7 h. ago Iran already carrying out ‘wholly unacceptable’ actions in UK, Reynolds warns

The Cabinet minister said the threat posed by Tehran in the UK could increase.

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13 h. ago US bombs Iran LIVE: WW3 fears rise as Donald Trump hits nuke site with bunker buster bomb

The US has officially launched an attack on Iran, with Donald Trump claiming he carried out a successful strike on three nuclear sites in the country as tensions rise in the middle east

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13 h. ago US bombs Iran LIVE: Raging Iran fires missiles as Trump launches nuke bunker bomb mission

The US has officially launched an attack on Iran, with Donald Trump claiming he carried out a successful strike on three nuclear sites in the country as tensions rise in the middle east

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14 h. ago Iran responds after US launches 'successful' strikes on nuclear sites

Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has warned the US strikes 'will have everlasting consequences' - after the US carried out a 'very successful attack' on three nuclear sites on Iran

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3 d. ago Tanker rates double as shipowners steer clear of Strait of Hormuz

Costs to charter crude carrier from Gulf to China soar after Israel’s strikes on Iran

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3 d. ago Iran executed at least 975 people last year, the highest number since 2015, UN report says

A new United Nations report says that Iran carried out executions at “an alarming rate” last year with at least 975 people killed

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4 d. ago Israel’s assumption US would get drawn into Iran war is being put to the test

President Donald Trump initially appeared to discourage attacks but Israeli officials claim they always had his supportIsrael’s attack on Iran was carried out with Donald Trump’s approval, government officials in Israel claim, and it appears to have been unleashed in the expectation – but not certainty – that the US would ultimately get drawn into the war.That assumption is now being put to the test as the US president weighs a decision on whether to join an assault he has increasingly embraced in his public pronouncements. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago How America is amassing its might against Iran as aircraft carrier 'strike groups' and fighter squadrons zero in on the region

The might of the world's foremost military superpower was bearing down on Iran last night - an armada of American ships and aircraft that could reduce the country to rubble.

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5 d. ago Iran 'hits Mossad headquarters' as military intelligence centre damaged in missile strike

Strikes have been carried out in Israel as Iran appeared to target a military building, following Donald Trump denying any peace talks taking place with the leader of Iran

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5 d. ago US sends aircraft carrier from South China Sea to Middle East as conflict between Israel and Iran grows

The USS Nimitz and its carrier strike group are steaming west from the Pacific as part of an overall buildup of US military firepower

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6 d. ago Israel declares it has 'full aerial superiority' over Tehran as US aircraft carrier steams towards Middle East after Trump issued warning to Iran

Iran is looking to form an 'Islamic Army' with several other countries in the Middle East as it continues to wage war with Israel.

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9 d. ago Everything we know about Israel's strikes on Iran's nuclear sites and military commanders

Israel has carried out a series of massive airstrikes on Iran, targeting the country's nuclear programme. Here's everything we know so far about the huge explosion across Tehran

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