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🚨BREAKING: All flights grounded by US Federal Aviation Administration because of 'extraordinary circumstances'.
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🚨BREAKING: US personnel were told to ‘shelter in place’ at RAF Lakenheath amidst reports of drone activity above the base.
(Sky)
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🚨BREAKING: The US Air Force said it has responded to "suspected unauthorised drone activity" over RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk this evening.
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🚨BREAKING: There seems to be an ongoing security incident at several RAF bases across the UK that host US forces, including RAF Mildenhall and RAF Lakenheath.
- Sirens have been going off at the bases for extended periods of time.
- Security level has been raised to FPCON Delta.
- Phone signal has been reported as being disrupted in the immediate vicinity.
- The US have said that the sirens were triggered by unauthorised drone activity around the base.
This all comes after several Iranian threats to these types of air bases in recent weeks.
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🚨NEW: West Suffolk MP Nick Timothy has said that the situation is now over, though local reports and observers seem to contradict this.
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We recommend keeping an eye on @DefenceGeek’s profile for updates, who is actively prising facts from rumours on the situation.
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The FULL interview with IPPR Principal Research Fellow & Bloomberg columnist @mihirssharma is now LIVE on our YouTube and website!
Does a geopolitics policy professional view the Republican defeat at the Midterms similarly or differently to our other guests from the night?
Watch the full interview to find out and subscribe to our YouTube whilst you’re over there as there’s more to come…👇
youtu.be/9v0c_WY5tck?si=5zAv…
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MIHIR SHARMA: Trump’s I.C.E. would never work in Britain!
IPPR Principal Research Fellow and Bloomberg columnist Mihir Sharma analyses the possibility of ‘I.C.E.’ style immigration enforcement in Britain.
The full interview with Mihir will be on our YouTube and website at 7pm UK time tonight!
youtube.com/@TheCrossbench
thecrossbench.co.uk
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MIHIR SHARMA: The US-UK special relationship is OVER!
IPPR Principal Research Fellow and Bloomberg columnist Mihir Sharma gives a damning assessment on the future of the US-UK special relationship…
The full interview with Mihir will be on our YouTube and website at 7pm UK time tonight!
youtube.com/@TheCrossbench
thecrossbench.co.uk
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Former Vice President Mike Pence has stated he is considering a run for president in 2028.
“We’ve been hearing from a lot of people around the country. I've been very humbled by that.”
🚨BREAKING: Suspected bodyguard to ex-Hamas leader, who is wanted in Germany for alleged plots to murder Jews has been found guilty of attacking a bailiff with a knife outside of his home in the UK last year.
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🚨NEW: The MOD Bicester plan has today been approved by Angela Rayner, which will see up to 1256 male asylum seekers being housed there, despite local opposition.
🚨NEW: A report obtained by BILD has revealed the details of Moscow’s demands in informal peace talks in Abu Dhabi.
Some of their demands include removing all NATO bases from the Baltics, Finland being removed from NATO, and the entirety of Ukraine’s Donbas being given to Russia.
(Source: BILD)
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🚨 NEW: Today is the anniversary of the opening of the London-to-Paris sub-marine telegraph link in 1851.
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🚨NEW VIDEO!
The FULL Crossbench interview with Harry Cole is now live on our YouTube channel and website!
Harry joined us in the early hours of our US Midterm election night stream from an event for Republican Senator Ken Paxton in Texas, who went on to lose his seat that night to Democrat James Talarico.
Harry is the editor-at-large of the US edition of The Sun newspaper, having previously been the UK political editor of the UK edition of the paper for 5 years.
He is known for breaking high profile scoops around Westminster, having previously broken the story of Matt Hancock’s affair during the COVID-19 pandemic, for which he won several awards.
Many thanks to Harry for joining us on the night!
youtu.be/GX6Qx0lqbiw?si=46Mt…
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YouTube - @HarryColeSavesTheWest
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🚨 BREAKING: Julia Hartley-Brewer is LEAVING Talk after more than a decade.
Her final show will air on Thursday 19 November, with Alex Phillips taking over the Monday–Thursday morning slot from 23 November.
Hartley-Brewer will pursue new journalism projects and is reportedly in talks to join GB News.
🚨NEW: Editor-at-large of The Sun (US edition) @MrHarryCole says that Trump’s immigration policies, including I.C.E. and deportations “backfired”, and contributed to the Republican defeat during the US Midterms this month.
The full Crossbench interview with Harry will be out tonight on our YouTube channel at 7pm UK time! 👇
youtube.com/@TheCrossbench
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🚨 XB POLL RESULTS 👇
Variables to consider:
❗️Skew due to political beliefs of our followers = unlikely to match up to national polls.
❗️A very small sample.
❗️Vote share does not necessarily translate to seats won.
⚠️ Please do vote in our polls! We will be doing more of these in future and it would be great to get as representative of a sample as we possibly can!
🚨XB GENERAL ELECTION POLL:
If a general election was held tomorrow, which party would you vote for?
Only 4 options are allowed on the poll, so if your chosen party is not listed here, comment it below!
You have 24 hours to vote…👇
9%Labour
55%Conservatives
20%Reform UK
16%Lib Dems
44 votes • Final results 1
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We love having you right wingers here, but please do send our page to your left wing mates too, so that we can get more of a representative sample for polls, and an overall more balanced platform!
It would be wonderful to create a real, shared platform where all political beliefs are represented💪
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