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Nicholas Cecil

Rishi Sunak says UK acted in 'self-defence' as Government lays out its legal case for RAF air strikes on Yemen

Rishi Sunak said Britain acted in “self-defence” as his Government laid out its legal case for RAF air strikes on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen targeting ships in the Red Sea.

On a visit to Ukraine, he defended the military action in Yemen, saying: “What we have done here is take limited and necessary action in response to a specific threat, in self-defence.”

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