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BBC News Now
Tuesday 10 November 2026 · 12:00 GMT · 30m · 1 story · 5 annotated moments · 2 of 30 min on news stories (5%)
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The bulletin was led by reports that US aircraft had left a second RAF base after reported Iranian threats. The story was the sole running-order item, taking one minute and thirty seconds.
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- 2:24
Nicholas Hopton, former UK ambassador to Iran
- 1:18
- 1:24
Claim US evacuates aircraft from second UK base as Iran threat persists
US aircraft left RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, with the move reported as linked to a potential threat from Iran.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 10 November 2026, 1:24-1:37
- 1:30
Claim US evacuates aircraft from second UK base as Iran threat persists
Flight tracking data showed 12 US aircraft left RAF Mildenhall late yesterday, and nine air-to-air refuelling tankers moved, with eight sent to Germany and Spain and one to RAF Prestwick.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 10 November 2026, 1:30-1:37
- 1:39
Claim US evacuates aircraft from second UK base as Iran threat persists
BBC News said the tankers were not in hardened shelters and were moved to avoid risk.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 10 November 2026, 1:39-1:48
- 1:48
Charged quote US evacuates aircraft from second UK base as Iran threat persists
They are not in hardened shelters in Mildenhall. And so they've decided that it's better to get them out and not run any risk. The Iranians scoring what would be a huge propaganda victory. If that is the case, that is, of course, very significant. It follows the US moving some aircraft from a different British base, RAF Fairford, last month.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 10 November 2026, 1:48-1:51
- 1:56
Claim US evacuates aircraft from second UK base as Iran threat persists
The RAF Mildenhall movement was reported as following earlier US aircraft movements from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 10 November 2026, 1:56-2:02
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