Mason Boycott-Owen
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UK says Iran involved in RAF Fairford incident (opens the original)
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LONDON — Britain believes Iran was involved in the incident at a British airbase used by the United States which saw five men arrested on suspicion of terrorism, U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said. Speaking to the BBC, Burnham said: "We will say more in due course but we can confirm ... that we believe Iran to have played a part.” Five British men in their 20s were arrested in the early hours of Sunday after Gloucestershire Police received a report of suspicious vehicles near RAF Fairford
Andy Burnham’s defense dilemma is just beginning (opens the original)
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LIVERPOOL, England — Britain has a new prime minister, but the defense spending dispute that helped destabilize his predecessor’s government has not gone away. Next month Andy Burnham’s fledgling government will deliver its first budget, offering the clearest indication yet of how it intends to fund Britain’s growing defense commitments. Yet at the Labour Party's conference this week, defense barely featured in the new prime minister’s resolutely domestic political agenda. Burnham used his first
Wes Streeting: Britain and Europe must get out of ‘defensive crouch’ (opens the original)
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LIVERPOOL, England — Britain and Europe need to get out of their “defensive crouch,” Defense Secretary Wes Streeting said Monday, as he argued that U.S. pressure on European allies will ultimately result in a stronger Europe. Speaking at the POLITICO Pub at Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, Streeting added that he believes that America’s frustration over “European over-reliance” on the U.S. has “not been unique to the Trump administration.” The defense secretary said that, contrary to “the p
Canada pushes new UK government to join defense bank (opens the original)
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LONDON — Canada has urged the new-look British government to join its defense bank, as it tries to deepen its European presence. In an interview with POLITICO, Canadian Minister of National Defence David McGuinty said he is “hopeful” Britain will now sign up to Ottawa's Defence, Security and Resilience Bank after several of its backers were given key jobs under new Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s administration. McGuinty said Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will raise the issue directly with B
Britain’s new defense chief Streeting says Israel has ‘fallen short’ in Gaza (opens the original)
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FARNBOROUGH, ENGLAND — Israel has “fallen short” of Britain's standards of conduct in Gaza and the West Bank, the U.K.'s new Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said Wednesday. Speaking to journalists at the Farnborough International Airshow in one of his first engagements in the job, Streeting said that as a “friend and ally,” Israel should be held to the same standard Britain holds itself to. “That is the standard that I think, I fear, they've fallen short of,” he added. The defense secretary has
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