Suzanne Plunkett

Britain is moving additional military assets, including fighter jets, to the Middle East to provide support across the region, Prime Minister Keir Starmer told reporters on Saturday as he was en route to a Group of Seven meeting in Canada.

Britain on Sunday named Blaise Metreweli, a career intelligence officer, as the first female head of the Secret Intelligence Service, the foreign spy service known as MI6.

King Charles will have tea and a private meeting with President Donald Trump during his U.S. state visit later this month, as ​the British government hopes his "soft power" can heal a damaging rift between the allies caused by the Iran war.

Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla arrive in the United States later on Monday for a four-day trip, a tour ​which has taken on even greater prominence after the White House Correspondents' dinner shooting and amid acrimony between the close allies.