{"id":85775,"date":"2026-03-02T07:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T07:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=85775"},"modified":"2026-03-02T07:32:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T07:32:00","slug":"uk-draws-up-overland-rescue-plan-for-94000-britons-trapped-in-gulf-states-as-pm-lets-us-troops-use-british-bases-to-launch-strikes-on-iran-ministers-prepare-for-a-mass-evacuation-of-tourists-and-ex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/03\/02\/uk-draws-up-overland-rescue-plan-for-94000-britons-trapped-in-gulf-states-as-pm-lets-us-troops-use-british-bases-to-launch-strikes-on-iran-ministers-prepare-for-a-mass-evacuation-of-tourists-and-ex\/","title":{"rendered":"UK draws up overland rescue plan for 94,000 Britons trapped in Gulf states: As PM lets US troops use British bases to launch strikes on Iran, ministers prepare for a mass evacuation of tourists and ex-pats via Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1XjuqC.img?w=534&amp;h=712&amp;m=6\" alt=\"A departure board at London Heathrow today showing the cancelled flights to the Middle East\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Officials are planning to evacuate hundreds of thousands of Britons as fires raged across the Gulf last night. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-15604797\/UK-evacuate-Brits-trapped-Gulf-states-PM-lets-US-use-bases.html\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Officials are planning to evacuate hundreds of thousands of Britons as fires raged across the Gulf last night. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85775","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Firmount-Hotel-Dubai.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85775"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85776,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85775\/revisions\/85776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}