3 h. 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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5 d. ago ANDREW NEIL: A daring raid that means Iran's brutal regime has now run out of options... the end of days beckons

The clerical-military dictatorship which has ruled Iran for almost 50 years has run out of options.

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6 d. ago Iran strikes back: Foreign minister brands Trump a 'lawless bully' who 'betrayed diplomacy' after US blew up three nuclear bases in overnight strike

In a press conference after the strikes, US President Donald Trump said he had 'obliterated' Iran's nuclear weapons programme, and warned of the possibility of more attacks to come.

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6 d. ago Iran's foreign minister brands Donald Trump a 'lawless bully' as Keir Starmer holds Cobra meeting

He warned the US would take 'humanity... back to the law of the jungle'

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6 d. ago Iran's foreign minister brands Trump a 'lawless bully' as he threatens 'unprecedented danger' after US blew up three nuclear bases in overnight strike

US President Donald Trump 'obliterated' the nuclear sites in Iran last night and warned the nation he wants peace now or there will be dire consequences.

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1 week ago German court sentences Syrian doctor to life in jail for crimes against humanity

Alaa Mousa tortured detainees at military hospitals during Syrian civil war, under former ruler Bashar al-AssadA German court has sentenced a Syrian doctor to life in prison for crimes against humanity for torturing detainees at military hospitals under former ruler Bashar al-Assad.The crimes committed by Alaa Mousa, 40, during the Syrian civil war were “part of a brutal reaction by Assad’s dictatorial, unjust regime”, said the presiding judge at the higher regional court in Frankfurt, Christoph Koller. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘The language of authoritarianism’: how Trump and allies cast LA as a lawless city needing military intervention

As a pretext to sending in the national guard, the White House marked the Ice protests as a broader threat to the USDonald Trump and his allies turned to a familiar script over the weekend, casting the sprawling city of Los Angeles in shades of fire and brimstone, a hub of dangerous lawlessness that required urgent military intervention in order to be contained.“Looking really bad in L.A.,” Trump posted on Truth Social in the very early hours of Monday morning. “BRING IN THE TROOPS!!!” Continue reading...

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last month Trump’s lawlessness is emboldening El Salvador’s brutal regime | Noah Bullock and Amrit Singh

The detention of a leading human rights lawyer is part of a wave of repression sweeping the country under Nayib BukeleThe Trump administration’s agreement with President Nayib Bukele to detain US migrants deported to El Salvador without due process seems to have emboldened Bukele’s autocratic regime. Last week, in a troubling sign of escalating repression, Salvadorian police detained Ruth López Alfaro, a prominent Salvadorian human rights lawyer at Cristosal, an organization fighting for human rights in Central America.Last year, the BBC recognized Ms López Alfaro as one of the 100 most inspiring and influential women in the world, describing her as “an outspoken critic of the country’s government and institutions” who “conducted a broad social media campaign to promote political transparency and public accountability overseen by the citizens themselves”. This year, on 18 May, Salvadorian security forces detained her at her residence on embezzlement charges and held her incommunicad...

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