48 m. ago Israel accuses Iran of breaking ceasefire hours after it was agreed and vows to 'respond forcefully'

The latest reported violence comes despite US President Donald Trump’s plea for both sides to maintain the ceasefire

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53 m. ago Israel to strike Iran just minutes after ceasefire agreed following 'violation'

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73 m. ago Why Keir Starmer will pledge 5% defence spending as Israel and Iran agree to Donald Trump ceasefire

Numerous Nato allies are to pledge increased spending on national security, including Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

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2 h. ago Israel agrees to Trump ceasefire after Iran threat 'eliminated' but adds chilling warning

Israel has agreed to US President Donald Trump's ceasefire proposal after the Iran threat was 'eliminated' and Israel 'inflicted severe damage on the military leadership'

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3 h. ago Status of ceasefire unclear after Iranian missile barrage strikes Israel after a first deadline

U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Iran had agreed to a “complete and total ceasefire” soon after Iran launched a limited missile attack Monday on a U.S. military base in Qatar, retaliating for the American bombing of its nuclear sites

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6 h. ago Iran fires MORE missiles at Israel despite promise to stop as ceasefire deadline looms: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: President Trump announced that Iran and Israel agreed to a ceasefire deal that is set to start in six hours.

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7 h. ago Trump announces Iran and Israel have 'fully agreed' to ceasefire starting in just hours

LIVE UPDATES: President Trump announced that Iran and Israel agreed to a ceasefire deal that is set to start in six hours.

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9 h. ago Trump claims Israel and Iran agree to ceasefire: Vance says ‘They don’t want to keep fighting’

The vice president said on Fox News Monday evening, ‘The Iranians are a place where they don't want to keep on fighting’

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9 h. ago Donald Trump announces Israel and Iran have agreed to ceasefire after US bombing raids

US President Donald Trump has announced that Israel and Iran have agreed to a ceasefire after US bombing raids on Iran's nuclear facilities over the weekend

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9 h. ago Donald Trump says 'complete and total ceasefire' agreed between Iran and Israel

Dramatic development comes hours after Tehran launched a missile attack on a US base in Qatar in retaliation for US President’s strikes on Iranian nuclear sites

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10 h. ago UK lifts warning for Qatar as Trump says Iran and Israel have agreed ceasefire

Iran launched a missile attack on a US military base in Qatar after America’s strikes on its nuclear facilities on Saturday.

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10 h. ago Trump says Iran and Israel have 'fully agreed' to a ceasefire to start in six hours: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: President Trump announced that Iran and Israel agreed to a ceasefire deal that is set to start in six hours.

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5 d. ago Israel’s assumption US would get drawn into Iran war is being put to the test

President Donald Trump initially appeared to discourage attacks but Israeli officials claim they always had his supportIsrael’s attack on Iran was carried out with Donald Trump’s approval, government officials in Israel claim, and it appears to have been unleashed in the expectation – but not certainty – that the US would ultimately get drawn into the war.That assumption is now being put to the test as the US president weighs a decision on whether to join an assault he has increasingly embraced in his public pronouncements. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Now 'CAR BOMBS' obliterate Iranian nuclear scientists in Tehran during Israeli blitz on city as residents flee... and Trump claims Israel tried to assassinate Supreme Leader

Israel has killed 14 Iranian nuclear scientists in a series of attacks that reportedly included car bombs, Iran has claimed. 

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1 week ago Trump scrambles to claim credit for Israel’s Iran attack he publicly opposed

Discordant US response as president says he was fully aware of plans for what Marco Rubio called a ‘unilateral action’ Middle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump is walking a tightrope as he claims that he was fully aware of Israel’s plans to launch massive airstrikes against Iran while continuing to distance the US from those strikes and deny Washington took any active role in the preparations.The White House’s messaging has shifted quickly from Marco Rubio’s arms-length description of the Israeli attack as a “unilateral action”, to Trump claiming on Friday morning that he was fully in the loop on the operation and that it came at the end of a 60-day ultimatum he had given Iran to “make a deal” on its nuclear programme. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago JD Vance silence on Musk may be the most Game of Thrones tactic ever — and Trump might not even notice

ANALYSIS: The vice president is usually the first to rush to the defense of his boss, but he has remained conspicuously quiet in the face of a barrage of abuse from the man who could make him king, writes Richard Hall

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