Iraq crisis: David Cameron to meet security advisers

Mr Cameron spoke at a press conference held for the visit of Chinese premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday

David Cameron will meet top security advisers later to discuss the crisis in Iraq, where Sunni Islamist rebels have seized several cities in recent days.

The National Security Council, chaired by the prime minister, will discuss the gains made by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) fighters.
On Tuesday Mr Cameron said UK nationals fighting in Iraq and Syria could pose a "real threat" if they tried to return.
He also said he was committed to "rebuilding" UK relations with Iran.
'Very nervous' Full diplomatic relations with Iran were suspended after attacks on the British embassy there in 2011.
Britain and Iran both oppose the ISIS militants.
Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Tuesday that "circumstances were right" for the British embassy in Iran to reopen following an improvement in bilateral relations in recent months.

Volunteers have been training at a military base after a call for Iraqis to help fight the insurgents

Mr Cameron has ruled out military intervention in support of the government of Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki.
But he has promised to do "absolutely everything we can" to protect Britain from the terrorist threat from fighters returning from Iraq and Syria.
The fighting between ISIS and Iraqi security forces, who are supported by Shia militias, has focused around the city of Baquba, 60km (35 miles) from Iraqi capital Baghdad.
The BBC's Middle East correspondent Jim Muir said there was "a great threat to Baghdad and people there are very nervous indeed".
There has been more fighting on the north and north-eastern approaches to the city with the rebels claiming they have made progress, he added.