LONDON: MPs vote Friday on whether to bomb Islamic State militants in Iraq, joining United States-led air strikes against a group that has seized control of swathes of the war-torn country.

The hours-long debate is to begin with a speech by Prime Minister David Cameron at 0930 GMT and the motion is likely to pass as it is backed by the main opposition parties as well as the government.

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