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  "title": "Police declare major incident at UK's Fairford air base, used by US air forces",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/police-declare-major-incident-at-uks-fairford-air-base-used-by-us-air-10176848",
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  "published": "2026-09-27T07:46:37.000Z",
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  "summary": "LONDON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - British police said on Sunday they had arrested several men on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act and the army was examining a number of vehicles after security was stepped up at a British air base used by US air forces in southwest England. The British government gave authorisation to the US to use RAF Fairford to carry out strikes on Iranian missile sites…",
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        "title": "Men arrested and houses evacuated in major incident near RAF Fairford",
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        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Police declare major incident at UK’s Fairford air base, used by US air forces",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/police-declare-major-incident-at-uks-fairford-air-base-used-by-us-air-10177522",
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        "title": "Police declare major incident at UK's Fairford air base, used by US air forces",
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        "title": "Police declare major incident at UK's Fairford air base, used by US air forces",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/police-declare-major-incident-at-uks-fairford-air-base-used-by-us-air",
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        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Police declare 'major incident' near RAF base in UK as men arrested on suspected explosives offences",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/police-declare-major-incident-near-raf-base-in-uk-as-men-arrested-on",
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        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "UK police evacuate homes near RAF Fairford airbase used by US",
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        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "UK police make arrests, evacuate homes in ‘major incident’ near air base used by US forces",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/uk-police-make-arrests-evacuate-homes-in-major-incident-near-air-base",
        "published": "2026-09-27T09:05:06.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Police declare major incident at UK's Fairford airbase, used by US air forces",
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        "published": "2026-09-27T09:07:31.000Z"
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        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "UK police declare major incident at air base used by US",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/uk-police-declare-major-incident-at-air-base-used-by-us",
        "published": "2026-09-27T09:08:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "title": "UK reports 'major incident,' arrests near Fairford air base",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/uk-reports-major-incident-arrests-near-fairford-air-base",
        "published": "2026-09-27T09:14:00.000Z"
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