

UK-Israel pact to block Iran’s nuclear plans

THE UK and Israel will today sign a ten-year agreement strengthening ties between the two countries as they pledged to work ‘night and day’ to stop Iran getting a nuclear weapon.

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Israel’s foreign minister Yair Lapid want the countries to work more closely on issues such as cybersecurity, technology development, defence, trade and science.

In a joint article for The Daily Telegraph, the politicians wrote: ‘This pact will spur technological breakthroughs which have the potential to change the world.’

Talks over a trade deal between the UK and Israel are set to begin next year.

Negotiators from the UK will today join those of other signatories to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal as talks restart in Vienna.

The 2015 agreement saw Iran agree to stop pursuing its nuclear programme in return for an end to economic sanctions.