The Guardian-The world�s worst humanitarian crisis is deteriorating as a Saudi blockade prevents desperately needed food, fuel and medicine from entering the country. London�s unstinting support for Riyadh makes the UK complicit

Twenty years ago, Tony Blair acknowledged the British government�s responsibility for the Irish famine that killed one million people: a healing gesture needed because, even after a century and a half, pain and anger endured and the responsibility of��those who governed in London��remained glaring. Now we are on the brink of�another famine�� perhaps the worst for decades,�says a UN aid chief�� and Britain must again bear blame.

The UN called Yemen the world�s worst humanitarian crisis even before Saudi Arabia decided to blockade the country a week and a half ago, shutting out food and medicine. Now the heads of three key agencies have warned that�millions are on the brink of starvation. Unicef fears that 150,000 children could die by the end of the year. A�cholera outbreak that has already affected 900,000 is expected to flare up again, as the lack of fuel�shuts off water and sewage systems. Twenty million people, more than two-thirds of the population, are in urgent need of humanitarian supplies.

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