UK 'willing to take direct action' on Houthis in Yemen amid Red Sea attacks 

British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has said his country's armed forces are ready to join the US and potentially go to war in Yemen. 

In a newspaper article for the Daily Telegraph, Shapps said the UK was "willing to take direct action" against the Houthi movement after the US said its navy sank three boats over the weekend for allegedly targeting a container ship in the Red Sea.

“The situation in the Red Sea is incredibly serious, and although it is thousands of miles away, it has an impact on everyone in Britain,” said Shapps. 

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