Keir Starmer to chair emergency Cobra meeting to discuss Israel-Iran conflict
by Pippa Crerar and Dan Sabbagh from World news | The Guardian on (#6Y2GV)
UK continues to urge de-escalation as concerns grow about possible US intervention in Middle East
The UK government will have to sign off on the US use of its Diego Garcia base in any bombing raid on Iran, it has emerged, as ministers gathered to discuss a range of scenarios amid further increasing tensions in the region.
The prime minster, Sir Keir Starmer, chaired an emergency Cobra meeting to discuss the UK's response to the crisis in the Middle East which could escalate further should the US enter the conflict between Israel and Iran.
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