18 h. ago Netanyahu says Iran tried to assassinate Trump as he tries to justify air strikes on Fox News

Netanyahu describes Trump as Iran’s ‘enemy number one’

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18 h. ago Netanyahu gives telling response about Trump's 'help' with Iran blitz as Hegseth sparks WW3 fears

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed the truth about how closely the US and Israel are working together to stop Iran during an interview that aired on Fox News on Sunday.

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27 h. ago Trump, Netanyahu and Khamenei – three angry old men who could get us all killed | Simon Tisdall

Whether inept, driven by survival or corrupt, they are unfit to lead their countries, let alone make decisions that imperil the whole worldThis was not inevitable. This is a war Israel chose. It could have been prevented. Diplomatic talks were ongoing when the bombers took off for Iran. Israel’s continuing, illegal, unjustified airstrikes are unlikely to achieve their stated aim – permanently ending Tehran’s presumed efforts to build nuclear weapons – and may accelerate it. They must stop now. Likewise, Iran must halt its retaliation immediately and drop its escalatory threats to attack US and UK bases.This conflict is not limited, as was the case last year, to tit-for-tat exchanges and “precision strikes” on a narrow range of military targets. It’s reached a wholly different level. Potentially nothing is off the table. Civilians are being killed on both sides. Leaders are targets. The rhetoric is out of control. With Israel fighting on several fronts, and Iran’s battered regime bac...

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46 h. ago UK moving jets to Middle East as Israel warns more severe strikes coming

Sir Keir Starmer confirmed Britain was moving military assets to the region as Iran warned UK bases would be targeted if it helped defend Israel

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47 h. ago World looks on in horror as Israel and Iran bombard each other with strikes

Sir Keir Starmer confirmed Britain was moving military assets to the region as Iran warned UK bases would be targeted if it helped defend Israel

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47 h. ago UK moves jets to Middle East as Starmer refuses to rule out defending Israel

Military assets to provide ‘contingency support’ as PM repeats call for de-escalation after Iran’s retaliatory strikesMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe UK is moving jets and other military assets to the Middle East, Keir Starmer has said, refusing to rule out defending Israel from Iranian strikes despite Tehran’s threat that such an action could see British bases in the region also targeted.Speaking to reporters on the plane to the G7 summit, Starmer reiterated his call for de-escalation, saying he had held a series of calls with other world leaders in the hours after Israel’s attack on Iran, including the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Donald Trump. Continue reading...

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48 h. ago REVEALED: Elaborate 'deception operation' orchestrated by Trump and Israel's Netanyahu to decapitate Iran's leadership and cripple nuclear program

Sources in Israeli and US security say that the surprise attacks were part of a well-coordinated and highly effective deception operation.

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55 h. ago Netanyahu outplayed Trump on Iran. Now the US risks being mired in another war | Mohamad Bazzi

If Trump wants to be the peacemaker he claims to be, he must negotiate a new deal with TehranBefore dawn on Friday, Israel unleashed a wave of air strikes against more than 100 targets in Iran, including nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and air defense systems. The surprise Israeli attack also killed some of Iran’s most senior military commanders and nuclear scientists. The Iranian regime called it a “declaration of war” – and western powers raced to prevent a wider regional conflict that could draw in the US along with other countries in the Middle East.While the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, claims that he’s trying to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, the attack is as much intended to blow up ongoing negotiations between Tehran and Donald Trump’s administration. While Trump’s overall foreign policy has been a disaster, for months he had resisted Netanyahu’s pleas to give Israel a green light to attack Iran, with US assistance. Trump insiste...

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60 h. ago Iran retaliates after Israeli strikes targeting its nuclear program and military

Iran has launched retaliatory missile strikes on Israel into Saturday morning after a series of blistering Israeli attacks on the heart of Iran’s nuclear program and its armed forces, killing at least two people and wounding others

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69 h. ago Starmer and Trump call for ‘diplomacy and dialogue’ in Israel and Iran conflict

The two leaders spoke on Friday evening, as western nations began a diplomatic flurry to calm the burgeoning conflict.

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2 d. ago The Guardian view on Israel’s shock attack on Iran: confusing US signals add to the peril | Editorial

The recklessness of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and the incoherence of Donald Trump’s deepen the crisis in the Middle EastUS presidents who thought they could easily restrain Benjamin Netanyahu have quickly learned their lesson. “Who’s the fucking superpower?” Bill Clinton reportedly exploded after his first meeting with the Israeli prime minister.Did Donald Trump make the same mistake? The state department quickly declared that the devastating overnight Israeli attack on Iran – which killed key military commanders and nuclear scientists as well as striking its missile capacity and a nuclear enrichment site – was unilateral. Mr Trump had reportedly urged Mr Netanyahu to hold off in a call on Monday, pending US talks with Iran over its nuclear programme due this weekend. The suspicion is that Israel feared that a deal might be reached and wanted to strike first. But Israeli officials have briefed that they had a secret green light from the US, with Mr Trump only claiming to oppos...

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3 d. ago Voices: Why Israel’s attack on Iran proves Netanyahu is an unhinged messiah

Israel’s prime minister sees himself not only as the protector of Israel, but the saviour of the West. This, he believes, is how he should go down in history, writes former Israeli diplomat Alon Pinkas

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3 d. ago Netanyahu's Iran strike 'golden opportunity' as Donald Trump 'can't control him'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu feels emboldened to act against Iran because he believes he can control Donald Trump - and he will now move to assert Israel's dominance over the Middle East

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3 d. ago Voices: Netanyahu’s ‘Israel first’ attack on Iran shows that Trump can shout – but no one is listening

Although the US president can effectively bully friendly states such as Canada, when it comes to the ‘strong men’ of the world, he has been played time and again, says Sean O’Grady

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3 d. ago US will help to defend Israel ‘if needed,’ Trump confirms to Fox News after warning Netanyahu against bombing Iran

Donald Trump advised Benjamin Netanyahu against attacking Tehran three days before Israel launched wave of airstrikes that killed military leaders, prompting retaliation by drone

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3 d. ago Israel war with Iran explodes as nuclear sites targeted and Tehran hits back with wave of drone attacks

Britain warned of a ‘dangerous’ moment in the Middle East

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3 d. ago 'Dangerous moment' as Israel launches major attack on Iran's nuclear sites and missile facilities

Within hours Israeli air force intercepts drones over Saudi Arabia as Tehran hits back, says Israel’s Channel 12

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3 d. ago Iran vows 'severe punishment' on Israel after top commander killed in airstrikes: Live updates

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked President Donald Trump for his support while celebrating strikes on Iran which 'took out top Revolutionary Guard generals.'

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3 d. ago Israel launches major attack on Iran targeting nuclear sites and missile facilities

Sir Keir Starmer urges ‘all parties to step back and reduce tensions urgently’ as Israel strikes Iran

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3 d. ago Iran’s nuclear facilities may be bombed by Israel. That would be bad for the US – but not Trump’s friends

Israel may bomb Iran. Putin and Netanyahu will gain but that suits Trump, says world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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