Starmer chairs Cobra meeting after strikes by US and Israel on Iran

The Guardian World

by Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

February 28, 2026

Prime minister calls together emergency committee to decide UK’s response to latest fighting in Middle East US-Israeli attack on Iran – live updates US and Israel strikes on Iran: what we know so far Keir Starmer is chairing a meeting of the UK government’s Cobra emergency committee as Britain decides how to respond to the US-Israeli bombing of Iran, and Tehran’s retaliation against bases in the Gulf. The UK did not participate in the first wave of strikes early on Saturday but had deployed RAF Typhoons to Qatar to protect the al-Udeid airbase in the country and other allied military facilities in the region. Continue reading...

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Originally published on The Guardian World on 2/28/2026