2 h. ago Escalating war in the Middle East: Ask our world affairs editor anything

The Independent’s world affairs editor Sam Kiley is in Tel Aviv to explain what the latest US-Iran escalation means for Israel, Tehran, and the wider Middle East – and to answer your questions on where this growing conflict goes next

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3 h. ago CHRIS HUGHES: 'Miscalculated Iran revenge on US could spark all

If Iran miscalculates its reaction to the US strikes it could cross the threshold for all-out war - but it desperately needs an off-ramp, allowing it to save face but not go too far in its revenge

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3 h. ago British national injured in Israel during missile attacks by Iran as RAF evacuates 63 more

Foreign secretary David Lammy said a Royal Air Force plane has flown to Tel Aviv to evacuate 63 British nationals to Cyprus, where they will be brought back to the UK later today

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3 h. ago CNN’s Anderson Cooper flees set on air amid incoming missile threat in Israel: ‘We should probably go’

Anchor says missile alerts are ‘something that many here in Tel Aviv have gotten used to over the last 10 or 11 days’

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4 h. ago British national injured in Israel after wave of strikes in Middle East, David Lammy says

Foreign Secretary David Lammy also told MPs the first RAF evacuation flight of 63 vulnerable British nationals left Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport for Cyprus earlier on Monday

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7 h. ago Majority of UK children will be overweight or obese in nine areas by 2035

Nine worst affected areas predicted to see child obesity rates rise above 50 per cent over next decade

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7 h. ago Iran’s revenge hits home that Israel risks a ‘forever war’: The Independent reports from Tel Aviv

Iran’s revenge has hit home that Israel risks a “forever war”, reports The Independent from Tel Aviv.

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8 h. ago Iran vows to kill 50,000 US soldiers in revenge as massive Israeli airstrike on Republican Guard HQ wipes out 'hundreds' of elite troops and spies

LIVE UPDATES: Follow live coverage from the conflict in the Middle East after Donald Trump called for an Iranian regime change, less than one day after the US bombed the country's nuclear sites.

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9 h. ago As it attacks Iran's nuclear program, Israel maintains ambiguity about its own

Israel says it is determined to destroy Iran’s nuclear program because its archenemy's furtive efforts to build an atomic weapon are a threat to its existence

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19 h. ago Irish deputy premier to attend EU ministers summit in wake of US attack on Iran

Simon Harris said the EU ‘has a role to play in charting a way forward’.

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21 h. ago Trump sensationally calls for Iranian regime change as he holds crisis talks with UK prime minister Keir Starmer amid Tehran threats to unleash revenge

President Donald Trump held crisis talks with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer as world leaders plan for Iran's revenge after its nuclear sites were severely damaged overnight.

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39 h. ago US strikes 3 Iranian nuclear sites, widening war in the region

The United States struck three sites in Iran early Sunday, widening its war against the country in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe despite fears of a wider regional conflict.

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43 h. ago 'Defiant' Israelis show little sign of backing down against Iran

I'm in Ramat Gan in central Tel Aviv, where an Iranian missile attack has just struck several residential buildings. Emergency services have cordoned off the impact site.

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57 h. ago Israel hits Iran nuclear site and kills October 7 mastermind in latest wave of attacks: live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Israel has killed an October 7 mastermind in its latest wave of strikes against Iran, a day after Tehran said it would not negotiate over its nuclear programme.

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58 h. ago Israel kills October 7 mastermind in new wave of attacks and hints war with Iran will be prolonged: live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Israel has killed an October 7 mastermind in its latest wave of strikes against Iran, a day after Tehran said it would not negotiate over its nuclear programme.

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62 h. ago Israel and Iran launch new attacks as Tehran says it will not negotiate nuclear programme while under threat

Israel’s foreign minister says its strikes have delayed Iran’s potential to develop a nuclear weapon by ‘at least two or three years’Iran and Israel exchanged fresh strikes early on Saturday, after Tehran said it would not negotiate over its nuclear programme while under threat and Israel claimed its attacks had delayed Iran’s potential to develop a nuclear weapon by “at least two or three years”.Shortly after 2.30am the Israeli military warned of an incoming missile barrage from Iran, triggering air raid sirens across parts of central Israel, including Tel Aviv, as well as in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Continue reading...

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65 h. ago Trump warns Iran could launch nuclear war in 'weeks' as it's pummelled with Israeli bombs and city is hit by 5.1 earthquake

LIVE UPDATES: The quake, which Iran's Tasnim news agency said measured 5.2, struck at a depth of six miles some 23 miles southwest of the city of Semnan, the US Geological Survey said.

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2 d. ago Trump warns Iran could launch nuclear war in 'weeks' as it's pummelled with Israeli bombs and city is struck by 5.1 earthquake: Live updates 

LIVE UPDATES: The quake, which Iran's Tasnim news agency said measured 5.2, struck at a depth of six miles some 23 miles southwest of the city of Semnan, the US Geological Survey said.

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2 d. ago Earthquake measuring 5.1 magnitude hits Iranian city as Russia tells Trump not to launch 'catastrophic' nuclear attack and warns Middle East faces 'the abyss'

LIVE UPDATES: The quake, which Iran's Tasnim news agency said measured 5.2, struck at a depth of six miles some 23 miles southwest of the city of Semnan, the US Geological Survey said.

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3 d. ago UK to charter emergency flights to rescue Brits stranded in Israel as soon as airspace opens

UK nationals left stranded in Israel warn inaction could 'cost lives' as Lammy announces Britain will charter rescue flights only after Tel Aviv airspace reopens.

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