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The government is planning for "a variety of developments" as other countries stepped up efforts to bring back citizens stranded in Israel.

The Foreign Office has advised against all travel to Israel, but Britons already in the country now face difficulties getting home 鈥� with the airspace closed due to the conflict with Iran.

A Number 10 spokesman said: "We, of course, recognise this is a fast-moving situation that has the potential to deteriorate further, quickly and without warning.

"We are keeping all our advice under constant review and we plan for a variety of developments, as you would expect."

Poland has announced an evacuation of around 200 of its citizens in a bus convoy to Jordan, while the Czech Republic and Slovakian governments have organised repatriation flights from the region.

Iran fired further missiles at Israel overnight, while Israel's military claimed to have "full air superiority" over Tehran as strikes continued.

The escalating conflict will be high on the agenda as leaders from the G7 group of wealthy democracies meet in Canada.

Sir Keir Starmer said that the G7 meeting in Alberta would provide an opportunity for allies to make the case for de-escalation in the 鈥渇ast-moving鈥� situation in the Middle East, with US president Donald Trump among those set to attend.

Starmer called for "restraint and de-escalation" during a bilateral meeting with Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni in Kananaskis, Canada, on Sunday evening.

Back in 2015, Baroness Louise Casey was asked by the Conservative government to go to Rotherham to look into the grooming scandal - and ask how those in authority could have prevented it.

What she found caused shock waves through the local area and in Westminster. 

She identified widespread failures that started with the police and ran through child protection right to the top of the council.    

Baroness Casey exposed rotten cultures which saw white working class girls as not worthy of protection, reported vile misogynistic language that was used about them, and laid bare the institutional fear about acknowledging the race of the perpetrators.

She didn't hold back and her report laid the groundwork for a decade of some limited improvements. 

But ten years later, she's returned to the subject because not enough has been done and will this time will order a national inquiry.  

At the heart of this is a deep political irony, that the Conservatives, whose successive governments failed to order this inquiry or follow through on their many promises to victims, will now absolve themselves of responsibility. 

Instead the anger falls on Labour who have spent their first year in government scrambling to get a grip of the issue, initially saying a national inquiry wasn鈥檛 necessary and therefore opening the door for pressure to build. 

Their conclusions today will be welcomed by many but they may struggle to shake the accusation that they didn鈥檛 act quickly enough. 

The woman who has spent a decade pushing those in power to act, will hope she won't have return ten years from now to say it all again. 

The government has announced plans to invest what it says is a record 拢7.9bn in flood defences over the next 10 years.

The Environment Department (Defra) said the money will be spent on rolling out high-performance flood barriers as well as nature-based solutions such as wetland restoration.

Climate change is increasing the risk and frequency of flooding in the UK, with the Environment Agency saying one in four properties in England will be in areas at risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water by mid-century.

It comes ahead of the government's expected unveiling of its infrastructure strategy 鈥� a long-term plan to invest in and deliver major infrastructure over the next 10 years.

The aim of the flooding programme is to protect hundreds of thousands of homes, businesses and vital infrastructure as the flood risk intensifies, save public services money and support economic growth.

Defra said every 拢1 spent on flood defences is expected to prevent around 拢8 in economic damage.

Later this afternoon, Baroness Casey's review into the grooming gangs scandal will be published following a statement by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.

Ahead of this, Sir Keir Starmer's spokesman said her findings "make clear that young girls have been failed".

He said: "It is clear that different investigations must take place on the local level, and he is determined to get their victims justice. 

"[Starmer] has said that this is one of the worse scandals this country has seen."

Downing Street added that the prime minister's "goal is to get justice for these young girls and the victims of child sexual abuse".

There's a very busy afternoon ahead in the House of Commons, with three major statements expected to take place in a matter of hours.

If there are no urgent questions granted in the House, we expect them to take place from 3.30pm.

Here are the estimated timings:

• Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will deliver a statement on Baroness Casey's report on grooming gangs at around 3.30pm;
• Foreign Secretary David Lammy will address MPs on the Iran/Israel conflict immediately afterwards, at approximately 4.30pm;
• If things run to time, another statement will likely begin at 5.30pm. This will be on the UK government's response to Thursday's Air India crash.

We'll bring you updates throughout the afternoon.

The return of Donald Trump to the G7 was always going to be unpredictable. That it is happening against the backdrop of an escalating conflict in the Middle East makes it even more so.

Expectations had already been low, with the Canadian hosts cautioning against the normal joint communique at the end of the summit, mindful that this group of leaders would struggle to find consensus.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney carefully laid down an agenda that was uncontroversial in a bid to avoid any blow-ups between President Trump and allies, who of late have been divided like never before - be it over tariffs and trade, Russia and Ukraine, or, more recently Israel's conduct in Gaza.

But discussions around critical minerals and global supply chains will undoubtedly drop down the agenda as leaders convene at a precarious moment.

Sir Keir Starmer, on his way over to Canada for a bi-lateral meeting in Ottawa with Carney before travelling on to the G7 summit in Kananaskis, underscored the gravity of the situation as he again spoke of de-escalation, while also confirming that the UK was deploying more British fighter jets to the region amid threats from Tehran that it will attack UK bases if London helps defend Israel against airstrikes.

Really this is a G7 agenda scrambled as world leaders race to de-escalate the worst fighting between Tel Aviv and Tehran in decades. Trump has for months been urging Israel not to strike Iran as he worked towards a diplomatic deal to halt uranium enrichment.

All eyes will be on Trump in the coming days, to see if the US - Israel's closest ally - will call on Israel to rein in its assault. 

The US has so far not participated in any joint attacks with Tel Aviv, but is moving warships and other military assets to the Middle East.

The grieving families of three British citizens who lost their lives in the Air India crash have accused the prime minister of showing no leadership.

Upwards of 50 British nationals were on board the Boeing 787 Dreamliner when it crashed minutes after taking off from Ahmedabad last Thursday.

Only one British man is confirmed to have survived.

The families of three of those killed have now accused the government of failing to show leadership.

They said in a statement: "There is no UK leadership here, no medical team, no crisis professionals stationed at the hospital.

"We are forced to make appointments to see consular staff based 20 minutes away in a hotel, while our loved ones lie unidentified in an overstretched and under-resourced hospital."

They also reported "chaos" and "conflicting reports" in the aftermath of the crash.

"We're not asking for miracles 鈥� we're asking for presence, for compassion, for action," a family member said. 

"Right now, we feel utterly abandoned."

A FCDO spokesperson said: "We are supporting the families of British Nationals who were on board Air India flight AI171."

A nationwide police operation to track down those in grooming gangs has been announced by the Home Office.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) will target those who have sexually exploited children as part of a grooming gang, and will investigate cases that were not previously progressed.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said in a statement: "The vulnerable young girls who suffered unimaginable abuse at the hands of groups of adult men have now grown into brave women who are rightly demanding justice for what they went through when they were just children.

"Not enough people listened to them then. That was wrong and unforgivable. We are changing that now.

"More than 800 grooming gang cases have already been identified by police after I asked them to look again at cases which had closed too early.

"Now we are asking the National Crime Agency to lead a major nationwide operation to track down more perpetrators and bring them to justice."

A Treasury minister today struggled to answer questions about a new crossing for the River Thames after a further 拢590m of public money was committed to it.

The Lower Thames Crossing will link Essex and Kent but economic secretary Emma Reynolds was unable to give details of the precise location of the crossing or the total cost of the project.

She also mistakenly referred to the existing crossing being the "Dartmouth tunnel", apparently confusing the Devon town with Dartford, the location of the crossings for traffic across the Thames.

"I meant Dartford, excuse me, I had a very early morning," the minister told LBC.

Asked about the proposed new crossing's location, she said: "You'll forgive me, I can't recall the landing zone."

The crossing will involve two tunnels under the Thames to the east of Tilbury in Essex and Gravesend in Kent.

Pressed on the cost, she said "it's going to cost quite a lot of money", suggesting it would be "several billion pounds".

National Highways has estimated the cost will be between 拢9.2bn and 拢10.2bn depending on the funding model chosen.

It would connect the A2 and M2 in Kent to the A13 and M25 in Essex via a 2.6-mile tunnel under the Thames, which would be the UK's longest road tunnel.

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Sky News' Sam Coates and Politico's Anne McElvoy serve up their essential guide to the day in British politics.

The prime minister is in Canada at the G7 as conflict escalates in the Middle East. Can Sir Keir Starmer contain any further flare-ups between Donald Trump and other allies and attempt to bring some calm to the region?

The prime minister is also set to authorise a national inquiry into grooming gangs, six months after he said people calling for one were "jumping on the bandwagon".

It comes after a national inquiry was recommended by Baroness Louise Casey in her 200-page report, which is due to be published today. How will Starmer respond to the rapid review?