Overview
- Keir Starmer signed a Paris agreement that would allow British troops to join a Ukraine peacekeeping mission if a ceasefire is in place.
- Kemi Badenoch opened PMQs by attacking the lack of a Commons statement or debate, and Speaker Lindsay Hoyle told the prime minister to answer questions directly.
- Starmer said no immediate statement was required, described the Paris text as a political declaration, and pledged to seek a vote if deployment were proposed.
- Hours after PMQs, reports said US forces seized the Russian‑flagged oil tanker Marinera, with British ships and aircraft assisting in the operation.
- Labour MPs were reported as frustrated by the handling of questions, and further parliamentary scrutiny of the agreement and any potential deployment remains pending.