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UK to Allow U.S. to Use British Bases for Defensive Strikes Against Iran
(Guardian-UK) Rowena Mason - The UK has agreed to let the U.S. use British military bases to attack Iranian missile sites, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday. Revealing that 200,000 British people are in Middle Eastern countries being targeted by Iran, Starmer said: "The only way to stop the threat is to destroy the missiles at source in their storage depots or the launchers which are used to fire the missiles. The U.S. has requested permission to use British bases for that specific and limited defensive purpose." "We have taken the decision to accept this request - to prevent Iran firing missiles across the region...killing innocent civilians...putting British lives at risk...and hitting countries that have not been involved." He added that British jets had "already successfully intercepted Iranian strikes."