Starmer chairs Cobra meeting after strikes by US and Israel on Iran
PM says British planes ‘in the sky today’ to protect allies in Middle East from retaliatory strikes by Tehran
Keir Starmer said RAF fighter jets were flying “in the sky today” to defend allies in the Middle East against Iranian retaliation after the US and Israel launched a bombing campaign aimed at regime change in Tehran.
The UK did not participate in the first waves of strikes against Iran on Saturday and has no immediate intention of doing so, but fighters were running defensive operations from Qatar and Cyprus to try to shoot down incoming drones and missiles.
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