UK looks to provide more support to Gulf allies amid Iranian attacks

Britain said it was working to provide more support for its partners in the Gulf who are under attack from Iran, as it announced plans to buy extra missiles to protect the region.

Britain’s fighter jets and other forces have been helping shoot down Iranian drones, and one of its warships is heading to the eastern Mediterranean, although the government has been criticised for not being able to send it sooner.

The British RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus was hit by an Iranian-made drone on March 1...