45 h. ago ‘It’s offensive’: voices from Iran as fans face 2026 World Cup travel ban

After Donald Trump banned Iranians from entering the US, one of the co-hosts, there are different views on what should be done“It’s offensive for any football fan to be prevented from participating in the World Cup, not just Iranians,” Ali Rezaei of Tehran’s Borna News Agency says. In March, the national team became the second to qualify for the 2026 World Cup that will be hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States. In June, Donald Trump authorised the dropping of bombs on Iran and hit the country with a travel ban. As things stand, while the national team will be able to enter the US next summer, fans – and perhaps media – will not.Residents of Tehran and other cities may have had enough to deal with of late, but still, being barred from entry stings, even if Iranians have long found it difficult to get into the US. “If the US government has issues with the Iranian regime for any reason, it should not result in discrimination against Iranian citizens,” Behnam Jafarzadeh, a writ...

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3 d. ago Israel says Trump’s plan to resettle nearly two million Palestinians from Gaza is ‘still active’

The White House did not deny that president’s plan to transfer nearly 2 million Palestinians out of Gaza was still a possibility when asked by The Independent

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3 d. ago Iranian and Israeli media run footage 'showing enormous blast from IDF missile strike in Tehran, sending cars flying into the air'

The shocking clip purports to show the moment a pair of missiles struck Quds Square in the Tajrish neighbourhood of the Iranian capital on June 15

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4 d. ago Hiroshima mayor invites Trump to visit after ‘that hit ended the war’ crack comparing WWII atom bomb to Iran strike

President’s comments incited angry backlash in Japan, with Hiroshima’s city assembly passing resolution condemning statements that ‘justify the use of atomic bombs’

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4 d. ago People with ISA savings warned of major change 'set to be announced' imminently

The Treasury has not yet officially announced any changes, but reports suggest they are just days away from being revealed

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5 d. ago Trump sets new deadline for Gaza ceasefire as Israel's Netanyahu plans White House visit

Donald Trump is demanding that there be a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza 'sometime next week' as he prepares to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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7 d. ago Iran is building world's biggest missile arsenal, warheads can hit London | Inside plan for '20,000 missiles and nuclear bombs'

Iran is building world's biggest missile arsenal, warheads can hit London | Inside plan for '20,000 missiles and nuclear bombs'  WION

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9 d. ago Iran 'hacked Truth Social' as expert warns 'US grid is Swiss cheese' after 'opening salvo'

An expert has warned that the US is likely to be hit by further cyber attacks from Iran after reports that the country's hacker groups targeted President Donald Trump's Truth Social website

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1 week ago Iran's supreme leader says 'US hit nuclear sites but couldn't achieve much', decries Trump 'showmanship' and says 'America has been slapped in the face'

Iran 's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claimed victory over Israel and said his country had 'delivered a hand slap to America's face'.

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1 week ago Fawning NATO chief calls Trump 'daddy' as US President compares his strike on Iran to Hiroshima and denounces 'scum' who doubt Tehran's nuclear facilities were destroyed

LIVE UPDATES: Trump compared the Iran strikes to the two nuclear bombs dropped on Japan at the end of WWII, claiming his strikes also ended a war by pushing Iran to the negotiating table.

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1 week ago 'Imminent' threat of Iran gaining nuclear weapons hit by airstrikes, says UK amid Trump US intelligence row

US President’s claim to have ‘obliterated’ Iran’s nuclear sites is contradicted by early Pentagon assessment

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1 week ago Iran may turn to North Korea to help build nuke at 'secret facility' warns expert

Nuclear sites in Iran have been hit by US missiles but with Western countries seeking to ensure it doesn't have the capacity to make weapons there is a fear it may try to continue in secret

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1 week ago Trump lashes out at Israel and Iran after ceasefire he brokered is violated

US president orders Israel to turn around its planes, warning bombing sorties would be ‘major violation’Middle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has reacted furiously after an Israel-Iran ceasefire he had brokered and taken credit for was violated within a few hours, ordering Israel to turn its warplanes around midair and abort their planned bombing sorties, which he warned would be a “major violation”.Israel claimed Iran had been the first to break the truce, saying it had shot down two ballistic missiles heading for northern Israel at about 10.30am, about two and a half hours after the ceasefire was announced. Continue reading...

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1 week ago So NOW you back the US bombing Iran? Pat McFadden says UK is 'not disappointed' nuclear sites were hit as he praises 'huge setback' for Tehran amid 'fragile' ceasefire deal

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden said the UK was 'not disappointed' that the US had acted - hailing the 'huge setback' for Tehran.

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1 week ago Macron labels Trump's Iran air strikes 'illegal', pressures Starmer to take a stand

Emmanuel Macron has hit out at Donald Trump's air strikes on Iran, branding them 'illegal' and deepening the row over whether the US action broke international law

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1 week ago Donald Trump goes on bizarre rants moments after Iran missile strikes hit Qatar

The US president has responded after Iran launched a series of missile attacks on US airbases in the Middle East.

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1 week ago Trump breaks silence on Iran's 'weak' missile strike after Tehran warns retaliation isn't over: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: President Trump taunted Iran for its 'very weak response' to his strikes on its nuclear facilities after Iran fired a barrage of missiles at a US military base Qatar on Monday.

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1 week ago Nuclear watchdog makes 'unimaginable' prediction as Iran's uranium site hit again

Israel and the US have carried out airstrikes on nuclear sites in Iran where they claimed the Islamic regime have been working to enrich uranium to create a weapon of mass destruction

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1 week ago Israel strikes Iran’s notorious Evin prison and blows door off its hinges

This is the moment Iran’s notorious Evin prison in Tehran is hit by an Israeli strike as the missile blows the door off its hinges.

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1 week ago What is the Strait of Hormuz and why does it matter to global trade?

The UK could be hit hard if Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz in response to American strikes on its nuclear sites

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