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  "path": "/global/2026/05/11/uk-hantavirus-parachute-mission/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-11T22:15:33.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.thecanary.co",
  "tags": [
    "Analysis",
    "Global",
    "Opinion",
    "imperialism",
    "Labour Party",
    "UK",
    "US",
    "Joe Glenton"
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  "textContent": "UK airborne troops and medics were parachuted onto a remote south Atlantic island to assist a British national with suspected hantavirus. Yet foreign secretary Yvette Cooper’s comments on this mission suggest the UK had broader geopolitics considerations and the failing US-UK ‘special relationship’ in mind. Naturally, the British military are always desperate for a ‘good […]\n\nBy Joe Glenton",
  "title": "The geopolitics behind the UK’s South Atlantic hantavirus rescue mission"
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