US and British air strikes carried out early Friday against Huthi targets in Yemen over the rebels’ recent attacks on Red Sea shipping were “necessary and proportionate”, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said in a statement. “Despite the repeated warnings from the international community, the Houthis have continued to carry out attacks in the Red Sea,” Sunak said. “We have therefore taken limited, necessary and proportionate action in self-defence, alongside the United States… to degrade Houthi military capabilities and protect global shipping.”