7 m. ago American airbase under 'imminent threat' as Iran weighs retaliation for Trump bombing and Qatar closes airspace: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Follow live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East as a US air force base in Qatar has been placed under an 'imminent threat' amid fears Iran is set to strike.

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1 hour ago Watch live: David Lammy addresses parliament after US strikes Iran

Watch live as David Lammy addresses parliament on Monday (23 June), following US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities in the early hours of Sunday.

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5 h. ago How Iran can retaliate after Trump strikes nuclear facilities

On one hand, the Islamic Republic will be loath to provoke a full-scale war with the United States, a conflict it cannot hope to win. But total inaction is also intolerable for Khamenei and his clerics.

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6 h. ago Putin vows to back Iran and condemns 'groundless, unprovoked aggression' following US strikes on nuclear facilities

Putin made the comments at the start of Kremlin talks and said Russia was ready to help the Iranian people.

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8 h. ago David Lammy repeatedly declines to say whether British government believes US strikes on Iran were illegal – UK politics live

Keir Starmer backs strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities and calls on Tehran to return to negotiations but warns of ‘risk of escalation’ in Middle EastArmed forces minister Luke Pollard also appeared on the media round today, and stuck to the government line of not commenting on US action against Iran.He told viewers of Sky News that “it’s not for me to comment on the particular US action, but we’re assessing the battle damage at the moment to understand the true extent of the strikes.”I’m sorry that (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) has since been breached, of course I am, but that’s why the international community is ultimately committed to this. And let’s be clear, if Iran is able to enrich beyond 60%, is able to get a weapon, what we will see is nuclear proliferation across the Middle East, the world will be seriously more dangerous than it is at the moment, that’s why it must be stopped.I went straight to Geneva to sit with the Iranians. I spent seven hours in Geneva to ta...

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9 h. ago The Latest: Trump muses about regime change in Iran after U.S. strikes on nuclear facilities

Israel’s military says it is striking around Iran’s western city of Kermanshah, as fears of a wider regional conflict loom large after the United States inserted itself into Israel’s war by attacking Iranian nuclear sites

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23 h. ago The Guardian view on Trump bombing Iran: an illegal and reckless act | Editorial

The US president has chosen war at Israel’s behest. He may imagine he has scored an easy win, but the world is likely to pay a steep priceDonald Trump was predictably quick to claim victory following the illegal US strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities: “Completely and totally obliterated,” he crowed. Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel and sycophants at home rushed to fawn over his “courageous” and “brilliant” decision. The most senior US military official, Dan Caine, offered a more muted assessment: it was “way too early” to know the full outcome despite severe damage. We cannot yet know whether the blow has ended Iran’s nuclear aspirations – or will spur it to pursue the bomb. It may be weeks or months, too, before Iranian retaliation plays out, with all its potential repercussions.Two nuclear-armed states have gone to war on the unevidenced claim that a third state is on the verge of acquiring its own nuclear arms. In March, the US director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, said I...

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25 h. ago US WW3 fears as officials 'do not seek war with Iran' despite missile strikes

The United States does not seek war with Iran, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday after a missile attack on the country's nuclear facilities, while Vice President JD Vance said the strikes have given Tehran a chance to negotiate

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25 h. ago How effective was the US attack on Iran’s nuclear sites? A visual guide

Trump claims the assault ‘totally obliterated’ the key facilities, but what do we know about its impact?Middle East crisis – latest updatesDonald Trump was quick to claim that US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities had “completely and totally obliterated” them. Still, it remains unclear how much physical damage has been done or what the longer-term impact might be on Iran’s nuclear programme. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago John Swinney and Keir Starmer call for talks after US bombs Iran

Donald Trump launched US air strikes on the Iran's nuclear facilities overnight.

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33 h. ago Everything we know as Trump says US strikes fully obliterated Iran's key nuclear facilities

In an address to the nation, President Trump said that key nuclear plans had been a 'spectacular success'

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35 h. ago US has ‘crossed a very big red line’, says Iranian foreign minister

Abbas Araghchi dismisses possibility of diplomatic solution after American air strikes on nuclear facilities

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38 h. ago What is Iran’s Fordow nuclear site and why did Israel want a US strike?

Donald Trump said the strikes were a ‘military success’, but why was the US involved in attacking the nuclear enrichment facility?US strikes Iran – follow it liveFull report: Trump: US has ‘totally obliterated’ Iranian nuclear sitesUS attack on Iran: what we know so farPresident Donald Trump on Saturday said that a US attack on Iran’s three principal nuclear sites: Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow had led to the “obliteration” of its key enrichment facilities. Later Iranian media acknowledged part of the Fordow site had been “attacked by enemy strikes”.“Everybody heard those names for years as they built this horrible destructive enterprise. Our objective was the destruction of Iran’s nuclear enrichment facility,” said Trump on Saturday night. “The strikes were a spectacular military success.” Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Donald Trump says US has attacked three Iranian nuclear sites and ‘totally obliterated’ them

The strikes hit uranium enrichment sites at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, Trump saidUS strikes Iran – follow it liveExplainer: What is Iran’s Fordow nuclear site and why was a US strike needed?Donald Trump on Saturday said on national television that the US had bombed and destroyed three nuclear sites in Iran, directly joining Israel ’s effort to destroy the country’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe amid Tehran’s threat of reprisals that could spark a wider regional conflict.“Our objective was the destruction of Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by the world’s number one state sponsor of terror,” Trump said in a speech from the White House. “Tonight, I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated.” Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Trump warns Iran of further attacks if Tehran does not ‘make peace’

US president says Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities hit during American air strikes

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38 h. ago Donald Trump says US has attacked Iranian nuclear sites and ‘totally obliterated’ them

President on Truth Social says US completed ‘very successful attack’ on Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan sitesUS strikes Iran – follow it liveDonald Trump on Saturday said on national television that the US had bombed and destroyed three nuclear sites in Iran, directly joining Israel ’s effort to destroy the country’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe amid Tehran’s threat of reprisals that could spark a wider regional conflict.“Our objective was the destruction of Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by the world’s number one state sponsor of terror,” Trump said in a speech from the White House. “Tonight, I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated.” Continue reading...

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40 h. ago US begins evacuating residents from Israel as Trump drops 'full payload of BOMBS' on Iran's main nuclear facility and strikes two others

President Donald Trump departed his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey on Saturday evening and headed back to The White House where he had a scheduled meeting with his national security team.

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55 h. ago Israel strikes Iran’s Isfahan nuclear facility as Trump weighs entering war

Crown jewel of Tehran’s nuclear programme at Fordow can only be destroyed with US bombs

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3 d. ago We’re on the brink of a disastrous, illegal conflagration in the Middle East. Trump must be stopped | Fawaz Gerges

This is a war of choice, based on misinformation. If the US and UK join it, they risk a rerun of the Iraq debacle of 2003Like the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003, Israel’s war on Iran is neither legal nor just. It is a war of choice, not of necessity – and should the US or its European allies, particularly Britain, join in, they risk being dragged into another disastrous and unlawful conflict in the Middle East.A US military intervention would be in direct contravention of international law. Already, the US, once the architect and guardian of the international order, is now among its chief violators. Instead of pressuring Benjamin Netanyahu to end his siege and destruction of Gaza, Donald Trump has fully sided with Netanyahu and called Israel’s attacks on Iran “excellent”. He has demanded Iran’s “unconditional surrender”. Trump is considering military strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Doing so is explicitly prohibited under article 56 of the additional protocol to...

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4 d. ago Trump says he 'may or may not' attack Iran after Keir Starmer chairs emergency Cobra meeting

When asked about the possibility of US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, the president said: ‘nobody knows what I’m going to do’

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