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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Patrick Wintour and agencies

Red Sea crisis: UN security council demands immediate end to Houthi attacks

A ship transits the Suez Canal towards the Red Sea.
A ship transits the Suez Canal towards the Red Sea. The UN security council has adopted a resolution calling for an end to Houthi attacks on shipping. Photograph: Sayed Hassan/Getty Images

The UN security council has called for an immediate end to attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on shipping in the Red Sea, adopting a resolution despite abstentions from Russia and China.

The resolution also called on the Houthis to release the Galaxy Leader, a Japanese-operated vehicle carrier linked to an Israeli businessman that the group commandeered on 19 November, along with its 25 crew.

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