4 d. ago Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel peace prize at White House meeting expected to focus on Gaza

The prime minister made the announcement at a dinner with the president, with the US expected to push Israel to agree a Gaza ceasefireBenjamin Netanyahu told Donald Trump that he would nominate him for the Nobel peace prize on Monday, as the two leaders met for the first time since the US launched strikes on Iran’s nuclear program as part of a short-lived war between Israel and Iran.Trump was expected to press Netanyahu to agree to a ceasefire in Israel’s 21-month-old war against Hamas in Gaza amid an outcry over the humanitarian cost of an offensive that has led to nearly 60,000 deaths, most of them Palestinian. Continue reading...

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2 w. 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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2 w. ago Watch: Shoppers flee mall as Iran launches missile strike on US base in Qatar

Video footage captured crowds of shoppers fleeing in panic through Villaggio Mall in Doha as Iran launched an attack on a US military base located in Qatar.

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2 w. ago Iran release footage of missile launch after attack on US base in Qatar

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has released video footage showing missile launches ahead of an strike on the US military base at al Udeid in Qatar on Monday (23 June).

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2 w. ago Donald Trump reacts to WW3 threat like a 'neighbour wheelie bin row' after Iran attacks US air base

US President Donald Trump waited a few hours before reacting directly to Iran's attempted missile strikes in Qatar, but then launched a characteristic monologue on his Truth Social website

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2 w. ago Labour STILL can't bring themselves to back Donald Trump's strikes after Iran retaliated by launching missile barrage at US airbase in Qatar

As Tehran launched revenge attacks on US bases in the Middle East, the Prime Minister was last night accused of a 'lack of moral clarity' as he refused to take sides in the deepening conflict.

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2 w. ago Where are the US military bases in the Middle East as Iran launches retaliatory strikes?

The US has dozens of military outposts and air bases across the region

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2 w. ago Explosions heard after Iran launches missile strike on US bases in Qatar and Iraq

UK Foreign Office advised British nationals in Qatar to ‘shelter in place’ following US security alert

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2 w. ago 'Smartest man in the world' responds to Donald Trump with six

Dr YoungHoon Kim, who has an IQ of 276, has issued his verdict on US President Donald Trump after the Republican leader authorised the launch of air strikes on Iran

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2 w. ago Israel launches 'unprecedented' strikes aimed at wiping out Iran's Revolutionary guards with 'hundreds' dead as Tehran vows to kill 50,000 US soldiers

LIVE UPDATES: Follow live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East as Israel has launched an 'unprecedented' attack on 'regime targets' in Tehran and Iran vows retaliation against Israel and the US.

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2 w. 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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2 w. ago Iran and Israel launch intense wave of attacks as Trump talks of regime change

Attacks on both sides ramp up as US president questions if regime change in Tehran could ‘make Iran great again’Live coverage: region braces for Iranian response to US strikesUS-Iran crisis: what we know so farIran and Israel have launched intense waves of attacks and missile strikes after Donald Trump raised the prospect of regime change in Tehran, further provoking a situation that was drastically inflamed by US strikes on nuclear sites over the weekend.Israel’s military said on Monday it was attacking around Iran’s western city of Kermanshah. It said 15 fighter jets had struck missile launchers and storage sites close to the border with Iraq. One of its drones was downed during an operation, it said. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump says he’ll primary Republican Thomas Massie in extended Truth Social rant: ‘Pathetic loser’

President rages at GOP congressman by calling him ‘lightweight’ and a ‘negative force’ after he breaks ranks to criticize the administration for launching Iran strikes without consulting Capitol Hill

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer warns of 'risk of escalation' after Donald Trump launches US strikes on Iran

He added that Iran having a nuclear weapon was the 'greatest threat to stability' in the Middle East

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer speaks out after Donald Trump launches US strikes on Iran

Three sites in Iran were attacked

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2 w. 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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2 w. ago What a difference a week makes: Trump falls into the Netanyahu trap

People were starting to laud the US president for his resistance to the Israeli PM’s pull, but what now?Middle East crisis – live updatesWhen he was elected, Donald Trump suggested he could hammer out a new relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister who was used to getting his way with the White House. But after just over 150 days in office, it appears Trump has fallen into the same trap as his predecessors – and launched the most consequential strike on Iran in generations.From early suggestions that the Trump administration would rein in Netanyahu’s military ambitions, it now appears that the Israeli PM has manoeuvred the US into striking Iranian uranium enrichment sites directly after a series of military attacks that Washington was unable to deter the Israeli PM from. And the US is now bracing for a retaliation that could easily bring it into a full-scale war. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago From shipping, to proxies, to targeting US bases, Iran’s options to strike back are limited

Trump has warned of broader US involvement in Israel’s war if Iran attempts to strike back against US military sites in the regionFull report: Trump says US has attacked three Iranian nuclear sitesLive coverage: Iran strikes Israel after US attackIran had sought to deter Donald Trump from joining Israel’s bombing campaign with dire threats of retaliation, but its options now are limited and fraught with risk.Iranian officials have said specifically that US ships and military bases would be targeted, but much of the capacity it had relied on as a deterrent has been stripped away over the past few days by Israeli strikes. Those strikes however, have focused on long-range ballistic missile launchers. Iran still has a formidable arsenal of shorter-range missiles and drones. Continue reading...

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2 w. 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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2 w. ago US Air Force jets using Prestwick could make Scotland 'complicit in war crimes' says Humza Yousaf

Days after Israel launched its first strikes against Iran, the US sent dozens of military aircraft across Europe including to Prestwick Airport.

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