Sir Keir Starmer is chairing an emergency Cobra meeting as Donald Trump considers whether to join Israeli strikes against Iran. The high-level meeting follows the Prime Minister’s return from the G7 summit in Canada at which he and other world leaders reiterated their “commitment to peace and stability”.

Keir Starmer said Canada was an 'independent, sovereign nation' and 'a much-valued member of the Commonwealth' - after Donald Trump described it as 'the 51st state' of America'