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U.S. B-1 bombers evacuated from UK base because of threat of Iranian drone attack

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The U.S. military evacuated a dozen B-1 bombers from the RAF Fairford airbase in the UK over the weekend, the Pentagon said. President Trump said in Monday the threat came from Iran. Why it matters: A U.S. official said the base was under threat of attack by Iran.

What the coverage shows

Both outlets frame the story as the removal of a dozen U.S. B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford in response to a threat linked to Iran. CBS News uses a broad, official-sounding summary and says the withdrawal was “amid Iran-backed threat,” while Axios is more specific about the base being under threat of attack by Iran and says the evacuation happened over the weekend. Axios also uniquely mentions British security forces arresting several dual British-Iranian citizens in a truncated extract.

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