'Absolutely despicable': Streeting sends RAF Typhoons to shoot down Houthi missiles over Saudi Arabia, but jets will not strike back
Prime Minister Andy Burnham authorised the deployment, the most significant military mission of his premiership to date. Military advisers and an RAF A400M transport plane are also being sent, and air-to-air refuelling support for Saudi jets is extended by 90 days. The Typhoons will not enter Yemeni airspace. A Houthi attack on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport left 13 dead and more than 300 wounded.
President Trump has rebuffed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's pleas for more American military help.
Egypt's parliament has delayed its vote on joining the fight until October 26.
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