What prompted the US bombers to leave RAF Fairford?
The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has also played down any suggested link between this rushed evacuation and the arrests made on 27 September.The context here is that while the UK is not at war with Iran, the US is - and that is a distinction Tehran has publicly challenged.
- ▪The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has also played down any suggested link between this rushed evacuation and the arrests made on 27 September.The context here is that while the UK is not at war with Iran, the US is - and that is a disti
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What prompted the US bombers to leave RAF Fairford?<div class="ssrcss-1553su4-ErrorMessage eitf6465"><div class="ssrcss-h7lv7m-StyledInnerContainer eitf6464"><div class="ssrcss-nbxsk2-TextContent eitf6461"><h2 type="normal" class="ssrcss-89o2pv-Heading e10rt3ze0">To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.</h2><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">This video can not be played</p></div></div></div>Figure caption, Watch: What has prompted the US to withdraw its bombers from Fairford?ByFrank GardnerSecurity correspondent Published1 hour agoThe unexpected mass withdrawal of America's heavy bombers happened so suddenly on Sunday that it has got everyone wondering what prompted it.An "abundance of caution," says US Vice-President JD Vance, adding that Washington…
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