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Burnham commits UK to refuelling Saudi jets against Houthi attacks

UK PM agrees to send an RAF Voyager to support Saudi Arabia's air force, tying the move to cost-of-living pressures ahead of his first Trump meeting.

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What to know

  • UK PM Andy Burnham has agreed to send a single RAF Voyager to provide defensive air-to-air refuelling for Saudi jets, described as time-limited to 'weeks'.
  • The move follows intensified Houthi drone and missile attacks on Riyadh and Saudi Red Sea energy sites, and the Houthi seizure of Mokha and Perim Island near the Bab al-Mandab strait.
  • Burnham frames the deployment as protecting UK cost-of-living interests by keeping Gulf oil routes open, and calls it his first military deployment as PM.
  • The announcement comes just ahead of Burnham's first meeting with Donald Trump at the UN, where he intends to press for an end to the wider conflict with Iran.

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Burnham commits UK to refuelling Saudi jets against Houthi attacks
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    Burnham says he will press Trump to end conflict with Iran

    Ahead of his first meeting with Donald Trump at the UN, Burnham said he would urge the US to wind down its action against Iran, which he linked to global economic volatility and instability.

    “Of course the message is that we want to see an end to the conflict as quickly as possible and we stand ready to play our part.”
    — Andy Burnham
    • statsguy@mas.to

      So we're sending British military forces to join in a war on the side of Saudi Arabia, a brutally repressive authoritarian regime that murders journalists, but we can't send British military forces to join in a war on the side of Ukraine, a country that is literally defending Europe against an existential threat? Please make it make sense…

      statsguy@mas.toMastodon1d ago103▲view on Mastodon ↗
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    • BREAKING: UK has agreed to provide defensive air support to Saudi Arabia to help counter Houthi fighters and restore stability in the Middle East while driving down the cost of living at home. Ahead of his first meeting with Donald Trump, Andy Burnham said he’d agreed to a

      @PippaCrerarX2d ago99▲view on X ↗

    • I’m not sure if you’re being serious or not here but on the off chance you are: Nice idea but no. Yes we need petrol. No we’re not pretty concentrated around London. Rural bus services are terrible, in some places there’s perhaps two an hour in the week, a lot of people outside of London will commute for hours to work, so they need a car, I’m not…

      who-am_i_and-whyr/ukpolitics2d agoview on r/ukpolitics ↗
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    Burnham ties decision to UK cost-of-living pressures

    Burnham explicitly linked the refuelling commitment to protecting Britain's economic interests and keeping energy supply routes open amid inflationary pressure.

    “I go back to the point I made about cost-of-living pressures and acting to secure the interests of Britain and the wider region.”
    — Andy Burnham
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    Burnham agrees to send RAF Voyager to refuel Saudi jets

    Speaking to reporters en route to the UN General Assembly, Burnham confirmed the UK agreed to a Saudi request for defensive air-to-air refuelling, using a single RAF Voyager based at RAF Akrotiri, on the advice of Defence Secretary Wes Streeting and Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband; officials called the deployment time-limited to 'weeks'.

    “We have received a request from Saudi Arabia for military support and … I agreed to that request for defensive air-to-air refuelling.”
    — Andy Burnham
    1. 6 outlets UK to provide Saudi with military air-to-air refuelling support

      first by Al-Monitor, 2d ago · also Anadolu Agency, FT, BBC Middle East, BBC, Japan Times

      5 more headlines
    2. 5 outlets UK's Burnham agrees to Saudi request for refuelling support

      first by Reuters, 2d ago · also ZeroHedge, Middle East Eye, Al-Monitor, Straits Times

      1 more headline
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    • NEW: Andy Burnham confirms Bloomberg story. He’s authorised the UK military to provide defensive support for Saudi Arabia as it counters the Houthis PM says: “We have received a request from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for military support, and on the advice of the defence

      @alexwickhamX2d ago63▲view on X ↗
  4. background

    NATO's Rutte hints European allies may back Saudi Arabia — In a BBC interview, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte suggested European allies were likely discussing how to respond to the Houthi threat to Saudi Arabia.

  5. background

    Energy minister confirms UK already giving Saudi air-defence support — Energy Minister Martin McCluskey told MPs the UK was 'providing air defence support' to Saudi Arabia under an existing defence partnership, without detailing operational military activity.

  6. background

    Houthis escalate attacks, seize Mokha and Perim Island — The Houthis carried out drone and ballistic missile strikes on Riyadh and Saudi Red Sea energy sites, and advanced to seize the port city of Mokha and Perim Island, a gateway to the Red Sea shipping route.

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  1. 4 outlets UK agrees to support Saudi Arabia with air-to-air refueling in midst of Houthi attacks

    first by Jerusalem Post, 2d ago · also Guardian, Bangkok Post, Al-Monitor

    3 more headlines
  2. 4 outlets UK to provide military aid to Saudi Arabia amid Houthi attacks: ‘Agreed to air-to-air refuelling’

    first by Hindustan Times, 2d ago · also The Hindu, France 24 EN, Philadelphia Inquirer

    2 more headlines
  3. 2 outlets How much is UK supporting Saudi Arabia in its war with Iran-backed Houthis?

    first by Mastodon, 15h ago · also Al Jazeera

  4. 2 outlets UK to provide military support to Saudi Arabia, says PM

    first by RTE News, 2d ago · also Evening Standard

    1 more headline
  5. 2 outlets UK Close to Helping Saudi Arabia Counter Houthi Attacks

    first by Bloomberg Politics, 2d ago · also Bloomberg

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