"The American dispatch of troops, Patriot missiles and a squadron of F-22
warplanes to Saudi Arabia looks like yet another ratcheting up of the
confrontation"
Iran: Spectre of war looms as tit-for-tat tanker seizures plunge relations with UK to low not seen in decades
By Kim Sengupta
Relations between Britain and Iran
seem to be the bleakest they have been for decades with the
confrontation over the tankers and rising accusations and
recriminations.
At the same time there is increasing sabre-rattling in the wider arena of the region with Donald Trump‘s administration sending troops back to Saudi Arabia and Washington and Tehran raising the tempo of mutual insults and threats.
In London the cabinet emergency committee, Cobra, met until the
early hours of Saturday morning and in the evening came the news that British Airways was cancelling flights to Cairo for a week
as a security precaution. It was not immediately clear if this was
related to the situation in the Gulf, but the development added to the
uncertainly and trepidation.
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