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First flight carrying British nationals takes off from conflict-torn Sudan

The first flight carrying British nationals has left Sudan – with two more trips to take place overnight, Downing Street has said. UK citizens were being processed for evacuation at an airfield near war-torn Khartoum on Tuesday after an RAF mission ...

25 Apr 2023 at 16:48

Many more flights carrying British nationals to take off from Sudan, says Sunak

“Many more” flights carrying British nationals will leave Sudan into tomorrow, Rishi Sunak said as the first civilian evacuation plane out of conflict-torn Khartoum landed in Cyprus. The Prime Minister said “over a thousand” UK citizens in Sudan ...

25 Apr 2023 at 21:16

Iran already carrying out ‘wholly unacceptable’ actions in UK, Reynolds warns

The threat from Iran in the UK could increase as Tehran seeks to retaliate against the US, Israel and their allies, a Cabinet minister has suggested. Jonathan Reynolds said Iranian activity in the UK is already substantial and it would be ...

22 Jun 2025 at 13:32

UK to send warship after Cyprus base hit by drone

The UK will send helicopters with counter-drone capabilities and a warship to protect British military personnel in Cyprus, the Prime Minister has said as the Middle East war continues to spiral. Sir Keir Starmer confirmed the UK will ...

03 Mar 2026 at 22:43

Starmer to face MPs after Trump claimed he was ‘no Churchill’ in Iran row

Sir Keir Starmer will face questions in the Commons over his decisions on the unfolding Iran conflict, after Donald Trump unleashed fresh criticism at the Prime Minister. The US president said Sir Keir was “not Winston Churchill” in ...

04 Mar 2026 at 00:01

Navy in most ‘parlous state’ it has been in for 60 years, says its former chief

The Royal Navy is in the most “parlous state” it has been in for 60 years and does not “deliver what the nation needs”, a former chief of the service has said. Lord West of Spithead added his voice to the growing criticism of the ...

04 Mar 2026 at 11:25

HMS Dragon may not sail to protect Cyprus until next week – report

The warship being deployed to protect the British base in Cyprus may not even sail until next week. Defence Secretary John Healey promised that the Government was “moving quickly” to reinforce its presence in the eastern ...

04 Mar 2026 at 11:20

HMS Dragon not set to sail until next week to protect Cyprus

The warship being readied to protect the British base in Cyprus is not set to sail until next week as conflict spirals in the Middle East. HMS Dragon is being loaded with ammunition in Portsmouth before departing for ...

04 Mar 2026 at 19:49

‘Many thousands’ of people from NI in Middle East at risk from Iran – deputy FM

It is believed there are “many, many thousands of people” from Northern Ireland in countries in the Middle East being targeted by Iran, Stormont’s deputy First minister Emma Little-Pengelly has said. Ms ...

02 Mar 2026 at 10:55

First Minister says UK made ‘absolutely the wrong call’ on Iran involvement

Stormont’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill has said it is “absolutely the wrong call” for the UK Government to “join in this war” in Iran. Ms O’Neill also defended her decision not to attend a briefing ...

02 Mar 2026 at 16:41

‘Disappointing’ NI First Minister not at UK briefings on Iran – Little-Pengelly

The deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland has said it is “genuinely disappointing” that First Minister Michelle O’Neill did not attend a second UK Government briefing on the situation in Iran. ...

02 Mar 2026 at 20:54

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Europe rallies around Cyprus during Iran war as Macron visits island

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday pledged to defend Cyprus, days after dispatching a warship to the east Mediterranean island nation, where a Shahed drone struck a British air base on ...

09 Mar 2026 at 14:53

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