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How the war in Iran is testing Europe’s US military base network

Differences among European allies over the war in Iran are focusing attention on the network of American military bases located across the continent, as Washington presses partners to allow their use for strikes that President Donald Trump says could last “another month or more”.

Radio France Internationale

Starmer’s Iran approach may anger Trump, but it fits with his foreign policy philosophy

Foreign policy doctrines are often forgotten as soon as they are written. Take the November 2025 US National Security Strategy, which told us that “the days in which the Middle East dominated American foreign policy … are thankfully over”.

The Conversation

What would Winston Churchill make of war with Iran?

When Donald Trump criticised Keir Starmer for failing to sufficiently support American and Israeli operations against Iran, he did so with a historical flourish. “This is not Winston Churchill that we’re dealing with,” he complained.

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Iran is putting pressure on the US-UK ‘special relationship’ – but it has survived worse over the years

The so-called “special relationship” between the UK and the US appears to be at its lowest ebb for decades. As he sat alongside the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, at a White House press call on March 3, Donald Trump bitterly criticised Keir Starmer for his refusal to let the US…

The Conversation

The wars the UK has fought alongside the US – and when Britain has refused

IN FOCUS: Harry Cockburn reports on how 80 years of the 'special relationship' have informed international conflict, after Donald Trump lashed out at the British prime minister

The Independent UK

‘We’re on our honeymoon in a war zone’: Newlywed Brits stranded in Oman denied spot on UK’s first repatriation flight

Darren Osbourn and Nicola Smith were returning from their Thailand wedding when they were diverted after the Middle East crisis broke out

The Independent UK

Starmer says UK-US relationship does not mean ‘hanging on to Trump’s words’

Sir Keir Starmer has been the subject of personal attacks from Donald Trump over the initial refusal to allow British bases to be used to bomb Iran.

Evening Standard

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Yes, Keir Starmer must do better and go faster in bringing Britain closer to Europe. Here’s how to reset his reset

MPs warn the plan so far lacks direction and drive, but there are four clear ways to really move on from our disastrous Brexit, says Naomi Smith of Best for Britain

The Guardian - UK

Hanging on to Trump’s latest words ‘is not the special relationship’, Starmer tells MPs

Prime minister says getting British nationals to safety is his priority as Badenoch attacks his approach at PMQs

The Guardian - UK

US bombers expected to arrive in UK within days for missions to destroy Iran’s weapons systems

The deployment of American planes to Britain would come amid a huge rift between Donald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer over the Iran war

Evening Standard

Starmer announces more Middle East evacuation flights as Britons scramble for places to get home

First government rescue flight from Oman to set off on Wednesday evening with two more ‘in the coming days’

The Independent UK

More evacuation flights announced for Britons stranded in Middle East

British Airways said it will run two flights, departing from Muscat, Oman, to London Heathrow, on Friday and Saturday.

Evening Standard

UK service personnel facing ‘acute security threats’ in Middle East – Swinney

Scotland’s First Minister said he is ‘deeply concerned’ about the situation.

Evening Standard

Starmer defends response to Iran crisis after criticism from Trump and Tories

The Prime Minister said the situation was ‘serious and volatile’ but said he would respond with clarity and purpose.

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OPINION - So Sir Keir Starmer is no Churchill? Trump is no Franklin D Roosevelt

The US president’s imperious approach to Britain and his allies does not disguise the incoherence of his war aims in Iran

The Independent UK

Britain’s economic growth to be weakest in a century outside of pandemic and WWII, think tank warns

The UK’s top two economic think tanks – the Resolution Foundation and the Institute for Fiscal Studies – have issued dire warnings over economic growth and borrowing a day after Rachel Reeves delivered her spring statement

The Independent UK

Top supermarket boss accuses Labour of ‘constraining’ British businesses

Allan Leighton was CEO of Asda in the 1990s and said governments engaged and supported firms more back then

The Independent UK

Farage unveils two Labour defectors as he makes a push for London votes

Nigel Farage admits his party lacks ‘experience on the front line’ as he welcomes a controversial former mayor and ex-council leader

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The Independent UK

British military and diplomatic leaders attack Trump over ‘Starmer is no Churchill’ jibe

‘Trump is quite rude about quite a lot of friendly prime ministers,’ says former ambassador

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Nato commander defends Starmer after Trump’s ‘no Winston Churchill’ jibe

Gen Sir Richard Shirreff says US president has launched war of choice in Iran with no clear grasp of how it will end

Evening Standard

'I'll act with a cool head,' says Keir Starmer rejecting Donald Trump's repeated attacks on him over Iran war

The US president took a brutal swipe at the Prime Minister: ‘This is not Winston Churchill that we’re dealing with’

The Guardian - UK

Labour MP says she had no reason to suspect her husband may have broken law after his arrest on suspicion of spying for China – as it happened

Joani Reid asks for privacy after it was revealed her husband David Taylor was one of the three men arrested

Evening Standard

Starmer to face Commons grilling amid Trump fallout over Iran

Donald Trump unleashed fresh criticism of Sir Keir Starmer in remarks on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

The Standard podcast: Is Keir Starmer right to limit Britain’s military involvement in Iran?

The Prime Minister resists calls for UK military support after the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, but does his stance strengthen his authority?

The Independent UK

UK energy bills could soar by £500 over Iran-US war, think tank warns

The economic impacts of the Iran war are set to be felt across the world, including in UK households

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