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The US Defence Secretary has voiced concern about Britain’s planned defence spending cuts. Ashton Carter said there is a risk that the United Kingdom will become disengaged, if it cuts its military budget any further. His intervention comes as the newly elected Conservative government, led by David Cameron, plans £1bn in cuts. Mr Carter spoke to the BBC’s Katty Kay.
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The US said it has hit “dozens” of Iranian military targets in overnight attacks, in response to Iran hitting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
The military said it struck “air-defense systems, coastal radar sites, missile and drone capabilities, and small boats”, using aircraft, ships, and drones – including “one-way attack sea drones for the first time”.
“The Strait of Hormuz is a vital maritime corridor for global trade,” the US military said. “Iran does not control it”.
In response, Iran said it targeted US bases in Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait and also radar systems in Oman.
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President Donald Trump has said the US is reinstating a naval blockade of Iranian ports and will impose a 20% charge on all cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz following days of escalating strikes between the two countries.
He said this would stop “Iran’s ships or customers” from entering or leaving the key oil shipping route, but “all other countries will have fair and open use of the Strait”.
Iran’s foreign minister later said whoever provides safe passage “should be compensated for this service”, but Iran would remain the strait’s “GUARDIAN” – using Trump’s word.
Tehran and Washington clashed over the strait’s control after exchanging strikes in the region overnight and on Monday.
The US said it carried out strikes against military targets in Iran, targeting air defence systems, coastal radars, and missile and drone sites. Iran said it responded by striking US military bases in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain, and radars in Oman.
Reeta Chakrabari presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen.
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Wildfires of ‘exceptional scale’ have taken force in Paris, as neighbouring Spain still tackles flames across the country following its own devastating fires.
Now the UK is also experiencing wildfires in England and Wales, as its third heatwave of the year is set to intensify again this week.
Here’s what we know so far about the extent of wildfires in Europe and the UK, and how heatwaves are impacting them.
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Explosions have been heard near two Iranian port cities, Bandar Abbas and Bushehr, state media has reported.
It comes after another night of strikes between the US and Iran, with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps saying it hit two UAE tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and targeted US facilities in Jordan and Bahrain.
The UAE called the attack “brazen”, adding that an Indian crew member was killed and eight others were injured.
Meanwhile, the US military says it completed strikes on targets aimed at degrading “Iran’s ability to attack commercial shipping” – Iranian state media reports three people were killed.
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The US military said it was carrying out a new wave of strikes on targets in Iran. It said the aim of the attacks was to degrade Iran’s ability to attack shipping in the strait of Hormuz. It came ass the US Navy resumed its blockade of Iran’s ports.
Iran said that control of the strait of Hormuz was required for its national security and it will exercise sovereignty over the key shipping lane, whatever the cost.
President Trump announced that he was scrapping a plan he had announced a day earlier, for placing a 20% toll or tariff on all cargos passing through the strait of Hormuz.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith in Washington.
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@thankhtoo4028
January 4, 2024 at 3:22 pm
Usa want to.make money amd they want to selling military equipment
@TheChinaWatcher
January 4, 2024 at 3:22 pm
The US has been bullying all these countries to follow their lead down a path that leads to oblivion for us all. A "pledge" made under duress is not valid. Each country must make it's decision based on the needs of, and what is best for, its own people and not to support a perverse and warped US foreign policy.
@electrostaticionengines4579
January 4, 2024 at 3:22 pm
Cutting back by the UK or any of the other NATO members will cost the US more to pick up the difference and we probably will. The EU must and should pay for their own defense. Russia is watching and waiting for a weak Europe. Don't let Europe become another Ukraine.
@the500mphtortoise
January 4, 2024 at 3:22 pm
Considering the increased threat Russia poses and the fact that many nato countries are cutting their budgets, this is not the time to be going below our target.
@Carbide195
January 4, 2024 at 3:22 pm
The main problem doesn't seem to be the amount we're spending, it seems to be where it's being spent.
Wasting hundreds of millions of £ on converting our carriers from ski-jump to CATOBAR and back to ski-jump again.
Investing in the JSF project, which is massively overrunning its budget whilst failing to meet basically any of its requirements.
We should've just pitched in with Germany and Italy to tweak the Eurofighter design a little to create a carrier version, rather than building a whole new plane. This would've allowed us to save a lot of money on development costs and would've meant that a lot of spare parts could be shared between aircraft.
It would also mean that maintenance crews would only have to learn the differences between the Eurofighter and the Carrier Eurofighter, rather than having to learn an entirely new aircraft.
And then we could've used CATOBAR carriers from the beginning, so we wouldn't waste our own research on on an EMCAT system.
@khanh604
January 4, 2024 at 3:22 pm
Come on people of the free world.
You should spend money on saving people lives, not spend on weapons to kill people in the name of freedom.
@adamthornton7880
January 4, 2024 at 3:22 pm
On the one hand, I am all for "disengaging" militarily. On the other hand, if spending 2% of GDP on the military is something all NATO members agreed to, then we should either do that or leave NATO.
@TheEcasx
January 4, 2024 at 3:22 pm
Americans just want to keep on using Britain to contribute to their pointless wars.