The UK has agreed to allow the United States to use British bases to launch strikes on Iranian sites targeting the Strait of Hormuz. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer previously allowed US forces to use the bases only for defensive operations to prevent Iran firing missiles that put British interests or lives at risk. On Friday, Downing Street said ministers approved an expansion of the targets to help protect ships in the strait – a vital oil shipping channel - and still on the basis of "collective self-defence". US President Donald Trump said the UK "should have acted a lot faster", while Iran's foreign minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi claimed Sir Keir was "putting British lives in danger". The UK will still not be directly involved in the strikes and Downing Street said "the principles behind the UK's approach to the conflict remain the same". Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said the decision was the "mother of all U-turns" in a post on social media site X.…