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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the UK will act again if Iran-backed Huthi rebels in Yemen persist in attacking shipping in the Red Sea, speaking after a second round of joint US-UK strikes. "We urge the Huthis and those who enable them to stop these illegal and unacceptable attacks. But if necessary, the United Kingdom will not hesitate to respond in self-defence. We cannot stand by and allow these attacks to go unchallenged," he tells parliament. SOUNDBITE
"If we see an opportunity to prevent a missile from getting launched, we'll take it out," US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says after American forces destroyed a missile belonging to Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels. SOUNDBITE
Emergency workers respond to the aftermath of a missile strike in Kyiv, with overnight Russian missile attacks across the country killing at least three peole. The army's chief said Russian forces had fired 41 missiles and that Ukrainian forces had shot down 21. In Kyiv, mayor Vitali Klitschko said 18 people had been injured and 13 hospitalised. IMAGES
"This morning, US forces conducted three successful self-defense strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen," US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters. "This is the fourth pre-emptive action that the US military has taken in the past week against Houthi missile launchers that were ready to launch attacks," Kirby adds. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden says that US and British military strikes against Yemen's Huthis would continue, because the Iran-backed rebels are still attacking shipping in the Red Sea. "When you say 'working, are they stopping the Huthis?' No. Are they going to continue? Yes," Biden tells reporters at the White House when asked if the strikes were working. SOUNDBITE
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