'Oh, golly': Britain's embattled Starmer navigates Trump's Iran war ire
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer likely won't fire back insults at President Donald Trump, those close to him say.
LONDON — A shrug, perhaps even a flash of dismay. But despite the public insults emanating from the White House, those close to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer say there is little chance he will hit back at President Donald Trump over the Iran war.
The embattled prime minister is still pursuing close coordination with Trump, even after the latest indignity hurled by the president toward London as the conflict threatens havoc on the already stale British economy.
This weekend, Trump reposted a sketch, portraying the British leader as a weakling terrified of his fearsome American counterpart, that aired on the inaugural episode of the new "Saturday Night Live UK"
“Oh, golly,” a fictionalized Starmer frets in his recognizable nasal tones. “What if Donald shouts at me?”
The president shared the skit after weeks of insults and accusations leveled at Starmer for not joining the Iran war.
Iran targeted a joint U.K.-U.S. base in the Indian Ocean, and Iran’s main nuclear enrichment site was struck again, as the war in the Middle East entered its fourth week.
LONDON — Iran has fired missiles at the joint U.K.-U.S.
In a twist of wartime irony, the United States has moved to ease sanctions on Iranian oil to cool surging energy prices, a potential boon for Tehran.
Sara Elsherbiny was preparing to celebrate her birthday by breaking her Ramadan fast with friends at a restaurant in Dubai.
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As Gulf state leaders gathered in a Riyadh hotel this week to discuss the growing Middle East war, strikes from Tehran blasted outside.
Cuba’s government granted NBC News rare access inside the Institute of Hematology and Immunology, a research facility in the capital where they treat difficult cases.
Iran launched attacks against Qatar's Ras Laffan Industrial City and other Gulf energy infrastructure after Israel bombed the South Pars gas field.
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Iran's Houthi proxy forces in Yemen say they are poised to attack the Red Sea shipping route, risking another peril for the world economy.
Israel has again shown its unrivaled ability to assassinate high-level enemies, announcing the killing Tuesday of the man widely seen as running Iran
Israel has again shown its unrivaled ability to assassinate high-level enemies, announcing the killing Tuesday of the man widely seen as running Iran
Follow NBC News for live updates on the latest about the war with Iran, where the U.S. launched bunker buster bombs, while Israel struck Lebanon.