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HMS Dragon reaches Gibraltar en route to Cyprus
Worldcyprus-mail25d ago

HMS Dragon reaches Gibraltar en route to Cyprus

The United Kingdom’s Type 45 destroyer the HMS Dragon reached Gibraltar on Tuesday, crossing into the Mediterranean as it makes its way from the UK to Cyprus. The ship had set sail from Portsmouth last week, with British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer having announced its deployment, alongside the deployment of two AW159 Wildcat helicopters, […]

Starmer insists UK was not unprepared after Cyprus drone strike
Politicscyprus-mail1mo ago

Starmer insists UK was not unprepared after Cyprus drone strike

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Wednesday insisted that the United Kingdom had not been left unprepared for the possibility of a conflict in the Middle East or attacks on its bases in Cyprus, despite an Iranian-made drone hitting the runway at the country’s Akrotiri air force base on the island on Monday. “For […]

US ‘is not using Cyprus’, Starmer says
Politicscyprus-mail1mo ago

US ‘is not using Cyprus’, Starmer says

The United States’ military “is not using Cyprus”, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said. Fielding a question in his country’s parliament from opposition party Liberal Democrat MP Al Pinkerton regarding Iranian revolutionary guard corps general Sardar Jabbari’s threats to fire missiles at Cyprus, he moved to stress that reports of a US military presence […]

PM Rejects 'Far-Fetched' Claims Doubting McSweeney's Phone Theft Account
PoliticsBBCThe Guardianmorgunbladid+2The Independentirish-independent16d ago5 sources

PM Rejects 'Far-Fetched' Claims Doubting McSweeney's Phone Theft Account

The British Prime Minister's office continues to refuse disclosure on whether Lord Peter Mandelson's messages were on Morgan McSweeney's stolen phone, which may have contained vital information. Sir Keir Starmer has now rejected 'far-fetched' suggestions linking the theft to Mandelson files, after Kemi Badenoch's spokesperson raised an eyebrow in relation to the theft, with the PM also dismissing claims that McSweeney faked the theft.