00:00The more big, big breaking news that's coming in.
00:02Sandeep was pointing out that in the last 24 hours,
00:05we've also seen Iran going after Cyprus.
00:07As a result of that, the British base has been evacuated in Cyprus.
00:12This after two unmanned drones were seen headed towards UK's airbase in Cyprus.
00:18That was intercepted.
00:19Cyprus government did confirm that.
00:21And now it looks like, Sandeep, UK said, we're not taking any chances.
00:25The entire base is going to be evacuated.
00:27This is a surprise.
00:28And, you know, Iran in the last couple of hours has attacked the British base on Akrotiri in Cyprus.
00:36That's a very key base over there, which Britain retained.
00:40That's one of those enclaves that Britain retained after Cyprus was granted independence in 1960.
00:45Now, Cyprus is an island.
00:47It's, you know, a little bigger than the Indian state of Sikkim.
00:50It's just south of Turkey.
00:52It's a very strategically positioned territory over there.
00:55And that's the reason that the UK has retained those bases there.
00:59Akrotiri airbase was being used by the United States as well as part of this Operation Epic Fury.
01:06And that is the reason that Iran has targeted them.
01:10But, you know, here, it is over 1,800 kilometers away from Iranian territory.
01:15That is how far they have, you know, launched those drones.
01:18They've managed to go.
01:19They've managed to go all the way.
01:20It is literally at the westernmost edge of Iran's capabilities, its weapon capabilities.
01:26Did they not see that coming, though?
01:28Was Cyprus never considered to be a target, Gaurav?
01:31You know, you had a statement earlier that came in from Trump also, where essentially he called out the UK
01:35Prime Minister.
01:36So, this is strange because just recently, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Merz,
01:46they've said that they're coming in to assist in these operations given what's happened.
01:50USS, you know, the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle.
01:55Charles de Gaulle is actually en route to the Mediterranean Sea even as we speak.
01:59But American President Donald Trump is extremely unhappy with Keir Starmer saying that you didn't permit me the Diego Garcia
02:06airbase.
02:06It's a very crucial base in the Indian Ocean.
02:09And Trump wanted the Diego Garcia base to launch operations into Iran.
02:13Keir Starmer at that time said, no, Trump says you're not letting me do that because you're scared of the
02:19Muslim population in your country.
02:20So, it's a very, very complicated situation.
02:23And this is where it shows that this war is expanding.
02:26The arc of this war now has three very powerful, the E3 of Europe are now joining in support role
02:32here.
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