shortly after that cabinet call, we saw in person, arriving on foot, john healey, the shadow defence secretary labour and also sir lindsay hoyle, the leader of the commons, arriving in 70 whitehall, which is the cabinet office that adjoins downing street and that the connecting corridors all lead through as if it is effectively one building. we also saw the foreign secretary, lord cameron, going into downing street. the expectation in situations like this, when time allows comets that senior opposition figures such as keir starmer, who we think has probablyjoined a call to be briefed as well, as well as the defence secretary and the house of commons speaker, would be briefed, where time to allow and it would appear in this instance that there is time because, as we understand it, no military strikes have happened as yet. the uk government always has the capacity to respond without consulting either the opposition or wider parliament, but convention would normally point in the
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India has been pressing the Opec to balance the interests of crude suppliers and consumers for long. It is expected to discuss oil prices with Opec secretary general Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo who is now in Delhi.