15 h. ago US attacks on Iran redraw calculus of use of force for allies and rivals around globe

Perceived readiness of US to employ force instead of negotiations could have knock-on effects around the worldUS politics live – latest updatesFor US allies and rivals around the world, Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran have redrawn the calculus of the White House’s readiness to use force in the kind of direct interventions that the president said he would make a thing of the past under his isolationist “America First” foreign policy.From Russia and China to Europe and across the global south, the president’s decision to launch the largest strategic bombing strike in US history indicates a White House that is ready to employ force abroad – but reluctantly and under the extremely temperamental and unpredictable leadership of the president. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Iraq War architect Condi Rice heaps praise on Trump admin for Iran strikes

Bush era official says bombing raid delivered ‘shot in the arm for American credibility’ but president unlikely to welcome applause from ‘neocon’ unpopular with his MAGA base

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21 h. ago Former CIA director says people must understand ‘how dangerous a world we live in right now’ in the wake of Trump’s Iran strike

Donald Trump’s rejection of his own intelligence officials’ expert assessments undermines U.S. credibility and leaves the future ‘a very scary prospect,’ Leon Panetta warns

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23 h. ago Iran's top diplomat says talks with US 'complicated' by American strike on nuclear sites

Iran's top diplomat says new nuclear talks with the U.S. are unlikely soon, citing complications from recent American military strikes

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31 h. ago Trump threatens to sue New York Times and CNN over Iran bomb strike reporting

Trump’s lawyer claimed the reporting ‘undermined the credibility and integrity of President Trump in the eyes of the public and the professional community’

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35 h. ago The 3 lingering questions Trump and Hegseth must answer about their Iran nuke strikes ‘success’

Days after Trump ordered a series of bombings on Iran, his administration still cannot — or will not — answer several key questions about the impact of military strikes on Iran’s nuclear program, Richard Hall writes

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35 h. ago Trump says he knows who is behind Iran bombing intel leak: Live updates

President Donald Trump announced on he knows who is behind the leak of a classified intelligent assessment that cast doubts on the success of his Iran airstrikes.

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38 h. ago Republicans in turmoil after Senate parliamentarian rejects Medicaid cuts in Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ – live

Some Republicans call for Elizabeth MacDonough, who enforces Senate rules, to be fired after she rejects slew of major provisions Supreme court paves way for states to defund Planned ParenthoodBy taking military action, Trump “created the conditions to end the war, decimating, obliterating Iran’s nuclear capabilities”, Hegseth says, contrary to early US intelligence findings reported yesterday that suggested US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites did not destroy two of the sites and only set program back by months.Hegseth starts off by praising Trump’s “game-changing” and “historic” achievement in getting most of the Nato allies to raise the defense spending to 5%. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Photos of Israel's underground parking lots and subways became bomb shelters amid war with Iran

Israelis in Tel Aviv and other cities hunkered down in parking lots and metro stations for protection from Iran's retaliatory strikes. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched Israel's military campaign against Iran on June 13, targeting its military and nuclear program.

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39 h. ago Donald Trump sends U.S. military to war against the media over Iran strike doubts

Much like Wile E. Coyote, Trump appears to believe the bombs dropped on the Fordow facility in Iran were so large that they couldn’t possibly have failed. But questions about the success of the mission persist, writes Richard Hall.

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39 h. ago Trump’s telling of the Iran strikes is like a deleted scene from Top Gun 3. The truth is much murkier.

Much like Wile E. Coyote, Trump appears to believe the bombs dropped on the Fordow facility in Iran were so large that they couldn’t possibly have failed. But questions about the success of the mission persist, writes Richard Hall.

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41 h. ago ‘You’ve been the worst!’ Pete Hegseth browbeats former Fox News colleague for her reporting on Iran strikes

‘Jennifer, you‘ve been...the one who misrepresents the most intentionally what the president says,’ defense secretary fumed during Thursday’s press conference.

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41 h. ago 'Trump and Netanyahu agreed to end Gaza war in two weeks after US strike on Iran,' Israeli media claims

Donald Trump and Netanyahu agreed on a rapid end to the war in Gaza during a phone call after the US bombing of Iranian nuclear sites, Israeli media has reported.

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42 h. ago The truth behind Trump's bombings and the huge Iran secret kept from the world that's hoodwinked all of America

Experts weigh in after President Trump savaged a preliminary intelligence assessment about his Iran strikes.

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42 h. ago The Latest: Hegseth praises US attack on Iran but offers few details on the strikes’ impact

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine held a news conference to respond to an early leaked intelligence report suggesting U.S. strikes against Iran likely put the country back mere months

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43 h. ago ‘You cheer against Trump so hard’: Hegseth scolds Iran nuclear strike reporting with no proof of ‘devastation’

Hegseth attacks press corps for being insufficiently sycophantic towards Trump

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43 h. ago Pete Hegseth rips into the media for overshadowing 'historic' Iran strikes as Trump admin grapples with intel leak fallout: Live updates

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ripped into the media for failing to positively cover Donald Trump's 'historically successful' strikes on Iran .

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45 h. ago UK's safest places to live in case of nuclear attack – see full list of locations

The UK could be at risk of a nuclear attack following the US strikes on three sites in Iran - and experts have shared the safest places to live in the event of a catastrophe

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45 h. ago Iran delivered ‘heavy slap to US’s face’, says Khamenei as he threatens further attacks on American bases – Middle East crisis live

In his first comments since the ceasefire, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the US ‘gained no achievement’ when it joined the war with Israel against TehranIsrael’s national security minister called for a “complete halt” of humanitarian aid to Gaza on Thursday, claiming that Hamas is taking control of the supplied goods and food.Itamar Ben-Gvir says that he will “demand” Benjamin Netanyahu put a new vote to the country’s cabinet on the issue of the introduction of aid to Gaza.The humanitarian aid currently entering Gaza is an absolute disgrace. What is needed in Gaza is not a temporary halt to the “humanitarian” aid, but a complete halt to it.When I warned and warned, and unfortunately the only one who voted a month and a half ago against the introduction of the aid, it was clear to me that it would give oxygen to Hamas.With all due respect and gratitude to the president of the United States, he’s not supposed to intervene in a legal process of an independent state.I hope and suppose tha...

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47 h. ago Growing calls for Pakistan to rescind Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize nomination

Critics denounce nomination as act of ‘crass flattery’

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