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Benjamin Netanyahu appears to see himself as the modern-day incarnation of Winston Churchill, standing as the international bulwark against Iran as the British leader once stood against Nazi Germany.
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Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026
Iran denied firing a missile at Turkey but has not responded to drones targeting the British base in Cyprus.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
In league with the Nazis, Beckett is orchestrating a soft takeover of the UK by smuggling £350 million in fake bank notes into the country, a move that will tank the British economy.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2026
Released 18 years after 28 Weeks Later (2007), the third installment in the postapocalyptic horror series is set on one of the British Isles, where a community has flourished, isolated from the more evolved versions of the infected that still terrorize the region.
—Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
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Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026
Iran denied firing a missile at Turkey but has not responded to drones targeting the British base in Cyprus.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
In league with the Nazis, Beckett is orchestrating a soft takeover of the UK by smuggling £350 million in fake bank notes into the country, a move that will tank the British economy.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2026
Released 18 years after 28 Weeks Later (2007), the third installment in the postapocalyptic horror series is set on one of the British Isles, where a community has flourished, isolated from the more evolved versions of the infected that still terrorize the region.
—Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
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“The British.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20British. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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