{"id":451842,"date":"2026-03-01T10:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T10:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/451842\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T10:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T10:53:09","slug":"uk-bases-in-middle-east-at-risk-of-increasingly-indiscriminate-attacks-by-iran-healey-tells-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/451842\/","title":{"rendered":"UK bases in Middle East at risk of ‘increasingly indiscriminate’ attacks by Iran, Healey tells BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Healey says UK bases at risk of ‘indiscriminate’ attacks by Iranpublished at 10:16 GMT<\/p>\n

10:16 GMT<\/p>\n

That’s all from this week’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, here’s a quick reminder of what we heard:<\/p>\n

UK Defence Secretary John Healey says UK bases in the Middle East are at risk of “increasingly indiscriminate” attacks by Iran.<\/p>\n

He says 300 British personnel were nearby when a UK military base in Bahrain was struck by Iran. Some were “within several hundred yards of the strike”, he adds.<\/p>\n

Shadow defence secretary Priti Patel says she “absolutely” welcomes the actions of the US in Iran, but questions why Prime Minister Keir Starmer wasn’t more “proactive” in the run-up to the US and Israeli strikes,<\/p>\n

Green Party Leader Zack Polanski urges the PM to condemn the US-Israeli strikes on Iran. He accuses accuses Keir Starmer of being “singularly incapable of standing up to Donald Trump”.<\/p>\n

That brings our live coverage to a close, we’ll be back next week for more from Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.<\/p>\n

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