UK PM Sunak to hold cabinet call over response to Houthi attacks -reports

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will hold a call with his cabinet about a possible response to attacks by Yemen's Houthi militants on Red Sea shipping, British media reported on Thursday.

The cabinet call is scheduled for 1945 GMT on Thursday, the political editor for the Times newspaper said on X, formerly Twitter. Sunak's Downing Street office did not immediately respond to a request from Reuters for comment.

The Telegraph newspaper reported that Britain and the United States were preparing to take military action against the Iran-backed Houthis to protect shipping in the Red Sea.