Five men arrested near RAF Fairford, a base used by US forces against Iran, on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act

• United Kingdom

  «London is measuring the scope of the anti-terrorist device deployed around RAF Fairford, between bomb disposal robot, SAS and alert level raised to the maximum after the arrest of five men.»

  What each one tells

  same framing

  Greece

  «Athens takes away from the Fairford affair proof that the United Kingdom is now a party to the war against Iran, exposed to the reprisals promised by the Revolutionary Guards.»

• United Kingdom

  Ethnic framing of the testimony

  «the account repeats verbatim a witness's description of the suspects' appearance, before any official confirmation of their identity.»

  What the account puts first

  Greece

  focused on Iran

  «several headlines immediately linked the arrests to the war against Tehran, before any confirmation of a sponsor.»

  Omission of motive

  «the British authorities had not released any specific details about the motivations or identity of the suspects at the time of publication.»

• United Kingdom

  Reliance on American presidential statement

  «the account reports without independent contradiction Donald Trump's assertion of long-term surveillance of the suspects.»

  What it leans on

  Greece

  Reliance on American statement

  «Donald Trump's version of the suspects' intentions is detailed, before any official British confirmation.»

and the figures

• this press does not report this figure

  Homes evacuated near Whelford

  outbreaks

  only one reports it

  around 85 houses evacuated

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