US did not share details with the UK before attacking Iran, sources say

The prime minister defended his approach at prime minister’s questions, saying ‘hanging on to president Trump’s latest words is not the special relationship’. Photograph: Leon Neal/Reuters

The US did not share exact operational details or timings with the UK before the joint strikes with Israel on Iran, sources have told the Guardian.

The US decision to cut the UK out of the official loop on the airstrikes came alongside Keir Starmer’s decision to decline permission for the US to use British military bases for the operation.