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The US Air Force has brought home its bombers stationed at a US-run military air base in England used to strike Iran following an investigation into a planned terror attack at the RAF Fairford base. The bombers were redeployed back to their home bases in the United States, according to a Pentagon official who was not authorized to discuss sensitive military movements and spoke Sunday on condition of anonymity. Aviation watchers such as the Military Air Tracking Alliance have observed dozens of B-52 and B-1 bombers operating out of RAF Fairford since the opening days of the Iran war. Observers noticed a host of B-1 bombers fly out of the base on Sunday. The move comes as President Donald Trump weighs options for his war on Iran - including new strikes - despite his initial promises to Americans that the campaign would last a matter of weeks. "We have decisions that I'll make about Iran. Iran's been decimated. So the only question is - it'll either be the easy way, or the hard way,"

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Iran has previously strongly denied any involvement, with its embassy in London labelling it "Iranophobia".

Police have evacuated homes near a US air base in England and arrested several men over suspected explosives offences. The Gloucestershire Police force says "a number of properties" are being evacuated in Whelford, western England. That is close to RAF Fairford, a base used by American forces during the war with Iran. Police say several men have been detained on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act, and army bomb-disposal experts are examining several vehicles.

The UK has test-fired a US torpedo from an undersea drone in a symbolic boost for maritime ties in time for Prime Minister Andy Burnham's first meeting with US President Donald Trump in New York on Tuesday. Downing Street said the Plymouth-made drone was used in the first such test firing of an anti-submarine weapon -- jointly developed by the US and Australia -- as part of the AUKUS programme. The heavyweight torpedo is designed to sink ships and deep-diving submarines launched from a 12-metre-long undersea UK-made drone named Excalibur. "The firing, which happened in UK waters last week, marks the first time either country had launched a torpedo from an undersea uncrewed vessel, rather than a crewed submarine. It marks a major advance in the future of submarine technology for the UK, US, and Australia, and delivers a significant breakthrough for Euro-Atlantic security and NATO's undersea advantage. "This will build on the next generation technology already being developed through

Prime Minister Andy Burnham said that Britain has agreed to provide limited military support to Saudi Arabia to repeal attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. Burnham on Monday told reporters as he flew to the United Nations General Assembly in New York that he had agreed the Royal Air Force will provide air-to-air refuelling of Saudi planes. The agreement is for a matter of weeks, but Burnham said it will be kept under review. The conflict between the Houthis and Yemen's Saudi-backed government has reignited, with Houthis aiming missile and drone strikes on Saudi Arabia, including one that targeted Riyadh on Saturday before being intercepted. The Houthis also declared a blockade on Saudi shipping in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the Red Sea, attacking Saudi-linked vessels and oil facilities inside the kingdom, the world's top oil exporter. The Houthis advanced inside Yemen earlier this month, seizing the crucial port city of Mokha and key Red Sea islands allowing them to be

Tata Steel is looking to have a discussion with the UK government to discuss issues being faced in timely implementation of the electric arc furnace (EAF) project at Port Talbot, the company's CEO T V Narendran said. The company official noted that there is no delay from Tata Steel in construction of 3.2 million tonne project being set up at an investment of 1.25 billion pounds. "We are in conversation with the UK government to say let's have a discussion on what can be done," Narendran told PTI on the sidelines of the 53rd National Management Convention organised by All India Management Association (AIMA). He made the remarks while replying to a question on the future course of action for the UK project, which is facing delays in securing power supply. In August, Narendran had said Tata Steel UK is expecting to secure access to electricity for its 3.2 million tonne electric arc furnace by 2029. In May 2024, Tata Steel signed a connection offer with the Electricity System Operator

The UK's National Air Traffic Services (NATS) on Wednesday ruled out a cyberattack having caused the massive disruption across airports in the country, which also impacted several flights to and from India. Tens of thousands of passengers were affected by the disruption on Tuesday, which led to around 2,000 flights cancelled and the knock-on effects spilling over for a second day. Heathrow, the UK's busiest hub airport, led the cancellations and delays tally alongside Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and Manchester. "We will be doing a very thorough and full investigation. We have at this point ruled out a cyberattack," NATS CEO Martin Rolfe told the BBC. "I don't believe we have ever seen an incident happen more than once. This will be something we haven't seen in more than 50 years of operation. I would say the UK has one of the best reputations in the world, both from a safety perspective and resilience perspective," he said. NATS has claimed that the problem occurred in its flight ...

An air traffic control problem disrupted travel across Britain on Tuesday, cancelling more than 1,000 flights and leaving passengers stranded for hours on airport runways and in terminals, according to flight-tracking website Flightradar24. Britain's National Air Traffic Services said it had resolved a problem in its flight processing system in the evening but delays rippled across 15 UK airports and beyond as airlines and airports worked to clear a huge backlog of delayed flights. Josie Donoghue spent three hours stuck on a plane at Gatwick before her Ryanair flight to Ireland was cancelled. "Getting through that airport was like trying to get out of Alcatraz," she said, referring to the notorious former island prison in San Francisco Bay. "It's just an absolute nightmare down there. It's the only word I can use to describe it." Departures at London Heathrow resumed but the busy airport suspended arrivals for the rest of the night because of the disruption and warned of further ..

The UK on Tuesday announced sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank, banning the import of goods from the occupied Palestinian territories which it declared as "illegal". UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband was joined by Prime Minister Andy Burnham in the House of Commons as he delivered a statement to condemn the "ethnic cleansing of Palestinians" in West Bank settlements. While highlighting his own "proud British Jew" heritage, Miliband announced a "new comprehensive sanctions regime with appropriate religious exemptions". "The government believes the unlawfulness of the occupation should be reflected in the economic relationships we choose to have with the occupied territories," Miliband told MPs. "So I can announce today that we will introduce an import ban on goods from illegal settlements in the occupied territories," he said. Miliband said action would be taken against specific companies and individuals providing construction, infrastructure, financing or real estate

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A former Pakistani state minister was arrested on sexual assault charges relating to young girls in the UK, but he contested an election in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) while on police bail, according to a British media report on Wednesday. Rukhsar Ahmed was reportedly "re-elected" in the PoK polls last week, after being out of office for five years. Ahmed was arrested at Manchester Airport back in July 2024 on suspicion of rape and trafficking children in care as part of a grooming gang scandal, The Guardian newspaper reported. "Ahmed was arrested at Manchester airport on 18 July 2024 in relation to past child sexual abuse allegations linked to the Rusholme area of the city, where he lived for many years," the report said. The 62-year-old was expected to report to the Greater Manchester Police under his bail conditions last month, but reportedly failed to oblige. According to the UK media report, British police wanted to restrict Ahmed's ability to travel abroad as part of his

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