After successful showings at NATO and Blenheim Palace Keir Starmer is facing his first foreign policy tests, with big developments in Ukraine and in the Middle East. On the one hand, Ukrainian troops are continuing push into the Kursk region of Russia and on the other it looked last night that Iran had ramped up preparations for a possible invasion of Israel. Keir Starmer made a phone call last night to Tehran urging them to 'refrain from attacking Israel', warning against a 'serious miscalculation'. 

Also today, Tory leadership hopeful Tom Tugendhat gave a press conference and took the opportunity to criticise the government response to the riots. Is he the law and order leadership candidate?

Oscar Edmondson speaks to James Heale and Sophia Gaston, head of foreign policy at Policy Exchange. 

Produced by Cindy Yu and Oscar Edmondson. 

Photo Credit: Simon Dawson/ No.10 Downing Street

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