Starmer indicates UK would enforce ICC arrest warrants

Downing Street suggested it would enforce the ICC arrest warrants issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant.

Refusing to comment on whether or not Netanyahu would face arrest on British soil, a spokesperson for No 10 said in a statement that "the UK will always comply with its legal obligations as set out by domestic law and indeed international law."

Starmer's spokesperson added that the government would fulfil its obligations under the International Criminal Court Act 2001, which states that they must, on receipt of a request for arrest from the ICC, “transmit the request and the documents accompanying it to an appropriate judicial officer".