Trump accuses Starmer of seeking to 'join wars after we've already won' and says UK aircraft carriers not needed

This page has been closed. You can follow our ongoing live coverage of the war in the Middle East here. US President Trump has accused UK Prime Minister Starmer of seeking to "join wars after we've already won" and says that "we don't need" UK aircraft carriers The comments, posted on Trump's Truth Social platform, come after the BBC learned that UK aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales has been placed on advanced readiness B-1 bomber jets were earlier seen landing at RAF Fairford after the UK allowed the US to use its military bases for defensive strikes on Iranian missile strikes. Starmer decided not to join the initial US-Israel strikes on Iran Meanwhile, a Dubai resident has been killed by falling shrapnel from an "aerial interception", officials in the United Arab Emirates say Qatar and the UAE both reported being attacked by missiles and drones on Saturday, while Saudi Arabia says a missile was launched towards a military base Iran's president earlier in the day offered an apology to neighbouring states and said Tehran would not strike them "unless attacked first" Israel has warned residents in the southern suburbs of Beirut to evacuate as it targets the Iran-backed Hezbollah