Deadly Saudi airport attacks

Learning English from the News

2026-10-14

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(Photo by Turgut Alp Boyraz/Anadolu via Getty Images) The story 14 people have been killed and over 300 injured in two attacks on Riyadh international airport in Saudi Arabia over the weekend. There were also a series of other attacks earlier in the week. The Houthis, a militant group in Yemen, said they were behind the attacks, and that they are targeting Saudi Arabia over its support for government forces in Yemen's civil war. A Saudi government minister has said the country will have a ‘serious response’ to the attacks. Many countries, including the UK, have advised against travelling to Saudi Arabia. News headlines  CCTV shows people take cover as missile hits Riyadh airport BBC News Saudi Arabia’s Houthi headache The Economist Saudis probe how defense systems failed to stop deadly Houthi attack on Riyadh airport AP News Key words and phrases take cover move to a place where you are more protected headache problem that’s hard to solve or that continues for a long time probe investigate or gather information Next If you find learning English from the news useful, find more programmes here.  Find more programmes for your level.
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  • From BBC Learning English, this is Learning English from the News, our podcast about the news headlines.

  • In this programme, deadly attacks on airport in Saudi Arabia.

  • Hello, I'm Neil.

  • And I'm Pippa.

  • In this programme, we look at one big news story and the vocabulary and the headlines that will help you understand it.

  • You can find all the vocabulary and headlines from this episode

  • as well as a worksheet on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.

  • Let's hear more about this story.

  • 14 people have been killed

  • and over 300 injured in two attacks on Riyadh International Airport in Saudi Arabia over the weekend.

  • There were also a series of attacks earlier in the week.

  • The militant group the Houthis in Yemen said they were behind the attacks as well as others

  • on airports across Saudi Arabia and warned airlines and passengers against using Saudi Arabian airports and airspace.

  • Let's have our first headline.

  • This is from BBC News.

  • CCTV shows people take cover as missile hits Riyadh airport.

  • That headline again from BBC News.

  • CCTV shows people take cover as missile hits Riyadh airport.

  • This headline is from a news story containing a CCTV clip of one of the attacks on the airport.

  • We're interested in this phrase, take cover.