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Stephen Flynn, the SNP's Westminster leader, says people watching the military action taken by the US over the weekend "will have seen many of the hallmarks of Iraq".

But he says the foreign secretary can't seem to say whether the government believes the strikes were legal or not, nor whether MPs would be given a vote about any UK military actions.

He asks David Lammy: "Is he purposely treating the public as fools?"

The foreign secretary quips: "He may just have got his soundbite."

He continues: "On the nuclear question, I'm not going to take lectures from [Flynn], I'm afraid. He's got a very sorry record in relation to that very serious matter."

Lammy adds that the government has been clear that "diplomacy is the way".

Former foreign secretary Sir James Cleverly takes to his feet to ask if David Lammy will "concede that the international community's unwillingness to take robust actions" through mechanisms like the Iran deal and sanctions "is part of the reason why Israel felt the need to take the initial strikes".

He says he agrees that the only long-term solution will be diplomacy, but says it is not about "asking nicely" for Iran to give up on nuclear weapons, but about "enforcing" that using various mechanisms.

He asks: "Will he ensure that if we're not going to be involved in military action - I understand the reason why he might not want to do that - we'll ensure robust action is taken, underpinned by things that will force Iran to do the right thing, rather than just hoping they'll do the right thing?"

Time for Iran to 'get real'

The foreign secretary replies that Cleverly knows "how difficult it is dealing with Iran".

They enriched uranium up to 60%, which is obviously far beyond the 3.67% allowed under the Obama-era Iran deal, so Lammy says: "How could that possibly be for civilian use?"

He goes on to say that he made that point to Iran's foreign minister on Friday, and they have repeatedly "obfuscated, they have deceived", and says it is time for Iran to "get real".

The chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Dame Emily Thornberry, rises to say that the "only way to stop Iran getting a nuclear bomb is a deal".

But she says there cannot be a deal without negotiations or trust, both of which were destroyed by the Israeli and then the American strikes.

Given that Israel and the US also seem to be pushing for regime change, it is "difficult to see... how there can be negotiations based on trust".

She asks if the foreign secretary agrees that the UK must continue to engage in the diplomatic process.

Diplomacy the 'only solution'

David Lammy replies that the UK should be "at the centre of the diplomatic effort" that "will be necessary at the end of this process".

The knowledge of how to enrich uranium to 60% is "not lost", and is a "stepping stone to an advanced weapon".

To that end, "only a diplomatic solution, and the correct framework, can ensure that we keep the global community safe".

We heard earlier from Foreign Secretary David Lammy that British citizens in Qatar are being told to shelter in place after a US security warning.

In response to questions from shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel, Lammy says the situation is being kept under "close review" and "there may need to be further updates over the course of the next few days".

Patel asked Lammy a series of questions about the US strikes on Iran, although the foreign secretary did not provide much new information.

Talks with Iran 'not successful'

He once again would not say if the UK thought the attack was legal, or what legal advice the government had sought on the attack.

And he repeated the UK was not asked for the use of Diego Garcia - or any other military base - as part of the operation, but was told in advance of the president's plans.

Lammy said his visit to the US last week was to discuss the situation in Iran with Trump's government.

But he said his summit with Iran, alongside France, Germany, and the EU, which took place in Geneva, was "not successful" as Tehran did not return to negotiations.

Responding to the foreign secretary on behalf of the opposition is Dame Priti Patel.

The senior Tory starts by hitting out at Iran, saying they had enriched uranium "far beyond any level needed for a civilian nuclear programme and enough material to create at least nine nuclear devices".

Their programme is hidden, and run by "a despotic, authoritarian regime that represses and tortures its own people".

"It's committed to the annihilation of Israel, the world's only Jewish state, and is responsible for so much of the suffering in the region through its sponsorship of terrorist proxies," she says, and also notes that it is involved in plots threatening the UK.

Watch: Israel strikes targets in Iran

Patel says the Tories "stand with those working to stop" Iran getting a nuclear weapon.

In the "spirit of constructive scrutiny", she asks what the UK is doing to support Britons who need help to return, and why other countries were far ahead of the UK in organising flights.

She also asks if the government will consider supporting future attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities if needed, and what the government's position is on the legality of the Israeli and American strikes.

And she asks about threats to both the UK homeland and bases in the Middle East, and efforts to get aid into Gaza.

Foreign Secretary David Lammy has confirmed today that an RAF flight evacuated British citizens from Israel to Cyprus.

He says the group will be brought home "this evening", and more flights will follow.

Lammy says a booking portal opened yesterday for those British citizens in Israel who want to leave.

Going forward, he says those with the "greatest need" will be prioritised.

The foreign secretary again urged people in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories to register their presence with the British embassy to receive the latest updates.

Sky News understands that the UK's chief rabbi, Sir Ephraim Mirvis, was aboard the flight as he had been in Israel.

Lammy says that, following a US security alert to Americans in Qatar - and "out of an abundance of caution" - the UK is now recommending citizens in Qatar "shelter in place until further notice".

It comes as Iran threatens a response to the American strikes on its nuclear sites over the weekend.

The foreign secretary, David Lammy, opens his statement with the US airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities on Saturday, and emphasises that the UK was not in any involved in either the US or Israel strikes.

But he goes on to say that the UK "has long had concerns about Iran's nuclear programme", and that it can "never have a nuclear weapon" - a threat the US took action to "alleviate".

"This is a perilous moment in the Middle East," he continues, referencing the "waves of strikes" between the two sides.

He confirms that one British national has been injured in Israel.

Moving to Iran's nuclear programme, Lammy says they are enriching uranium up to 60%, and they "lack any civilian justification for this level of nuclear activity".

On the immediate conflict, the foreign secretary says the safety of UK nationals is the government's priority.

The foreign secretary is up in the Commons to update MPs' on what's happening in the Middle East.

It comes following weekend strikes by the US on Iranian nuclear sites, and amid continued attacks between Iran and Israel. British ministers have been calling for restraint and a diplomatic solution.

Watch Lammy's statement live in the stream at the top of this page.

Days after Sir Keir Starmer told Beth that a US strike on Iran wasn't imminent, Donald Trump gave the go-ahead for US bunker buster bombs to hit Iran's nuclear facilities.

The UK's position on the attacks is unclear. The focus is not on what the prime minister is saying 鈥� but what he isn't saying. After a brief interview, it's clear Starmer isn't willing to either endorse the strikes or criticise Trump.

For this extra episode, Beth, Ruth and Harriet discuss the delicate situation the PM finds himself in after a full-blown escalation of the Middle East conflict.

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Volodymyr ZelenAG百家乐在线官网y has arrived for his next visit while in the UK - to the Houses of Parliament.

The Ukrainian president was greeted by the Speakers of both the Commons and the Lords.

He got a big hug from Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle, and a handshake from his Lords counterpart, Lord Kohn McFall.

They walked inside Speaker's House where Hoyle said to him: "Welcome home. Because we feel this is your home, whenever you need to come here. We're always available to you."

ZelenAG百家乐在线官网y replied: "I'm very thankful for this visit. And again, my big thanks for your visit to Ukraine, participating in the Bucha Summit [in March]."

He went on to say he is "very thankful for His Majesty", and to the UK government and public for their "big support from the very beginning".

"I hope today to discuss all the important issues, urgent things, which are very important for us."

Hoyle said he will "never forget" his visit to Bucha, meeting people affected by the massacre in March 2022 that saw civilians shot and killed.

"Your people have suffered so much, and they still continue to suffer," he said.

"But the one thing I can always guarantee is the unity of the House of Commons. We are at one in the support of the people of Ukraine."