{"id":322378,"date":"2026-03-02T21:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-uk-being-dragged-into-trumps-iran-war\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T21:00:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:00:36","slug":"is-the-uk-being-dragged-into-trumps-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-uk-being-dragged-into-trumps-iran-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the UK being dragged into Trump&#8217;s Iran war?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/_BEeHAup7-g\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Is the UK being dragged into Trump's Iran war?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_BEeHAup7-g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Is the UK being dragged into Trump\u2019s Iran war?<br \/>\nWar is raging in the Middle East after the US and Israel carried out strikes on Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Keir Starmer has risked his special relationship with Donald Trump by initially blocking the US from using UK airbases.<\/p>\n<p>Despite later changing his mind, what kind of tightrope is the prime minister walking \u2013 and can he stop Britain being sucked into war?<\/p>\n<p>Niall is joined on this first-ever episode of This Is Why by Sky\u2019s security and defence editor Deborah Haynes and international affairs editor Dominic Waghorn.<\/p>\n<p>Have you got a question for Niall? 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