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No 10 insists RAF Fairford is safe after US withdraws bombers
US media reported a new threat led to the bombers being removed on Sunday, following an incident near the base last week.
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England: how every outlet covers the stories
7 stories named England, covered by 13 outlets. Each one is shown beside every other newsroom's version of the same event, with a link to the outlet that filed it.
'We had a threat': Trump explains U.S. moving long-range bombers from UK
The U.S. Air Force B-1 bombers removed from England have been used in strikes on Iran.
What Yemen's Houthi offensive means for the Iran war
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez calls an early election after parliament rejects his plan to tackle Spain's housing crisis. Saudi Arabia backs a major new offensive to retake Yemeni territory lost to the Houthis. The US Supreme Court starts its new term with a docket set to test the limits of President
US air force removes all bombers from British military base RAF Fairford
No reason has been given for the withdrawal, but it follows a major incident last week when police were alerted to "suspicious vehicles" near the airbase.
Is the UK prepared for early release of hundreds of prisoners?
Outside prisons across England and Wales, hundreds of prisoners walked free as part of the government’s early release scheme. The government said it was essential to ease overcrowding to avoid the justice system collapsing.
"Strong indications" Iran had role in U.K. bomb plot, PM Andy Burnham says
U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham said there are "strong indications that Iran played a part" in a suspected bomb plot at a British air base used by the U.S. The big picture: Burnham's comments to the BBC come after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday that the weekend incident at RAF Fairford
Incident at US air base in UK involved foreign state, Rubio says
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday the alleged thwarted attack on a U.S. air base in the United Kingdom “clearly” involved a foreign state. Rubio, during an appearance on Fox News’s “Hannity,” said the Sunday arrests of five men suspected of planning an attack on RAF Fairford base in England
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