From Sky News
The UK and US embassies in Yemen have been closed because of an active threat from al Qaeda.
The move comes after Britain and America said they would jointly fund a counter-terrorism unit in Yemen, where suspected Christmas Day airline attacker Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is thought to have been radicalised.
President Barack Obama's top counter-terrorism adviser, John Brennan, said the US would not take any chances with the lives of American diplomats and others at the embassy in Yemen's capital, Sana'a.
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said the British embassy was closed on Sunday for security reasons and a decision would be taken later as to whether it would reopen on Monday.
A statement from the US embassy said it was closing: ... in response to ongoing threats by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to attack American interests in Yemen.
Do you think there is a real threat ? or do you think they are overreacting ?
The UK and US embassies in Yemen have been closed because of an active threat from al Qaeda.
The move comes after Britain and America said they would jointly fund a counter-terrorism unit in Yemen, where suspected Christmas Day airline attacker Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is thought to have been radicalised.
President Barack Obama's top counter-terrorism adviser, John Brennan, said the US would not take any chances with the lives of American diplomats and others at the embassy in Yemen's capital, Sana'a.
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said the British embassy was closed on Sunday for security reasons and a decision would be taken later as to whether it would reopen on Monday.
A statement from the US embassy said it was closing: ... in response to ongoing threats by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to attack American interests in Yemen.
Do you think there is a real threat ? or do you think they are overreacting ?
