Here’s a quick summary of what has happened around the world over the last 24 hours, brought to you exclusively by British Herald.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to meet the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in London to discuss the opening rounds of trade talks regarding Britain’s formal exit from the bloc on 31st of January. In other political news, Keir Starmer launched his bid to replace British opposition Labour party’s leader Jeremy Corbyn. Starmer’s defence of his efforts to become Labour’s leader is that he will stand up for the powerless and against the powerful. Also, Queen Elizabeth joined her grandsons Harry and William in expressing shock over the Australian bushfires and extended gratitude to firefighters who risked their lives to ensure the safety of others.
President Donald Trump said that the United States has targeted 52 Iranian sites that it would strike in response to a U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq. Showing no signs of seeking to reduce tensions raised by the strike on Friday that he ordered, the U.S. president issued a stern threat to Iran on Twitter.
Trump wrote in a series of tweets that Iran “is talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets” to avenge Soleimani’s death. Trump said the United States has “targeted 52 Iranian sites” and that some were “at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD.”
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