UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has visited the crew of HMS Vanguard after the submarine returned to UK waters after months of undersea service.
The nuclear-armed submarine had been patrolling for more than 200 days, marking one of the longest deployments in British Royal Navy history.
Sir Keir, who was accompanied by Defence Secretary John Healey, was the first prime minister to visit the boat's "Day Zero" at Barrow-in-Furness in more than a decade.
The prime minister told reporters the Kremlin respected the UK's nuclear arsenal because "we've got our own independent deterrent and we're committed to Nato".
"What is obviously important is they appreciate that it is what it is which is a credible capability," he said. "And that it most certainly is."
Britain is hosting a closed meeting on Thursday of senior military officers from the "Coalition of the Willing" as they draw up plans for a proposed peacekeeping force for Ukraine.
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall tells MPs the status quo is "unacceptable", but not "inevitable".
Watch: Henry Zeffman on what new welfare changes mean
Former Partygate investigator who went on to become Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff joins the Lords.
Conservative MP Alex Burghart tells the BBC that Reform UK "wants to destroy" his party.
Angela Rayner: I want the whole of England to have mayors
MPs have voted 330 to 275 in support of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, on which they were given a free vote.
BBC Verify’s Ben Chu looks at the government’s plans to ‘Get Britain Working’
While on the campaign trail in 1994, the Labour stalwart lived up to his man of the people reputation.
The then deputy prime minister was in Rhyl, north Wales, to speak at a Labour rally, in 2001.
The former deputy leader of the Labour Party, who later sat in the Lords, leaves a wife and two sons.
Farmers on why they're protesting about inheritance tax
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones talks to the BBC about his childhood.
Kemi Badenoch has won the Conservative leadership race, replacing Rishi Sunak.
Henry Zeffman: How this Budget could change your life
This is the last time the former prime minister will appear at PMQs.
Treasury minister James Murray was pressed on what makes someone a "working" person ahead of next week's Budget.
The Chancellor has indicated that she will change the debt rules in the Budget to help fund new projects.
The deputy PM highlights the "battle of the gingers" with her shadow in a light-hearted reference to their similar hair colours.
Former MP Craig Mackinlay becomes the first quadruple amputee to sit in the Lords.
Boris Johnson rejects the notion that he is a 'liar'.
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