GAVIN WILLIAMSON is being accused of fuelling “brutal repression” in the Gulf after he signed a “defence agreement” with Oman’s dictatorship.
The deal is believed to allow Britain’s Royal Navy to berth its new aircraft carrier at Duqm, Oman’s deep water port.
The Defence Secretary visited Oman yesterday to finalise the plan and said he was “delighted” to be there.
The ceasefire may have halted the fighting for now, but years of economic warfare and recent military attacks have left millions of Iranians facing hardship and uncertainty, says Codir’s RUBEN BRETT
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From 35,000 troops in Talisman Sabre war games to HMS Spey provocations in the Taiwan Strait, Labour continues Tory militarisation — all while claiming to uphold ‘one China’ diplomatic agreements from 1972, reports KENNY COYLE


