UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is briefing his cabinet about the likelihood of military strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen.
A briefing at the Pentagon in Washington is also getting under way.
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels have been targeting Israeli-owned or Israel-bound vessels to show their support for the Iran-backed Palestinian group Hamas since the start of the war in Gaza in October.
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