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Iran targets Diego Garcia with missiles and warns British lives ‘in danger’

Diego Garcia, part of the Chagos Islands, is around 3,800km (2,360 miles) away from Iran.

Evening Standard

'British base on Cyprus won't be used for Iran missile attack', PM assures Cypriot President

Sir Keir Starmer has spoken to Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides about the latest developments in the Iran War

Evening Standard

British lives ‘in danger’ after UK backs US strikes on Iran from its bases

US President Donald Trump said the UK ‘should have acted a lot faster’.

Evening Standard

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Allowing Trump to use UK bases is ‘putting British lives in danger’, top Iran official warns

Iran’s foreign minister has said Keir Starmer is "putting British lives in danger" by allowing Donald Trump the use of UK military bases during the Iran war. Abbas Araghchi warned Iran would exercise its right to self-defence as a result. In a post on social media, he said Starmer is…

The Independent UK

Donald Trump says UK ‘should have acted a lot faster’ in letting US use bases

Ministers agreed on Friday afternoon that UK bases could be used for US ‘defensive operations’ against Iranian missile sites.

Evening Standard

Voices: Iran has figured out exactly how to play off President Trump against his allies

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The mullahs of Iran, like the North Vietnamese communists and the Taliban before them, know that they cannot beat a superpower in conventional warfare – and despite vast military losses, the regime’s economic onslaught has plunged the planet into crisis

The Independent UK

From New York to London: How world leaders are celebrating Eid amid global tensions

On the most charged Eid in a generation, heads of state, mayors and kings pause to mark the end of Ramadan, each in their own way, each in their own world.

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UK authorises US to use British bases for strikes at Iran missile sites targeting ships in Strait of Hormuz.

Britain has authorized the US to use military bases in the UK for strikes against Iranian missile positions threatening shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. This decision follows a review of the escalating conflict and Iran's disruption of maritime traffic. The move allows US defensive operations to degrade missile sites…

The Times of India

Anger grows among UK ministers amid fears Iran war could jeopardise Britain’s fragile finances

Some in cabinet in despair over possible impact of war begun by Donald Trump, who branded Nato allies ‘cowards’

The Guardian - UK

Is it time for the UK to acknowledge the ‘rhetoric to reality gap’ on its military power?

Forces have been stripped back since the cold war but political stasis is dangerous in the face of growing global threats

The Guardian - UK

Fact check: Meningitis B vaccine and false ‘lockdown’ claim

Round-up of fact checks from the last few days compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard

UK border security chief to step down as government fails to get a grip on small boats crisis

Sir Keir Starmer appointed Martin Hewitt, a former senior police officer, shortly after Labour took power

The Independent UK

Cooper warns Tehran against targeting UK interests

Iran has said allowing the US to use UK bases is ‘participation in aggression’.

Evening Standard

‘We need to think much bigger’: trade minister calls for greater ambition in UK-EU reset

Exclusive: Chris Bryant says policy agreements are being done in bits and pieces but a greater vision is needed by both sides

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'Carry on as normal,' Starmer tells Britain as Trump's Iran war triggers oil crisis rocking economies

The Prime Minister sought to reassure millions of households amid a new warning that energy bills could rise by more than £300

International Business Times UK

Bonnie Blue's Economic 'Hot Take': The Truth Behind Her Scathing Message to Keir Starmer

Bonnie Blue delivers a sizzling 14-word dismissal of the UK's economic woes and a bold invitation for Keir Starmer to 'join the queue' in balaclava, blending personal scandal with pointed political satire in this Daily Star exclusive.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer’s ministers look at new economic blueprint to quell voter anger

Devolution of tax powers to mayors, scrapping of national insurance and property tax overhaul on report’s menu

The Guardian - UK

The greatest challenge Farage has ever faced – convincing the world he was never besties with Donald Trump

The Reform UK leader has belatedly clocked that most British people really don’t like the US president on whose coat-tails he has spent the past decade riding, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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The Guardian - UK

Digested week: Hegseth chides media for focusing on trivial issue of his Iran strategy

Cheerleader-in-chief demands more enthusiasm for US-Israeli assault that is helping Russia pay for its war on Ukraine

Evening Standard

Westminster may need to reconsider energy cost support, DUP leader warns

Northern Ireland is to receive a £17 million share of a £53 million package in support of heating oil costs.

The Guardian - US

Trump claims strict voter ID act should be ‘easy pass’ but says ‘we need Democrat votes’ – as it happened

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The Independent UK

Attorney general challenges Badenoch on whether she would object to Jewish prayer in public after Muslim row

Labour cabinet minster, who is close to prime minister Keir Starmer, piles pressure on Conservative leader

Evening Standard

Iran tells Cooper UK letting US use bases is ‘participation in aggression’

Abbas Araghchi criticised the ‘negative and biased approach of Britain’.

Evening Standard

Trump lashes out at Nato allies as 'cowards' as UK dragged into his Iran war for allowing US planes to use RAF bases

The US president has previously singled out Britain for particularly strong criticism

The Guardian - UK

This is a key moment in the war on Iran – and Starmer must resist the UK being dragged into it any further

This is not Britain’s war, it’s Trump’s and Netanyahu’s. The prime minister should be wary of becoming ensnared like Blair was with Iraq, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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