Labour MP Andy Burnham has secured nominations from 349 of 403 Labour MPs, effectively clinching the party leadership and is expected to become UK prime minister on July 20. Party rules require at least 81 MP nominations and no other candidate meets the threshold. Burnham still must obtain backing from three affiliated organisations, including at least two trade unions, a step widely viewed as procedural.

Early on the 14th local time, Iran's military said it launched suicide drones hours earlier to strike US positions in Kuwait, hitting communications systems, fuel storage, a Patriot air-defence battery, a control tower and ammunition depots. The statement added that, in response to recent US missile strikes on parts of Iran's military, the Iranian navy fired cruise missiles at US warships. Iran said its defensive strikes would be calibrated to the severity of enemy actions and would continue.

CNN reported President Trump on Monday described the U.S. restart of strikes on Iran as a "military conflict", denied it marked a new long-term phase and refused to set a timeline for how long the fighting would continue. He said U.S. actions have substantially degraded Iranian capabilities but that Iran would continue to resist, and noted the campaign has already exceeded the administration's initial four-to-six-week timetable. Trump offered no exit plan, compared the operation's four-month duration to Vietnam's 19-year war, and said he ultimately expects to negotiate with Iran while acknowledging a near-term deal is unlikely.