UK Stocks-UK Factors to watch on June 24

June 24 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening higher on Tuesday, with futures FFIc1 up 0.6%.

ASTRAZENECA: AstraZeneca AZN.L said that U.S. regulators have approved its precision drug Datroway to treat a type of lung cancer, adding that the drugmaker would now pay partner Daiichi Sankyo 4568.T $45 million in milestone-related considerations.

SAGA: British holiday group Saga SAGA.L said it was in final negotiations with NatWest NWG.L to offer a range of personal banking products, as the company's annual holiday bookings tracked ahead of last year, with booked revenue up 14%.

STHREE: British recruiter SThree STEMS.L reported a 14% drop in net fees for the half-year period ended May 31.

RIO TINTO: Australia's Rio Tinto RIO.AX, RIO.L and Hancock Prospecting will invest $1.61 billion to develop the Hope Downs 2 iron ore project.

BP: BP BP.L, Eni ENI.MI and TotalEnergies TTEF.PA have begun evacuating foreign personnel from Iraqi oilfields where they operate, state-run Basra Oil Company said on Monday.

IAG: IAG's ICAG.L Spanish airline Iberia said on Monday it was scrapping previous plans to resume flights to Doha on Tuesday.

CMA: Britain's competition regulator on Tuesday said it was proposing to designate Google GOOGL.O with "strategic market status" to give it greater control over how the U.S. tech giant operates search services.

DEFENCE: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged on Monday to boost overall defence and security spending to 5% of economic output by 2035.

COMMODITIES: Oil prices fell sharply to their lowest in more than a week, most metals on the London Metals Exchange and Shanghai Futures Exchange were rangebound, and gold prices fell to a near two-week low on Tuesday.

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