UK Allows US Strikes on Iranian Bases

0:00What's up? I'm Cory with the story, and these are your global headlines. The United Kingdom has expanded permission for the United States to use British bases for strikes against Iranian missile sites threatening the strait, of Hormuz, a key oil shipping route. Previously, Prime Minister Kier Starmer limited access to defensive actions protecting British interests from Iranian missiles, but ministers agreed. On Friday, to broaden it for safeguarding ships in the strait, opposition leaders reacted sharply, with conservatives calling it a major policy reversal and greens warning a further escalation while demanding A, Parliamentary vote on involvement. The bases in question are R.A.F. Fairford in Gloucestershire and Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, where UK planners are now working with U.S. Central, command on options to reopen the strait amid threats from Iranian retaliation. Downing streets stress the move, aims at collective defense against Iran's risky attacks on vessels, while pushing for urgent de-escalation and A, quick in to the conflict to ease global

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