New 10-year pact leads to closer UK-Israel ties World


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The foreign ministers of the United Kingdom and Israel have said the nations are "transforming our close friendship into an even closer partnership" after signing a new 10-year pact for deeper diplomatic ties on Monday, with the prevention of Iran from getting nuclear weapons being one of its top priorities. Cybersecurity will also feature prominently in the deal signed by Liz Truss and her Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid, which a jointly-written article in the Daily Telegraph newspaper called "a new strategic plan for the next decade spanning cyber, tech, trade and defence". The signing comes a week after the UK...