Richard Ratcliffe warned it will now be "much harder" to free his "desperate" wife as he confirmed he has requested an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Boris Johnson. "And that gets a bit harder when international law is played fast and loose with by other parties." (Image: AFP via Getty Images)America is sending an extra 4,000 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division to reinforce its bases in Iraq - while Tehran placed a £61million bounty on Donald Trump ’s head. But leaders Johnson, Macron and Merkel stopped short of criticising Donald Trump and instead said they were "gravely concerned by the negative role Iran has played in the region". Retired army officer Sir Simon Vincent Mayall warned British troops serving in the Middle East could "possibly" be killed in retaliation attacks on US soldiers.

Source: Daily Mirror January 06, 2020 09:10 UTC