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A UK warship due to be sent to Cyprus amid the US-Israeli war with Iran will not set sail from Britain until next week, western officials have been cited by the AFP news agency as saying.
Prime minister Keir Starmer announced on Tuesday that he was deploying HMS Dragon – a Type 45 defence destroyer – to aid Britain’s “defensive operations” in the region. He also said he was sending two Wildcat helicopters with counter-drone capabilities.
