David Lammy condemned a leak from a closed UK security meeting on whether to allow US use of British bases for strikes on Iran.
Adults and accompanied children granted asylum in the UK will receive 30 months’ permission to stay, with protection reviewed and renewed if their home country remains unsafe. The Home Office said it will amend Immigration Rules later this week and the new regime will apply only to new claims, while existing cases remain under previous rules. Family reunion remains paused while new criteria are developed.
A YouGov Westminster voting intention poll for Sky News and The Times puts Reform UK first on 23%, with the Greens second on 21% and Labour and the Conservatives tied on 16%, while the Liberal Democrats are on 14%. Sky News said it is the first time the Greens have ranked second in YouGov’s regular series and that 21% is their highest recorded score. The poll surveyed 2,073 adults on 1–2 March, following a Green by-election win in Gorton and Denton.
UKMTO issued Warning 012-26 after a vessel’s Company Security Officer reported a container ship was struck by an “unknown projectile” while transiting eastbound through the Strait of Hormuz. UKMTO said the impact, about 2 nautical miles north of Oman, damaged hull plating above the waterline and triggered an engine room fire. No environmental impact was reported at the time, and authorities were investigating.
Iran says 165 schoolgirls and staff died when Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab was hit during wider US–Israeli strikes on 28 February 2026. The US and Israel deny knowingly striking a school and say the incident is being examined. OSINT reporting argues the school was physically separated from an adjacent IRGC-linked site for years, and says misinformation blaming an Iranian misfire relied on imagery from elsewhere. The UN and UNESCO have called for an impartial investigation into what happened
