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As we've reported, the prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, is in Canada to meet with fellow G7 leaders.

He is currently in a roundtable discussion, and is pictured below sitting next to US president Donald Trump.

We would imagine there will be more than a whisper in his here about implementing the trade deal signed with great fanfare last month...

The foreign secretary tells MPs that "it should come as no surprise that Israel considers the Iranian nuclear programme an existential threat", pointing to comments from Iran's leader about Israel's destruction.

David Lammy says: "We have always supported Israeli security. That is why Britain has sought to prevent Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon through extensive diplomacy.

"We agree with President Trump when he says that negotiations are necessary and must lead to a deal."

That has "long been the view" of succesive government, Lammy says, and explains that the UK, France, and Germany have had five rounds of talks with Iran this year alone.

"Fundamentally, no military action can put an end to Iran's capabilities," he says.

The foreign secretary says 20 plots from Iran on British soil have been foiled since 2022, and lists various measures the government is taking to limit Iran's influence in the UK.

But on the Middle East, he says: "A widening war would have grave an unpredictable consequences, including for our partners in Jordan and the Gulf."

With the ongoing war in Gaza, instability in Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq on the rise, and the Houthi threat remaining, Lammy says "further escalation in the Middle East is not in Britain's interest".

With Iran being a main oil producer and a vast amount of the world's trade flowing through the Strait of Hormuz, an "escalating conflict poses real risk for the global economy".

To that end, the government's message to Israel and Iran is: "Step back, show restraint, don't get pulled ever deeper into a catastrophic conflict whose consequences nobody can control."

Lammy also calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, restrictions on aid to be lifted, and adds that the government "will not stop striving to free the hostages" still being held by Hamas.

As the foreign secretary addresses the House of Commons, sirens have gone off in many parts of Israel.

The IDF says missiles have been launched by Iran at Israel, and people in those areas should go to bomb shelters until they are told it is safe.

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The foreign secretary opens his statement to MPs by saying that Israel launched "extensive strikes" on "targets including military sites", nuclear sites, key commanders, and nuclear scientists, and Iran has responded with ballistic missile fire.

The government first priority is "the welfare of British nationals", David Lammy says, and says they "stood up a crisis team in London and the region".

He tells the House that the government is now asking UK nationals to register with the Foreign Office so they can "share important information on the situation, and leaving the country".

Rapid deployment teams are being sent to Egypt and Jordan to help UK nationals who decide to leave Israel by road, given that the airspace remains closed.

Lammy says: "The situation remains fast moving. We expect more strikes in the days to come.

"This is a moment of grave danger for the region, and I want to be clear - the United Kingdom was not involved in the strikes against Iran. This is a military action conducted by Israel."

The foreign secretary is on his feet in the House of Commons giving a statement on the outbreak of war between Israel and Iran.

David Lammy is expected to set out the government's position on the conflict, and discuss what the government is doing to assist Britons stuck in Israel.

Watch live on Sky News, in the stream above (refresh the page if you can't see it), and follow live updates here in the Politics Hub.

Josh Babarinde, the Liberal Democrat MP for Eastbourne, raises support for the survivors of child sexual abuse, and the implementation of this review's recommendations.

He tells MPs: "As a survivor of child sexual abuse myself, I stand in solidarity with the many victims and survivors that the system has failed over many, many years.

"And I can say that the horror, the trauma, the guilty never leaves you, and I so hope that every survivor who is identified here receives the mental health support, and otherwise they deserve to rebuild their lives."

Babarinde continues: "Survivors have witnessed very many promises, 20 recommendations, and the call of never again, time and again. What will the home secretary do and how will she reassure them that this won't be another one of those examples?"

He also hits out at the Kemi Badenoch's response to Yvette Cooper's statement, saying: "I am really let down and disgusted that the leader of the opposition began her remarks with a party political assault on her opponents like this.

"Victims and survivors deserve more than a smug 'I told you so', diatribe. Victims and survivors deserve action."

Cooper replies by saying that him talking about his experience would help other victims.

"She says the government wants to extend therapy available for victims, adding: "He is right to raise the challenge of how do we ensure that recommendations are actually implemented."

Paul Waugh, the MP for Rochdale, tells the Commons that "we know all too well how many years it has taken for victims to get the justice they deserve".

He says: "They have waited many, many years to see these sick criminals locked up and put behind bars, but also, I mean only last week we had seven more of these perverts locked up in Rochdale and that is a testimony to the police and the prosecution who finally got these cases together."

He goes on to say that "the victims also want accountability for anyone in positions of authority, as she has said 鈥� anyone who found out about this and failed to act, or who knew about it and failed to act".

Waugh puts to the home secretary: "Does she agree with me that no councillor of any political party, no social worker, no police officer, no council officer and no ethnic group should hide from the fierce scrutiny of this national inquiry?"

Yvette Cooper replies it is "shameful how long it has taken to get justice for those victims".

She adds: "There can be no hiding from justice for anyone on this appalling issue, where victims and survivors have been let down for far too long, and I would hope that this would be a cross-party process to support that."

Keir Starmer has also confirmed he will be meeting Donald Trump today.

"I'm certainly seeing President Trump today," the prime minister told broadcasters at the G7 in Canada.

He said pair would be discussing the UK-US trade deal and they were in the "final stages of implementation".

This is not a full-scale free-trade deal, but the tariff relief pact agreed recently.

Yesterday, the government announced it was advising against all travel to Israel.

Keir Starmer has just confirmed a registration portal for Brits in the country is being opened.

This comes amid speculation that an evacuation may be necessary if the situation deteriorates.

The prime minister was speaking to broadcasters at the G7 summit in Canada.

"For British nationals in Israel, we're giving advice today to register their presence, so there will be portal for that," Starmer says.

He adds that he has spoken to Trump, Netanyahu and other leaders on the topic and called for de-escalation.

The PM described Gaza as a "tinderbox" and highlighted the potential impact on the economy of a larger conflict.

When a government minister makes a Commons statement, usually their shadow from the opposition responds - but today, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is responding to the home secretary's statement.

Mrs Badenoch says: "I couldn't believe my ears listening to the home secretary's statement as if this was their plan all along, when we all know this is another U-turn."

The Tory leader, who was a cabinet minister until 11 months ago, says the PM has "finally accepted our calls for a full statutory national inquiry", which she welcomes.

But she launches a furious attack on the home secretary and the prime minister, saying victims "do not have confidence that a government that ignored their concerns will deliver".

"The prime minister's handling of this scandal has been an extraordinary failure of leadership," Badenoch says.

She claims the PM and Yvette Cooper "dismissed calls for an inquiry because they did not want to cause a stir", and also says those "demanding justice" were accused of "jumping on a far-right bandwagon".

Badenoch then says furiously that Labour MPs voted three times against Conservative efforts to force a national inquiry, and says they cheered when the PM publicly rejected one.

She also defends the Conservative Party's record in government, saying many of the measures the home secretary announced had already been implemented, or were in the process of being put in place.

The Tory leader calls for the public inquiry to be "robust, swift, and above all, independent", and raises concerns about some of the places where failings occurred being Labour-controlled local authorities.

She asks the home secretary what changed the PM's mind, if any changes to the report were requested, if those responsible for cover-ups should be prosecuted, if the inquiry will be concluded within two years, and a clear timeline for action to be taken.