UK would have to sign off on US use of Diego Garcia base for raid on Iran | Foreign policy

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.

After the prime minister landed back in Britain after the G7 summit in Canada, he brought together ministers and senior officials to update the UK’s response beyond urging de-escalation.

But with Donald Trump still not revealing what action he may take, the UK government is working on a series of options dependent on whether the US pursues…