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2 days ago

Iran’s closure of strait of Hormuz would be monumental act of self-harm, says Lammy

UK foreign secretary wants Iran to return to negotiating table but refuses to endorse strikes by US and Israel

  • Middle East crisis – live updates

Any Iranian move to close the strait of Hormuz waterway …

3 days ago

‘Please don’t ask’: why the US kept the UK out of the raids on Iran’s nuclear sites

Concerns about British ministers’ view of the legality of the bombings meant support from UK bases was not sought

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The US did not ask to use UK airbases to support i…

6 days ago

Starmer 'must give green light for Trump's Iran strikes': Frantic diplomacy as US could launch nuclear bunker raids from Diego Garcia base - with UK bracing for retaliation

Donald Trump is keeping the world guessing about whether he will join Israeli attacks on Tehran's nuclear facilities.

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US deploys a third of its stealth bomber fleet for possible Iran strike after Trump warned Tehran 'you're going to be in great danger' if it does not abandon its nuclear program

Six stealth bombers flew in to the U.S. airbase on Diego Garcia from Missouri last week in the 'largest single deployment in US history'.

83 days ago

US base and 4,000 of its troops are 'at risk of complete destruction' if Trump decides to strike Iran, state newspaper warns as it lays out how Tehran would launch attack with long-range drones

Iranian armed forces-run Defra Press claimed that Iran 'certainly has sufficient weapons' to attack Diego Garcia, a remote island in the Indian Ocean where the US has recently bolstered military pres…

85 days ago

Donald Trump signs off UK’s handover of Chagos Islands to Mauritius

No 10 says deal to cede UK’s last African colony now being finalised after months of doubt

Donald Trump has signed off the UK’s handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Downing Street has indicate…

3 months ago

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