'On the brink': World holds breath as UK and allies urge Israel not to escalate tensions with Iran
Britain and European allies on Monday urged Israel to refrain from military action against Iran as the United Nations chief warned that the Middle East stood “on the brink” of a full-scale war.
Addressing the Commons, Rishi Sunak denounced the “despotic regime” in Iran for an alarming escalation in global tensions which saw RAF Typhoons engage in the UK’s first air-to-air combat since the Falklands War.
“With this attack Iran has once again shown its true colours. They are intent on sowing chaos in their own backyard, on further destabilising the Middle East,” the Prime Minister told MPs.
He said the RAF crews who helped defend
