Healey Dodges Iran Strike Questions, Allies Back US Action

0:00From the Daily News Now Network, this is Corey with U.K. News Today, brought to you by NordVPN, fast, reliable online privacy. Links in the episode description. Britain's Defense Secretary John Haley dodged questions six times during a TV interview about whether the U.K. supports the recent U.S. and Israeli. Strikes on Iran. The attacks targeted Tehran and killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Haley refused to say if the government abused the action as legal, or backs it outright. Haley stressed that Britain played no part in the strikes and left it to the U.S. to explain the legal basis. Reports suggest Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer warned former President Donald Trump against using U.K. bases like Diego Garcia or RAF Fairford for Annie. Preemptive moves. A legal opinion from the Attorney General reportedly influenced that stance. Tory leader Kimi Botanock slammed Haley's evasiveness, saying the labor government has lost credibility and can't answer basic questions. Senior Tory Dame Pretty Patel fully backed the strikes,

1:04calling Iran's regime barbaric and tear-sponsoring, with no mourning for Khamenei. Meanwhile, allies like Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney and Australia's Anthony Albanese have voiced support for the U.S. action to stop Iran from. Getting nuclear weapons and threatening global security. Haley did know Britain shares the key goal with allies that Iran must never acquire nuclear arms as tensions in the region remain high.