RAF airbase in Cyprus hit as Cooper defends decision to allow US to use UK bases for Iran strikes – UK politics live
[ad_1] RAF airbase in Cyprus hit as Cooper defends decision to allow US to use UK bases for Iran strikes Good morning and welcome to today’s live coverage. Just hours after Keir Starmer said that the UK has allowed the US use British military bases to attack Iranian missile sites, the RAF Akrotiri base in […]
GORDON SONDLAND: No more ‘restraint’: Europe must stand with America on Iran
[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The United States and Israel are doing the heavy lifting. On February 28, joint American-Israeli strikes—Operation Epic Fury and Operation Roaring Lion—eliminated Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Iran’s defense minister, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and the secretary of the Supreme National Security […]
Public told to avoid Calder in Edinburgh as armed police respond to reports of man ‘with bladed weapon’
[ad_1] Armed police have locked down an Edinburgh neighbourhood amid reports of a “man with a bladed weapon”. Emergency crews, including firearms officers, were deployed to the Calder area of the Scottish capital on Monday morning. Image: Pic: @ramsay_wmramsay Image: Pic: @ramsay_wmramsay The incident remains ongoing, with members of the public urged to avoid the […]
More than 100,000 Brits may need evacuating from Middle East
[ad_1] Several airlines have suspended all their flights to and from the Middle East amid conflict in the area Neil Lancefield, Press Association Transport Correspondent 09:54, 02 Mar 2026 A number of airlines have suspended flights to destinations in the Middle East(Image: PA) Officials are understood to be working on plans that could see more […]
Why You Need To Know About The US-Israeli Strikes On Iran – And The UK’s Role In The Chaos
[ad_1] Donald Trump has sparked global chaos once again after giving the green lught to joint US and Israeli strikes on Iran over the weekend. The attacks killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – a devastating moment for the Islamic Republic he has ruled for almost 40 years. Iran retaliated by firing its own […]
Will UK petrol prices spike after war breaks out between US and Iran?
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Photophobia review – down in the Kharkiv rail tunnels with a 12-year-old as the bloodshed rages overhead
[ad_1] While war rages on, hope continues to take root underground in Ivan Ostrochovský and Pavol Pekarčík’s moving documentary. Shot in the Kharkiv metro in Ukraine, the film follows Nikita, a spirited 12-year-old, during his daily routines in what has become a cavernous bomb shelter. Seeking refuge from the endless bombing and shelling, thousands call […]
Manchester Airport grounds Middle East and India flights
[ad_1] Plans to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha have been grounded over the ongoing conflict, say Manchester Airport. [ad_2]
Why Trump invoked regime change in attacking Iran, and the media must learn from past mistakes
[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Well, so much for all the weekend punditry that was to follow Donald Trump’s State of the Union. And the expert analysis of the tariff confusion caused by the president’s loss in the Supreme Court? That’s on hold too. When Trump unleashed the bombing barrage against […]
American deaths will dictate political cost of Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran
[ad_1] The first American flag-draped coffin to arrive home will land with greater force than any Iranian missile. For President Donald Trump, the loss of US military personnel redraws the political battlefield at home. Trump has long cast himself as a president who understands the cost of war in human terms. He mocked “forever wars” […]