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President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021.
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Royal Air Force station in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Royal Air Force Fairford or more simply RAF Fairford is a Royal Air Force (RAF) station in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. Since 2019, the base has played host to a Lockheed U-2S Dragon Lady detachment from the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron. It is the USAF's only European airfield for heavy bombers and routinely supports Bomber Task Force operations. Its most prominent use in recent decades has been as an airfield for United States Air Force B-52s during the first Gulf War in 1991, the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the 2003 Iraq War, and the 2026 Iran war.
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Six suspects have already been arrested and released on bail after three suspicious vans were stopped near the airbase
All seven men arrested in connection with the suspected terror plot have been released on bail
A US official revealed that a suspected Iran-linked threat targeting RAF Fairford was intended to kill American troops and destroy aircraft, prompting the withdrawal of B-1 bombers. The disclosure comes as British counterterrorism police arrested a 22-year-old man in central London on Tuesday, marking the seventh…