Keir Starmer has updated the nation on the situation in the Middle East at a press conference from Downing Street. The Prime Minister revealed four Typhoon fighter jets will be sent to Qatar to bolster the region's defences and confirmed the first evacuation flight of British nationals had took off from Muscat, Oman, in the last few minutes. He stressed he was focused on "providing calm, level-headed leadership in the national interest" amid the war in the Middle East. They can hardly believe that, yet again, we are seeing missiles and drones falling and civilians in the firing line across the region. He also insisted the UK had been preparing for the possibility of conflict "long before" it began with Israeli and US strikes.

Source: Daily Mirror March 05, 2026 13:54 UTC