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| Yemen crisis: Houthi rebels 'announce takeover' | |
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| Yemen's Shia Houthi rebel movement has announced it is taking over the government and dissolving parliament. | |
| In a televised statement, the group said a presidential council would act as the government for an interim period. | |
| The group took control of the capital Sanaa in September, forcing the resignation of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi last month. | |
| The announcement comes after the failure of UN-brokered peace talks. | |
| The Houthis set a Wednesday deadline for political parties to reach an agreement on ending the country's political turmoil, threatening to act unilaterally otherwise. | |
| Powerful Sunni and southern political parties have not recognised the takeover by the Houthis, who are minority Shia from the north. | |
| Iran has been accused of giving financial and military support to the Houthis - something both have denied. |