Morning Briefing Tuesday 24th June

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1:27Iran's foreign minister says if Israel stops its attacks, Tehran has no intention to continue its response. It comes after Donald Trump announced a complete and total ceasefire between the two countries. The US president said this is a war that could have gone on for years and destroyed the entire Middle East, but it didn't and never will. Speaking to Times Radio, Mr Trump's former special representative to Iran, Elliot Abrams, called the ceasefire a triumph for the president. There were a lot of people who said that, you know, he was going to start a war in the Middle East. He had run against such things.

2:02What was he doing? Now he can say, no, look, I put that war between Israel and Iran to an end, and I put the Iranian nuclear weapons program to an end. And now maybe something better will come of it. Maybe we can negotiate an agreement with Iran. Speaking to NBC News this morning, Mr. Trump said, I think the ceasefire is unlimited. It's going to go forever. Meanwhile, Home Office officials fear Iran could be funding Palestine action after the Home Secretary confirmed plans to prescribe the organization as a terror group. Last week, activists breached security at RF Bryce Norton in Oxfordshire and vandalized two military planes.

2:43Yvette Cooper branded the action a disgraceful attack and said the group had a long history of unacceptable criminal damage. The former UK counter-terrorism coordinator Nick Oldworth told Times Radio the government's in challenging territory. The Home Secretary has a very difficult tightrope to walk between protecting our national security interests and being the guardian of free speech and democratic protest. So I get that this is difficult. However, the starting point for prescription is whether an organisation is first of all committing terrorist defences. And I think by the definition of terrorism under the 2000 Act, this particular organisation has now stepped across that line.

3:26Palestine Action says it will seek a legal challenge. Sir Keir Starmer is to sign Britain up to a£40 billion a year boost in defence spending, but he won't set out how it'll be paid for until after the next election. The Prime Minister will join NATO allies later in pledging to spend 5 % of GDP on defence by 2035 in response to what he called an era of radical uncertainty. But No. 10 refused to say how the increase would be funded, putting any decisions off until a review in 2029. And a new study suggests Britain is on track to lose a record 16 ,500 millionaires this year. The Henley Private Wealth Migration Report found tax increases and falling economic confidence is driving wealthy residents abroad.

4:11The study predicts the UK will lose twice as many high net worth individuals as China and ten times as many as Russia this year. And remember, you can follow the Times News Briefing on Spotify and you can listen live to Times Radio Online.