Rishi Sunak is set to travel to Israel this week, Sky News understands - a visit seen as a 'massive gamble'. Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge is live now - with the SNP's Westminster leader Stephen Flynn facing questions after his party's conference.
We are now hearing from our panel on Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge, starting with the visit tomorrow by US president Joe Biden.Lord Peter Ricketts, former National Security Advisor and British ambassador to France, says the visit is a 'very big deal'.It comes after a 'full demonstration of US military and diplomatic muscle', with the navy sent to the region and secretary of state Anthony Blinken 'criss-crossing the region'.
The other aim, he says, will be to 'weigh on Israeli decision-making' around the next stage of the military operation and potentially prevent a ground invasion.'If Biden can't make a difference, nobody can,' he says.We now turn to domestic matters and the news this evening that Sky News understands Rishi Sunak is set to make a visit to Israel, possibly as soon as this week.
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