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| Syria strikes - live updates: Jeremy Corbyn secures emergency debate on UK military action in Syria | |
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| Jeremy Corbyn has secured an parliamentary debate on the Government's response to the war in Syria after Theresa May defended her decision to take military action. | |
| The prime minister denied she had followed Donald Trump's lead when she authorised air strikes, insisting the decision was based on the UK's own national interest. | |
| Her statement follows news that chemical weapons investigators are yet to visit the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria, amid claims they are being blocked by Russia. | Her statement follows news that chemical weapons investigators are yet to visit the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria, amid claims they are being blocked by Russia. |
| Moscow's deputy foreign minister said the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons required a UN permit to access the site, having earlier said any delays were due to Saturday's air strikes. The Kremlin has also denied tampering with the scene. | Moscow's deputy foreign minister said the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons required a UN permit to access the site, having earlier said any delays were due to Saturday's air strikes. The Kremlin has also denied tampering with the scene. |
| Ms May has faced criticism from Mr Corbyn, who called for a War Powers Act to limit the ability of governments to launch military action without parliament’s approval. | |
| But this morning Penny Mordaunt, the international development secretary, said the intelligence involved was too sensitive to be seen by all MPs and that it would therefore be “quite wrong” to allow them to vote on using force without seeing “the full picture”. | But this morning Penny Mordaunt, the international development secretary, said the intelligence involved was too sensitive to be seen by all MPs and that it would therefore be “quite wrong” to allow them to vote on using force without seeing “the full picture”. |
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