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Trump says 'threat' led US to pull bombers from RAF Fairford

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The Pentagon confirmed on Sunday it had removed the B1 bombers from the base in England back to their home stations in America.

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What the coverage shows

All four outlets frame the story around the US bomber withdrawal from RAF Fairford and the security concern behind it, with BBC News and the Guardian also making Downing Street’s insistence that the base is safe part of the coverage. Channel 4 News is alone in foregrounding “mixed messages” from the United States, while The Hill is the only outlet to specify 12 B-1 bombers and describe the move as an evacuation. The Guardian’s later item is also the only one to say the redeployment followed concerns about a possible threat from Iran.

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