The British government has announced a publication date for the long-awaited report into the UK's involvement in the Iraq war.

Seven years after it was launched, the report will be published on the 6th July.

Security checks on the 2.6 million word document have been completed, without the need for edits.

The date of publication was agreed by the inquiry's head, Sir John Chilcot and British Prime Minister David Cameron.

Britain's former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw was among those who gave evidence to the Chilcot Inquiry: