UK to urge Security Council action over Yemen

Britain on Monday announced that it was urging UN Security Council partners to act over the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, saying there now "appears to be a window" for a peace deal.

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt agreed with the UN's Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths "that the time was right for the Council to act to bolster the UN-led process," according to a Foreign Office statement.

"For too long in the Yemen conflict both sides have believed a military solution is possible with catastrophic consequences for the people," said Hunt. "Now for the first time there appears to be a window in which both sides can be encouraged to come to the table, stop the killing and find a political solution that is the only long term way out of disaster."