In his long-awaited report, John Chilcot has delivered a restrained yet devastating critique of former British prime minister Tony Blair’s decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003.

Families of some of the 179 Britons killed during the Iraq war have been reacting after the long-awaited report into the conflict was published on Wednesday.

The long-awaited Chilcot inquiry report into the Iraq war will be boycotted by relatives of some of the 179 Britons killed in the conflict, who fear it will be a “whitewash”.

In the UK, Tony Blair will be recalled to give evidence to the Iraq inquiry.

The head of the United Nations inspection team which hunted for Saddam Hussein's supposed weapons of mass destruction in the months before the 2003 invasion of Iraq will today give evidence to the Chilcot Inquiry into the war.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair "very much exaggerated" Iran's role in supporting al Qaida insurgents in their attacks on British and American forces in Iraq, a former ambassador to Tehran said today.

IN THE end it took less than his famous “45 minutes” for Tony Blair to crack and confess to the Iraq Inquiry that he had got it wrong.

A defiant Tony Blair today mounted a vigorous defence of the invasion of Iraq, insisting he had no regrets over removing Saddam Hussein and would do the same again.

The 9/11 attacks on the United States changed the “calculus of risk” posed by Saddam Hussein dramatically, Tony Blair said today.

Tony Blair’s long-awaited appearance before the Iraq Inquiry got under way today.

The Chilcot Inquiry will look into Britain’s stewardship of Basra and southern Iraq following the 2003 invasion today, as it takes evidence from two defence secretaries who held office after the toppling of Saddam Hussein.

EXPLOSIVE evidence showing the British government was “clearly advised” the Iraq war was illegal will be disclosed at the Chilcot inquiry just days before Tony Blair gives evidence.

GORDON BROWN has agreed to give evidence to the Iraq inquiry before the general election.

Gordon Brown finally bowed to intense political pressure today and agreed to appear before the Iraq Inquiry before the general election in the UK.

The United Nations’ former chief weapons inspector in Iraq insisted today he had cautioned Tony Blair the month before the 2003 invasion about the possibility that no weapons of mass destruction (WMD) would be found.

One of Tony Blair's closest advisers will be grilled by the Iraq Inquiry today as it starts a week of evidence sessions dominated by key political figures.

The Iraq Inquiry met behind closed doors today to hear evidence from the general who ran the British operations in the conflict, it has been revealed.

The Iraq Inquiry will resume public hearings in the UK today following the Christmas break, with further evidence about the efforts to stabilise the country in the wake of the 2003 invasion.

BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown and other government ministers will not appear before an inquiry into the Iraq war until after a general election next year, the inquiry has said.

A WIDE-RANGING inquiry into British involvement in the Iraq war began yesterday, aiming to throw light on former prime minister Tony Blair’s case for invasion but risking embarrassment for the current government.

British officials secretly discussed the prospects for "regime change" in Iraq in late 2001 - more than a year before the invasion - the official inquiry into the war was told today.

A long-awaited official inquiry into Britain's involvement in the Iraq War will begin today, taking evidence in public.

Public hearings in the Iraq war inquiry will begin in the UK next month, it was announced today.

TONY Blair will be called to give evidence to the Iraq war inquiry, its chairman confirmed yesterday.

WITH clarity of voice and affable manner, Lord Butler of Brockwell delivered his damning verdict on the failings of intelligence over Iraq.

The long-awaited Butler Report into intelligence failings in the run-up to war in Iraq was being published in the UK today, amid fevered speculation in Westminster over whether the finger of blame will be pointed at British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair today set up a review of intelligence on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction – but any hopes that its report would be the final word on the affair were dashed when the Liberal Democrats refused to take part.

Rogue British government agents did not help plot the raid on Special Branch offices at police headquarters in Belfast, the Northern Ireland Secretary said today.

The British government came under fire today for its selection of a former top Northern Ireland civil servant with links to the intelligence services to conduct a review of the theft of Special Branch documents in a break-in at a Belfast police station.