Three stories for your commute 🚆 🔴 UK pulls staff at Iranian and Iraqi embassies 🔴 Iranian general to be buried amid confusion over US troops 🔴 Sony unveils autonomous car as it predicts 'mega-trend'
Iran's supreme leader vowed"severe revenge" but first declared three days of national mourning, which concluded on Monday night.
Mr Johnson went against US President Donald Trump on Monday by pointing out the international rules of war and supporting the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran - which the US pulled out of in 2018.over Friday's killing of Maj Gen Soleimani in a US drone strike. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab echoed the prime minister's statements later, after a meeting of senior ministers to discuss the crisis.He said:"We have been very clear that cultural sites are protected under international law and we would expect that to be respected.
The president has threatened to impose sanctions on Iraq after its parliament voted to expel all 5,000 US troops from the country - but the prime minister's spokesman said the UK had no such plans. The UK is seen as intrinsically aligned with the US, they said, noting that the Iranians might calculate that hitting a British target would send a message but might not provoke the same kind of retaliation from President Donald Trump.
But all operations to train and support Iraqi forces fighting IS were suspended on Sunday as British and other coalition troops switched to focus on bolstering protection at the compounds where they are located from the threat of militia attack.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
US government website hacked to show pro-Iranian messages and bloodied image of TrumpGroup claims infiltration ‘only small part of Iran’s cyber ability’
Read more »
Jeremy Hunt: Former foreign secretary says killing Iranian general could 'pay off' for USFormer foreign sec Jeremy Hunt says US assassination of top Iran general could be 'bold move' that quells Middle East instability
Read more »
UK would not back US bombing of Iran cultural sites – No 10Downing Street says such military action would break international treaties in implicit rebuke to Trump
Read more »
Fears over rising US-Iran tensions, and UK success at Golden GlobesOn today's Daily podcast we discuss the fallout from the American drone strike that killed Iran's Major General Qassem Soleimani and examine the potential threat to Britain as the foreign secretary prepares to travel to Washington later this week to meet the US secretary of state.
Read more »
Iraq votes to expel all US and UK forces as tensions escalateIraq's parliament has voted in favour of a resolution calling to an end to foreign military presence in the country.
Read more »
Trump says US ‘targeting’ 52 sites if Tehran retaliates to Soleimani killing‘Iran is talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets as revenge for our ridding the world of their terrorist leader,’ says US president
Read more »