2 h. ago Netanyahu returns to White House holding all the cards in Gaza talks

Joint attack on Iran puts Israeli PM in powerful position as he dangles prospect of Trump-brokered ceasefire dealDonald Trump will host Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington DC on Monday as the US president seeks again to broker a peace deal in Gaza and the Israeli prime minister takes a victory lap through the Oval Office after a joint military campaign against Iran and a series of successful strikes against Tehran and its proxies in the Middle East.Netanyahu and Trump have a complex personal relationship – and Trump openly vented frustration at him last month during efforts to negotiate a truce with Iran – but the two have appeared in lockstep since the US launched a bombing run against Iran’s nuclear programme, fulfilling a key goal for Israeli war planners. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Iran’s devastation has hardened hearts towards the west – even for those with no love of the state | Hossein Hamdieh

The double standards and hypocrisy used to justify Israel’s aggression will not be forgotten here, or in other countriesA trembling ceasefire has brought a pause to what had become the familiar sounds of explosions over Tehran. I was born in 1988, a year before the Iran-Iraq war came to an end. For my generation, war was something that belonged to the past – an impossible event, until this summer.For 12 days, we lived in the capital under incessant Israeli attacks, and what we saw has changed us for good: dead neighbours, buildings gutted and worry – endless, deep-etched worry – on the faces of people.Hossein Hamdieh holds a joint PhD in Geography and Anthropology from Humboldt University of Berlin and King’s College London. He is currently based in Tehran, where he works as a social researcherDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please ...

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4 d. ago UK's single worst place to be if WW3 breaks out revealed – and it's all Trump's fault

EXCLUSIVE: While most would assume that London, specifically Downing Street, would be the biggest target should nuclear war break out, it turns out somewhere else is more dangerous . . .

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7 d. ago Israel's strike on Iran’s Evin prison sparks fear for political prisoners

Rights activists in Iran fear intensified crackdowns following Israel's air campaign targeting Iran's nuclear program

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7 d. ago Donald Trump reiterates calls for ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas – Middle East crisis live

US president says online ‘make the deal in Gaza’ and ‘get the hostages back’ as he says he believes a ceasefire can be reached within a weekDuring the 12-day war, Israeli airstrikes killed at least 627 civilians and injured nearly 4,900 others in Iran, according to official figures.The war on Iran – cast as a preemptive attack for self-defence – was launched by Israel and later joined in by the US. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago PETER HITCHENS: Donald Trump's attack on Iran was lawless and we'll all regret it soon enough. But it was his actions afterwards that everyone has missed

Donald Trump's allies are more afraid of him than his enemies are. There are plenty of examples in Washington DC of former critics who now serve at his court.

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9 d. ago The Guardian view on annihilation in Gaza: the deaths mount, but the pressure has ebbed | Editorial

Israel’s attack on Iran overshadowed the ongoing carnage. Its allies are complicit in the horror; they must instead help to build a future for Palestinians“We cannot be asking civilians to go into a combat zone so that then they can be killed with the justification that they are in a combat zone.” It defies belief that the Unicef spokesperson, James Elder, should have needed to spell that out this week. And yet each day Palestinians continue to be killed while attempting to collect aid for their families from food hubs in Gaza, forced to make a lethal choice between risking being shot and letting their families slowly starve. More than 500 have died around the centres since the system was introduced – yet, with attention fixed on Israel’s attacks on Iran, there has been little to spare for recent deaths.The Israeli military has given shifting accounts of events. But soldiers told the newspaper Haaretz that commanders ordered troops to shoot at crowds that posed no threat. The Israel...

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9 d. ago Exact targets for UK nuclear strike mapped as one dubbed 'Putin's prime target'

EXCLUSIVE: We all know London would be target number one, but what are the most likely targets across the UK if nukes were to be flung at us, is a question the Daily Star has now answered

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1 week ago How Israel pulled off a mass killing of Iran's top military leaders inspired by Game of Thrones

The operation, in which coordinated bombs rained down on Tehran in a stealth attack on June 13, was referred to within Israel's ranks as the 'Red Wedding.'

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1 week 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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1 week 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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1 week 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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1 week ago Trump’s latest rejection of intelligence isn’t the first time he hasn’t trusted spy agencies

The president’s friction with the intelligence community echoes the tumultuous relationship that defined much of his first term

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1 week ago Chilling list reveals which US cities would be first targets hit in WWIII

While strategically vital cities like New York and Washington top the list of likely targets in a nuclear attack, several other targets that could be in the crosshairs may surprise the everyday American.

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1 week ago CNN anchors denounce Trump’s ‘manipulative’ claims that questions over Iran bombing are an attack on US military

‘That is false,’ Pamela Brown declared. ‘That is absolutely false, and that is a straw man argument.’

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1 week ago Donald Trump says US to hold talks with Iran on nuclear deal as he doubles down on 'obliteration' of sites

US President says decision to target Iranian nuclear sites with bunker-busting bombs had ended the war, calling it ‘a victory for everybody’

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1 week ago Donald Trump made 'absurd' mistake after US nighttime attack on Iran nuclear bunkers

The White House has been forced to defend a report issued by the Defence Intelligence Agency, which casts doubt on Trump's claims he "completely and fully obliterated" Iran's Fordo uranium enrichment plant

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1 week ago Explosive unanswered question after US bombs Iran nuclear bunkers in Israel war

Donald Trump claimed the US had carried out a "successful" bombing attack on three nuclear sites in Iran during "Operation Midnight" on Sunday - but one mystery still remains

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1 week ago Nuclear attack risks to UK are rising, chilling warning from Defence Secretary John Healey at Nato summit

The Cabinet minister also told how Britain has to strengthen its homeland defences against the threat of war

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1 week ago Nuclear attack risks to UK are rising, warns Defence Secretary John Healey at Nato summit

The Cabinet minister also told how Britain has to strengthen its homeland defences against the threat of war

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