The UK government is to buy at least 12 new fighter jets that can carry nuclear bombs, the prime minister has announced. Sir Keir Starmer said at the Nato summit in The Hague that the new US-made F-35A jets would join Nato's airborne nuclear mission.

Switzerland is holding talks with the United States after Washington tried to raise the price of new fighter jets Bern is buying for its air force, the government said on Wednesday. Bern chose Lockheed Martin's F-35A Lightning II as its next-generation fighter plane in 2021,

F-22 fighter jets are primarily kitted out with air-to-air missiles like the AIM-9 and AIM-120. It is not currently certified for nuclear use.