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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

UK 'as committed as ever' to protecting Red Sea shipping after Houthi attack on tanker, says Grant Shapps

The UK is “as committed as ever” to protecting shipping in the Red Sea following a strike on an oil tanker, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has said.

A blaze on British-linked oil tanker the Marlin Luanda in the Gulf of Aden was put out on Saturday after firefighting efforts continued through the night, following a strike by Houthi rebels.

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