6 h. ago Oil sells off as traders calmly look beyond the bombs in the Middle East

If oil prices are any measure, Iran just flinched

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10 h. ago Iran fires 10 missiles at two US bases in the Middle East in retaliation for Trump bombing: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Iran has launched at least 10 missiles at the United States' biggest base in the Middle East and one in Iraq after Iran threatened to unleash strikes on American military.

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11 h. ago Trump and Netanyahu aim to remake the Middle East with bombs. Iran shows why that will always fail | Sina Toossi

The US has rashly followed Israel into a war that will not end Iran’s nuclear programme or topple its governmentSina Toossi is a senior non-resident fellow at the Center for International PolicyThe joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran over the weekend – targeting nuclear facilities, infrastructure and symbolic state institutions – reflect the bankruptcy of a decades-long approach to Iran that has hinged on pressure, coercion and destabilisation. This latest gambit appears less a strategic gamechanger than a desperate bid to regime-change Iran and prop up a rickety regional status quo built around unchecked Israeli dominance.The timing of Israel’s initial surprise attack on 13 June was no coincidence. Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu – who has long sought to sabotage any prospect of US-Iran detente – appears to have steamrolled Donald Trump into the escalation he has always wanted. The result looks like a trap: Trump, once again, manoeuvred into a destabilising Middle East con...

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16 h. ago Satellite images throw Trump’s claims over success of Iran strikes into doubt

Pictures do not provide definitive proof US attack breached heavily fortified underground facilities

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18 h. ago Satellite imagery undermines Trump’s claim US attack ‘obliterated’ Iranian nuclear sites

Pictures do not provide definitive proof US attack breached heavily fortified underground facilities

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28 h. ago How Operation 'Midnight Hammer' fell: Mission was built on deception and surprise... with not a shot fired back

Assembled were nine of the most expensive and advanced aircraft in the world, the B-2 Stealth Bomber, eerily futuristic in appearance and destined to reshape the Middle East.

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36 h. ago Flight tracker shows airlines avoiding Middle East airspace after US bombs Iran

A flight tracker shows airlines avoiding Middle East airspace after the US launched an attack on three nuclear sites in Iran.

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41 h. ago Every time Starmer wants us to think the best of Trump, the US president proves him wrong

When Trump left the G7 Starmer told journalists that the US president wanted to de-escalate the Middle East crisis. Five days later Trump bombs Iran. The Independent’s David Maddox looks at why the prime minister keeps getting Trump wrong

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48 h. ago Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites: What was in the Iranian bases Trump bombed?

President Donald Trump announced Saturday that the U.S. struck three major Iranian nuclear sites: Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.

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51 h. ago Trump says the US has launched strikes against nuclear sites in Iran

American bombers hit Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan as president pulls country into Middle East war

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4 d. ago Starmer warns of ‘real risk’ in Middle East as Trump mulls bombing Iran

The Prime Minister pushed for de-escalation amid signs that the US president could join Israel’s military action against Iran.

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5 d. ago Bunker buster bombs: The American weapon which could spell the end of Iran’s nuclear sites

Experts believe only Washington has the weapons capable of halting Iran’s nuclear programme

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5 d. ago Trump’s Yemen bombings killed nearly as many civilians as 23 previous years of US attacks, analysis shows

Monitoring group says high death rate in two months indicates change in US policy that could affect Iran• Middle East crisis – live updatesThe US bombing campaign of Yemen under Donald Trump led to the deaths of almost as many civilians in two months as in the previous 23 years of US attacks on Islamists and militants in the country.An analysis of Operation Rough Rider by the monitoring group Airwars has concluded that 224 civilians were killed between March and the end of the campaign in May, compared with 258 between 2002 and 2024. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago PZ Cussons narrows profit guidance and sells stake in Nigerian palm oil firm

The London-listed firm said its profit outlook has been impacted by £2 million of new packaging recycling costs.

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6 d. ago What is a bunker buster bomb? US weapon could be key to destroying Iran’s nuclear sites

Experts believe only Washington has the weapons capable of halting Iran’s nuclear programme

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7 d. ago Iran will only agree to talks to end Middle East crisis if Israel stops bombing 

Tehran’s message to neighbours is that it will not negotiate over nuclear programme while under attack, diplomats say

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8 d. ago Thousands of Brits trapped in Middle East war zone: Israel admits evacuation flights are impossible while bombardment of Iranian missiles and drones continues

Tens of thousands of British citizens were trapped in a war zone tonight as officials admitted an evacuation from Israel is currently impossible.

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8 d. ago ‘There’s a smell of death in the air’: chaos in Tehran as residents try to flee or find shelter

Ferocity of Israeli strikes has taken many by surprise, with people rushing to buy petrol and food amid the bombs Middle East crisis – live updatesIt was just past 4pm when Nahid’s* windows began to shake. An Israeli bomb hit a building nearby – she could not see where – and soon her house began to fill up with smoke. It was the third day of Israeli bombing of Iran and the situation in Tehran was just getting worse.“This is a massacre. The blasts haven’t stopped. Children are crying and we fear many civilians have been killed. There’s a smell of death in the air. I can’t stop crying,” Nahid*, a 25-year-old finance analyst at an e-commerce company in Tehran, told the Guardian via text. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Kate Middleton and Meghan's bombshell disagreement as 'pathetic differences' exposed

A tense clear the air meeting between Meghan and Kate was revealed by Prince Harry in Spare - and experts have explained how it changed the course of the monarchy

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2 w. ago Rachel Reeves's £30bn tax bomb is about to drop on the middle classes, says JEFF PRESTRIDGE

Despite all the promises not to in the aftermath of the budget, it now looks a near certainty Rachel from Accounts will be picking our pockets later this year.

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