Priti Patel calls on the government to repatriate Britons in Israel

Conservative shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel has called on the UK government to back the US if it attacks Iran.

US President Donald Trump has not publicly said whether the US will join the Israeli strikes.

But the BBC’s US partner CBS reported he had approved attack plans for Iran although he has not made a final decision on whether to strike the country.

The UK’s top legal adviser Lord Hermer has reportedly raised concerns privately that international law may only support UK involvement if personnel are targeted.

Dame Priti has argued the UK cannot “hide behind legal advice at a time of crisis”.

But Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey called for any legal advice to be published, adding: “The last thing we need is for the UK to be dragged into another illegal war in the Middle…