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Who would have thought that the news would be asking if an Iranian missile could go nearly 4,000 kilometres towards Diego Garcia?

And who would have thought when what seemed like a very arcane debate about a British base

that seems like in the middle of nowhere, Diego Garcia, today is actually at the centre of the headlines

in the latest developments in the war in Iran?

You have been talking to sources within the government and you will reveal all in Saturday's newscast.

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Hello, it's Paddy in the studio.

So let's tell you what we know. So we know at the moment that Iran, as part of its retaliation for the war that was

being waged on it by Israel and the US, has attempted to fire missiles at Diego Garcia,

which is a tiny island in the middle of nowhere that is the host to British and American military

assets. Now, the missiles didn't make it. We know that the attack was in the last few days.

We also know that the attack also was before the UK said late on Friday that it would allow America to use British bases to protect the Straits of Hormuz, which Kirstammer's critics have seen as another step down the slippery slope in Trump's war.

But crucially, that means that Iran had already tried to hit a British target

many miles further than people might have thought Iran was capable of doing before Britain

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