Key Highlights
- has been cleared to use British bases for limited strikes on Iran’s missile capabilities after Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed off on the plan, and while U. K.
- Defense Secretary John Healey stated on Sunday Britain had "stepped up alongside the Americans." "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," Starmer confirmed in a recorded statement to the nation."The U. S.
- has requested permission to use British bases for that specific and limited defensive purpose," he said.
- "We have taken the decision to accept this request." The decision came amid escalation across the Middle East in the wake of U. S.
- and Israeli strikes on Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory missile and drone attacks, raising fears of a broader regional conflict.
