- The UK is expected to refuse Donald Trump permission to use RAF bases for strikes on Iranian civilian infrastructure, such as bridges or power plants.
- Donald Trump has threatened to target Iranian civilian infrastructure unless Tehran meets his demands, warning that ”a whole civilisation will die tonight”.
- The UK's agreement for US use of British bases is strictly for ”collective self-defence of the region” and defensive operations against missile sites, not for attacking civilian targets.
- International law experts have warned that targeting civilian infrastructure could constitute a war crime.
- This refusal is anticipated to further strain relations between Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump, who recently compared Sir Keir to Neville Chamberlain.
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