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Britain is home to 43.4 million working age people. 8.4 million are now on Universal Credit. That's nearly 1 in 5 people relying on benefits. And that number is only growing, meaning that hard-working people will end up paying even more tax in future. This cannot go on.

🚨 WATCH: Nigel Farage visits the winner of Reform UK's free energy bills prize draw

More outrageous conduct from CNN. Fake news is bad enough for the country, but pushing out a hoax headline in such a sensitive national security moment as this requires accountability. Iran put out an official statement that simply cannot be squared with the one CNN's false headline attributes to them. Time for change at CNN.

Buckingham Palace announced King Charles had accepted an invitation from Trump for a state visit, minutes after Trump renewed his criticism of the UK Trump again singled out Britain in a post 49 minutes before the Palace statement, warning: “The USA won’t be there to help you”

🗞️ Trump declares war “won,” regime change successful, new “gift”from Iran, Saudi Arabia “fighting with us.” President Donald Trump spoke from the Oval Office on Tuesday, laying out his view of the war with Iran, ongoing negotiations, and regional backing. Here are the key takeaways: 1. Claims war is effectively over, regime change has been successful Trump repeatedly insisted the conflict has already been decided, saying: “I don’t like to say this… but we’ve won this, because this war has been won.” He dismissed reports of continued fighting and Iranian attacks as driven by “fake news” and suggested a political transformation in Iran is coming, adding that the U.S. has secured “some form of regime change, very serious regime change.” He argued Iran’s military has been effectively neutralized, claiming it has “no navy… no air force… no nothing,” allowing U.S. aircraft to operate freely over Tehran. 2. Touts “present” tied to oil, claims nuclear concession Trump described what he framed as a major concession from Iran, saying: “They gave us a present… a very big present… worth a tremendous amount of money… a very significant prize.” He indicated the “gift” is tied to oil and gas, linked to developments around the Strait of Hormuz, and said talks are ongoing with senior U.S. officials involved. He also claimed Iran has “agreed they will never have a nuclear weapon.” Iran had already agreed to that concession before the war began. 3. Emphasizes Gulf support for war Trump highlighted backing from regional allies, particularly Saudi Arabia, saying of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman: “He’s a warrior… he’s fighting with us.” He acknowledged that Gulf states have been hit during the conflict, noting: “Qatar took a hit, pretty bad hit… UAE has been hit so hard,” while arguing that despite this, U.S. partners in the region have remained supportive, saying they have been “pretty good.” The remarks came as reports, including from the New York Times today, say Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been pressing Trump to continue the war on Iran.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Holy shit. Iran has 32 hours to open the Strait of Hormuz or Trump is bombing their power plants. This is actually happening.