Afternoon Briefing Tuesday 10th March

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0:41RFA Lyme Bay, currently in Gibraltar, is often used for humanitarian and disaster relief missions. All details from The Sun's Defence Editor, Jerome Starkey. It's really being put on standby for two reasons. One is potentially to treat casualties from any conflict as it spreads across the Middle East, but also perhaps more likely to take part in a non-combatant evacuation operation. That's an evacuation of primarily British nationals, were a country, particularly Lebanon, I think, is the one that military planners are looking at, where the conflict has spiralled there. Meanwhile, the leader of Reform UK, Nigel Farage, says the UK should stay out of the conflict.

1:18We should never, ever, ever have said no to the Americans using the bases, particularly Diego Garcia. And interestingly, Mauritius, have been very, very clear, they would not have allowed that base to be used at all. So there are differing opinions as to whether we should physically join the attacks. I as leader am saying to you, if we can't even defend Cyprus, let's not get ourselves involved in another foreign war. At least five members of Iran's women's football team who fled their hotel during a tournament in Australia have been given asylum. They were branded traitors by the regime in Tehran after failing to sing the country's national anthem.

2:01Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he's discussed this with the US leader. President Trump rang me this morning. He was concerned about the Iranian women in the soccer team and their welfare and their safety if they returned home. I was able to convey to him that five of the team had asked for assistance and had received it and were safely located. And a government minister has told Times Radio she has severe concerns about the annual Al-Quds march, which is happening this weekend. It's said to have links to Iran and extremism and has been described as an anti-Israel jamboree. Sarah Sackman called for the London events to be banned when she was in opposition.

2:47She says hatred will be on display. Well, I'm clear that hate on marches like the Al-Quds march has no place in British society, and particularly in the current context where we are seeing the indiscriminate actions of the malign regime of the IRGC, both causing danger abroad and at home. And you can follow the Times Radio News Briefing on Spotify and listen live to Times Radio online. This episode of the Times Radio News Briefing is sponsored by PwC. AI is everywhere. In the news, in our hands, but return on investment, not so much. So how do you get beyond the hype and deliver AI that powers reinvention and growth across your business?

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