5 h. ago Futuristic B2 bombers return to hero's welcome at Missouri Air Base after historic Iran operation

Seven of the B-2 Spirit bombers came in for landing at Whiteman Air Force Base, about 73 miles southeast of Kansas City, on Sunday.

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7 h. ago The maps and numbers you need to know after US intervene in Iran

The IDF launched ‘Operation Rising Lion’ on Friday with the largest attack on Iran since the 1980s Iraq war

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12 h. ago An international law expert says US strikes on Iran were illegal. Here’s why

Donald Rothwell says, under the UN Charter, there are just two ways in which a state can lawfully use force against another state

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13 h. ago US and Iran conflict explained from why fight started to dark dangers facing UK

Donald Trump claimed the US had carried out a "successful" bombing attack on three nuclear sites in Iran during "Operation Midnight", as fears grow of an escalating conflict

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14 h. ago Why Paul Pogba didn't make instant return after drugs ban as Man United hero 'set' for new club

The latest Manchester United news includes an update on Paul Pogba’s future

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15 h. ago Decoy flights and bunker buster bombs: How Operation Midnight Hammer unfolded

More than 75 weapons were used in the major attack, including 14 30,000lb GBU-57 bunker buster bombs, the US military has revealed

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24 h. ago How Operation 'Midnight Hammer' fell: Mission was built on deception and surprise... with not a shot fired back

Assembled were nine of the most expensive and advanced aircraft in the world, the B-2 Stealth Bomber, eerily futuristic in appearance and destined to reshape the Middle East.

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31 h. ago Trump administration denies wanting war with Iran or regime change after nuclear site bombing raid

With the world reeling after Trump’s attack on Iran, US defence secretary Pete Hegseth insisted that the operation was only about ending Tehran’s ambitions for nuclear weapons

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38 h. ago Inside Trump's attack on Iran nuke bases with 'bunker buster' bombs and missiles

The major US operation is said to have targeted Iran’s nuclear sites using some of its most powerful weapons, according to Donald Trump - including six 30,000lb bunker-busting bombs

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46 h. ago How deadly stealth warplane took Iran's nuclear site 'off the table'

On Saturday morning six of the B-2 stealth bombers docked at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri were on the move to Andersen Air Force Base.

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54 h. ago 'British man with links to Iran operatives' held on suspicion of spying and terrorism offences in Cyprus

The US has moved B-2 stealth bombers capable of carrying 'bunker-busting' bombs as President Trump continues to debate joining Israel in strikes on Iran .

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3 d. ago Britain withdraws staff from its Tehran embassy as Israel and Iran continue to trade airstrikes

'We have taken the precautionary measure to temporarily withdraw UK staff from Iran. Our embassy continues to operate remotely,' Britain said on its travel advice website page for Iran

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6 d. ago Trump leaves Europe in the cold in the Rocky Mountains, and Iran with a stark choice

Trump sought to underline European irrelevance in the Middle East crisis. All now rests on what he proposesMiddle East crisis – live updatesDiscussing the dilemma facing western diplomats in confronting Iran’s nuclear programme, Henry Kissinger wrote in 2006: “Diplomacy never operates in a vacuum. It persuades not by the eloquence of its practitioners but by assembling a balance of incentives and risks.”Rarely has the balance of incentives and risks been placed so starkly in front of Iran’s leaders as now. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago How Israel used spies, smuggled drones and AI to stun and hobble Iran

Israel stunned Iran last week with an intelligence and military operation years in the making that struck high-level targets with precision

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6 d. ago The Iranian people were starting to win their battle for liberty and prosperity. Then Israel attacked | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj

Something was shifting in Iran, but now missiles and the return of foreign interference may tear up the green shoots of progressMissiles follow trajectories. So do countries. And over the past few days, Israel’s attacks have dramatically changed Iran’s trajectory.Some believe that Iran was already on a downward spiral and that Israel’s actions will simply accelerate the descent. In an op-ed published on Monday, several of Iran’s most prominent civil society figures, including Nobel peace prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, declared that the “only credible path to safeguard [Iran] and its people is the resignation of the current leadership”. In this view, the war could be construed as a deliverance – Israeli officials are openly suggesting that their operations could lead to regime change in Iran. But if Iran’s decline was already precipitous, why are ordinary Iranians terrified by the outbreak of war? Why have they not welcomed Benjamin Netanyahu as the saviour he imagines himself to b...

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7 d. ago In this Israeli city hit by an Iranian missile, many people still support their military's operation

In the central Israeli city of Petah Tikva, many people seem to be lining up to support the military operation against Iran — despite an Iranian missile hitting here days ago

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7 d. ago Israeli opposition leader rallies behind Netanyahu's Iran operation, suspending months of criticism

Israel's opposition leader pushed just days ago to topple Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government

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8 d. ago At least eight killed near Gaza food sites as Palestinians fear global attention switching to Iran

People say situation in territory has worsened since outbreak of hostilities between Israel and Iran last weekMiddle East crisis – live updatesAt least eight Palestinians were killed and dozens more wounded on Sunday in shooting near food distribution points in Gaza, as residents described an escalation of Israeli attacks happening against the backdrop of the new war with Iran.Although Israel has said Gaza is a secondary theatre of operations to Iran, Palestinians reported continuing serious violence including fire around US- and Israel-supported aid distributions points and there are fears that global attention is moving on from Gaza. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago REVEALED: Elaborate 'deception operation' orchestrated by Trump and Israel's Netanyahu to decapitate Iran's leadership and cripple nuclear program

Sources in Israeli and US security say that the surprise attacks were part of a well-coordinated and highly effective deception operation.

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1 week ago NATALIE LISBONA: I cowered with my children in the shelter as the blasts above said we were under attack

The first indication I had that Israel's long-awaited operation to take out Iran's nuclear weapons programme was under way came in the early hours of yesterday morning.

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