LIVE: Rishi Sunak delivers statement on UK airstrikes in Yemen

Sunak speaks to parliament about strikes on Houthi forces in Yemen. Britain should prepare for further wars involving China, Russia, North Korea and Iran erupting in the next five years, the defence secretary has said. Grant Shapps said the world had moved to a “prewar” phase amid escalating global conflicts as he urged Nato allies to increase their defence spending to meet the alliance’s target of 2 per cent of gross domestic product. In a speech at Lancaster House, Shapps said the West’s adversaries were arming themselves and their proxies, leading to a “far more dangerous” world following Friday’s airstrikes by the United States and UK on Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen. Read the best of our journalism: Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: Find us on Facebook: Find us on Twitter: