Joani Reid said she suspects no lawbreaking after her husband’s arrest in a China-related National Security Act probe and has stepped back as an MP.
The FCDO began charter repatriation flights from Muscat as Iranian strikes and airspace closures left many British nationals stranded across the Gulf.
Fact check: Expanding North Sea exploration is unlikely to reduce bills soon, won’t deliver gas self-sufficiency, and may worsen climate and legal conflicts.
Open-source tracking showed RAF tanker and transport aircraft flying between RAF Akrotiri and Saudi airspace; specific missions and cargo could not be confirmed.
UKMTO said a container ship was hit by an unknown projectile near the Strait of Hormuz, damaging the hull and causing an engine-room fire.
Iran’s IRGC said it launched 230 drones toward US-linked Gulf sites; Kuwait said an 11-year-old girl died after shrapnel from debris struck her.
New adult refugees will get 30 months’ leave to remain, with status reviewed; existing asylum claims stay under current rules.
A missile strike on a girls’ primary school in Minab, southern Iran, killed 165 people, with open-source investigators disputing claims the site was a military target.
FlightRadar24 data showed RAF Typhoons, a P‑8 and allied tankers/AWACS from the UK to the Gulf as Starmer said the UK won’t join offensive strikes.
Starmer declined a US request to use Diego Garcia for Iran-linked operations, citing legal and strategic concerns, prompting Trump to criticise him publicly.
UN rights office said a strike Iran says hit a Minab girls’ school, killing at least 165, may be a war crime if civilians were targeted.
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