Shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel urged the PM to take the right decision for 'national security' as the Middle East crisis threatens to escalate.

Iran must not be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons, shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel said.

Donald Trump is keeping the world guessing about whether he will join Israeli attacks on Tehran's nuclear facilities.

Shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel urged the PM to take the right decision for 'national security' as the Middle East crisis threatens to escalate.

Sir Keir Starmer’s spokesman called for restraint and a return to diplomacy

The PM repeated his call for de-escalation in the region, saying concerns about Tehran's nuclear programme were best dealt 'by way of negotiations than by way of conflict'.

Keir Starmer is weighing up whether to back the US and – as a lawyer – will be aware of the legal landscape