Reuters World News - Houthis fire missiles at Israel, Iran's missile toll revealed and Tiger Woods arrest

Episode Date: March 28, 2026

Yemen’s Houthis launch missiles at Israel as the Iran war escalates. An exclusive report shows that U.S. intelligence can only confirm a third of Iran's missiles have been destroyed, despite the president's claims. Tiger Woods is released from jail after being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. And new insights into the bond between humans and their dogs. Watch the latest On Assignment Podcast Inside Iran: A video diary Listen to the Morning Bid podcast ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. Sign up for the Reuters Econ World newsletter ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. Listen to the Reuters Econ World podcast ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt out of targeted advertising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm your weekend host Sharon Reich Garson. It's Saturday, March 28th, today. Yemen's Houthis enter the Iran war, launching missiles at Israel. The U.S. can only confirm that one-third of Iran's missiles have been destroyed. Tiger Woods is released from jail after being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. And what we've learned about the relationship between man and their best friend. This is Reuters' World News. bringing you everything you need to know from the front lines in 10 minutes, seven days a week.

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have launched missiles at Israel, opening up a new front as the war with Iran moves into its fifth week. The group has already shown it can strike well beyond Yemen, and by threatening shipping routes like the Bab al-Mandab Strait, it raises the risk that this conflict could spread even further. The Houthis say they'll keep up their operations until what they call aggression across the region comes to an end. Israel, for its part, says it intercepted the missile from Yemen. Elsewhere in the region, a U.S. official confirms that 12 U.S. troops were wounded, too seriously,

in an Iranian strike on Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia. All of that comes as Washington's been trying to put an end date on the fighting, U.S. Secretary of State Mark Rubio saying on Friday that the U.S. is aiming to finish military operations within weeks. We are on or ahead of schedule on that operation and expect to conclude it at the appropriate time here. No matter of weeks, not months. Meanwhile, a clearer picture of Iran's missile losses is emerging. Reuters has revealed that one month into the U.S. Israeli war, officials say they can only confirm the destruction of about a third of Iran's arsenal.

which is far short of President Trump's claim that Tehran is almost out of rockets. We've decimated them as a military. No Air Force, no Navy, very few rockets left. We blew up so many. The findings show that Tehran still has a significant missile inventory and may be able to recover some buried or damaged missiles once fighting stops. Reporter Phil Stewart says that suggests that hopes of a quick drawdown may be on. unfounded. Iran, for many years, has been preparing for the potential of an Israeli or U.S. attack on it. And so what you're seeing right now is that because of that, U.S. intelligence especially is having a real hard time concluding exactly how much of the Iranian arsenal has been destroyed and is warning, you know, U.S. policymakers that, you know, there's a potential that Iran still has

a lot of capability here. And there's a lot of expert analysis out there that shows that Iran is actually preparing for a longer conflict, not just using their missiles, but also using their drones. And don't forget, Iran's drones have been kind of the main driver of U.S. casualties in this conflict, as far as we can tell so far. President Trump is going to have a real tough call about whether or not he's willing to put U.S. forces on the ground in Iran. And from what we can tell, while the planning is continuing to prepare options for him to do just that, he has not made a decision. And some of his public remarks suggest that he may not be willing to make that call and put U.S. troops in that kind of danger. And this kind of information that he'll be getting about the remaining missile

capability will certainly be one of the things he has to factor in when he decides whether he's willing to take that risk. There are moments when you see something and you realize you're looking into a place the world hasn't truly seen in years. And that's how I felt watching this week's special episode of On Assignment. My colleague, Ahmed Jedala and his team are the first Reuters journalists to be able to report from Tehran in many, many years. Last night, there were similar airstrike by U.S. and Israel in Tehran.

And the footage is honestly, deeply moving. What's your name? Marisa. Barisa. What you do with you? Ahmed gives us a rare, unfiltered look inside the city. He takes us into the quiet streets, the bombed-out apartments rallies, and through all of he talks to ordinary people, giving us a glimpse into their lives during wartime.

We have to tell the people, the truth. We have to tell the world. What's going on? Exactly. You won't want to miss this on assignment special. We'll drop a link in today's pod description. Over in Israel, the country's parliament, the Knesset, is facing a high-stakes vote. It's on the country's annual budget. And if it doesn't pass by Tuesday, it'll force Israel into early elections. Our Jerusalem Bureau Chief Rami Ayyub says that could pose a real political challenge for the country's longtime prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. So it was long presumed that an Israeli war on Iran would help Netanyahu's fortunes ahead of an election where his entire future is at stake. We've seen sort of the opposite of that happened, where four weeks into this war, there's been no bump for him

in the polls. He's sort of unable to plug that gap between translating the popularity of the war itself into popularity and better votes for him in an election. At the beginning of the war, right after the opening U.S. Israeli strike knocked out the Supreme Leader, there was a sense in Netanyahu's camp that maybe they would benefit by holding the elections early and one way to do that would be allowing this state budget not to pass parliament. Now that they haven't really seen a bump in the polls and the war is dragging on without an end and Netanyahu's stated goal of seeing the regime in Iran being overthrown has not come through. Netanyahu's camp instead thinks that it's better to, you know, buy their time a bit

and hold an election in October on the regularly scheduled date. Tiger Woods has been arrested in Florida on a DUI charge after his SUV rolled over near his home on Jupiter Island. Sheriff's deputies say Woods was speeding as he tried to pass a work truck on a narrow two-lane road. They say his SUV clipped the truck's trailer and then rolled onto its driver's side. No one was injured in the crash. Deputies say Woods crawled out of the car before officers arrived on the scene. They did several tests on him. Of course, he did explain the injuries and the surgeries that he had. We did take that into account. Martin County Sheriff John Budensec tells reporters that Woods showed signs of impairment, but not alcohol. He says Woods blew triple zeros on a breathalizer.

Investigators say Woods refused a urine test triggering an additional misdemeanor charge. This is the second time Woods has faced UI charges, having been arrested in 2017. and later pleading guilty to reckless driving. Woods is not confirmed whether he plans to compete in the Masters, golf's most prestigious major, which starts April 9th. We're going to Cuba now, as President Donald Trump has been talking about the island in stark terms. And Cuba's next, by the way, but pretend I didn't say that, please.

Pretend I didn't say that. Please, please, media, please disregard that statement. Thank you very much. Cuba's next. The country's grappling with a deepening energy crisis that's placing a severe strain on its once celebrated health care system. Inside Havana's hospitals, exhaustion starts before the workday even begins. Doctors and nurses say between power cuts and heat, they're up all night. And they report for work anyway.

Nurses like Lysandra Gonzalez say, they're worn down, but pushing through. Health officials tell Reuters that hospitals are now only prioritizing the most urgent cases. Reporter Dan Trotta is in Havana. The situation in Cuban hospitals and the health care system is the worst it's ever been, at least since the 1959 revolution. Across Cuban society, people are commenting how the situation is deteriorating worse and worse each day with very little hope that things are going to turn around soon,

and certainly that's reflected in the health care system. Dan says the average monthly salary for doctors is $8,000 or roughly $16. And that no longer covers basic living costs. Pretty much anybody who works for the government has to supplement their income some way. We encountered one doctor who gets up early in the morning to cook rice and beans that he sells on the side to supplement his income. Others depend on remittances from their relatives. living overseas. Some doctors are just plain leaving the profession.

They've become house cleaners or taxi drivers or butchers, anything that pays more than these rather meager state salaries. And finally, do we look deep into the past and the origins of man's best friend. That relationship turns out to be far older than we once thought. New genetic research is shedding light on the origins of dogs, with scientists identifying what makes. be the earliest known example. Bones found in what's now turkey

suggest the animal was already an important part of human life nearly 16,000 years ago. That's thousands of years before farming even began. Or on any of the stories from today, check out reuters.com or the Reuters app. Don't forget to follow us on your favorite podcast player.

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