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Prime Minister Keir Starmer said British planes were in the sky to protect allies but are not taking part in the strikes.

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It's Thursday, February 26th.

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At least four Cuban exiles have been killed and another six wounded on board a speedboat.

Cuba says the speedboat registered to Florida entered Cuban waters and opened fire on a patrol vessel.

Cuban government television, reading an official statement, said the people on board were carrying assault rifles, handguns and Molotov cocktails.

The deadly confrontation is bound to raise fresh tensions with the U.S., testing an already volatile relationship.

U.S.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the speedboat has nothing to do with Washington and that the U.S.