our presenter Paul Henley to discuss these stories are Leslie Vinjamuri, president of Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Neil Lawrence, an inaugural DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Cambridge. (PHOTO CREDIT: A person walks past the shuttered Saudi embassy with a graffitied wall depicting a Houthi fighter stopping a ship off the coast of Yemen, in Sana'a, Yemen, 11 September 2026. Credit: EPA/Shutterstock/ Yahya Arhab)