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But the only way to stop the threat is to destroy the missiles at source in their storage

depots or the launchers which are used to fire the missiles.

The United States has requested permission to use British bases for that specific and limited

defensive purpose.

We have taken the decision to accept this request, to prevent Iran firing missiles across the region,

killing innocent civilians, putting British lives at risk, and hitting countries that have not been involved.

And is the Prime Minister, Kiyosthama, with a change in position from the UK government.

24 hours ago, ministers were saying that no UK military assets were being used to aid the American intervention in Iran. Twenty-four hours

on, they are now. But nevertheless, Donald Trump has expressed deep disappointment with Britain's

response. So are we backing this intervention in Iran? And might we get dragged still further

into it? Welcome to the news agents.

The news agents. It's John. It's Lewis. And even since we did our special episode yesterday,

this intervention, this war on Iran, feels as if it is intensifying, changing

minute by minute, hour by hour, and is expanding across the region. So just a quick update,

we're recording this about 1 o'clock in the afternoon, London time, on Monday. Where we're at,

new Iranian strikes have been reported in Saudi Arabia. There's an oil refinery

on fire there. The price of gas on the economic front, petrol on the international markets,

has risen sharply. At one point, it's up 42%. That's crude oil. The US and Israel, as we know,

struck Iran on Saturday killing the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khameini, the Israeli military saying it's launching

new strikes in Tehran. In Kuwait, several US fighter planes have crashed in what the US military

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