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RAF Fairford incident ‘almost certainly’ directed by Iran’s security force, Burnham says

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The Iranian ambassador to the UK has been summoned to make clear that “Britain will not tolerate threats on our soil”, foreign secretary Ed Miliband also said

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Both outlets centre Andy Burnham’s Commons update and the same “almost certainly” attribution tied to the RAF Fairford incident. The Guardian US is the only one that spells out further sanctions against Tehran and the IRGC in its extract, while The Independent’s extract simply notes that Burnham updated MPs.

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