Zelensky tells Starmer to ‘show leadership’ on Ukraine as Cobra meeting called over global IT outage - live

President Volodymyr Zelensky has called Sir Keir Starmer to “show leadership” during his historic address to the Labour cabinet in Downing Street .

The Ukrainian president urged the British government to help with Kyiv’s “long-range capability” as he became the first foreign leader to address the meeting of senior ministers since 1997.

Mr Zelensky addressed the situation in Ukraine and the need to expand Europe’s defence industrial base, as well as agreeing a £3.5bn defence export finance deal with Sir Keir.

Following the major IT outage hitting airlines, train companies and banks , Liberal Democrats have urged the government to call an emergency Cobra meeting.

In the Commons, David Lammy has announced the government will overturn the suspension of UK funding to UNRWA for Palestinians escaping the ongoing war in Gaza .

The Conservative government stopped the money alongside the US in January following accusations from Israel that staff members were involved in the 7 October attacks. But the UN investigation into the allegations is still ongoing.