3 h. ago How will Israel’s war with Iran affect Benjamin Netanyahu’s future?

Loyalists hope for boost after apparent victory, but political divisions and 7 October security failures still loom largeWhen Benjamin Netanyahu described the opportunities for peace that Israel’s successes in its brief war with Iran might bring, supporters took him at his word.“This victory presents an opportunity for a dramatic widening of peace agreements. We are working on this with enthusiasm,” Israel’s longest-serving prime minister said on Thursday in a pre-recorded statement. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Former CIA director says people must understand ‘how dangerous a world we live in right now’ in the wake of Trump’s Iran strike

Donald Trump’s rejection of his own intelligence officials’ expert assessments undermines U.S. credibility and leaves the future ‘a very scary prospect,’ Leon Panetta warns

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46 h. ago Donald Trump and Netanyahu 'agree to end Gaza war in two weeks' in secret call

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump are said to have agreed to end the war in Gaza as the embattled strip's future leadership has reportedly been decided

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68 h. ago A battered Iran faces an uncertain future after its grinding war with Israel

The bombing has quieted in Iran’s 12-day conflict with Israel, but the battle over the future of Tehran is likely to soon begin

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3 d. ago ‘A pause before something worse’: Iranians wary of what future holds

From renewed conflict to a resurgent regime, people tell of their fears, concerns and a glimmer of hopePeople from the Tehran area said the hours of darkness before Donald Trump’s ceasefire took hold were the most terrifying of the war as Israel intensified its bombardment.“We felt jets flying so low above our apartment that the windows shook. The bombing intensified to a level I’ve never experienced before. People ran into the streets, terrified and panicking,” said Mariam, 39, from the village of Kordan, about 30 miles (50km) north-west of the capital. Like everyone quoted in this article, she chose to use a pseudonym. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Trump addresses the nation after US forces bombed Iran's nuclear sites as he issues chilling warning

Donald Trump called Saturday's strikes on a trio of Iranian nuclear sites a 'spectacular military success' and gave a stark warning to Tehran that more attacks could be coming.

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6 d. ago Trump declares 'spectacular military success' after totally obliterating Iran's nuclear capabilities and warns of future attacks if they don't make peace

Donald Trump called Saturday's strikes on a trio of Iranian nuclear sites a 'spectacular military success' and gave a stark warning to Tehran that more attacks could be coming.

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8 d. ago Deadly weekend heat in England ‘100 times more likely’ due to climate crisis

High temperatures likely to cause deaths and will worsen in future as global heating intensifies, scientists warnThe dangerous 32C heat that will be endured by people in the south-east of England on Saturday will have been made 100 times more likely by the climate crisis, scientists have calculated.Global heating, caused by the burning of fossil fuels, is making every heatwave more likely and more intense. The 32C (89.6F) day forecast on Saturday would have been expected only once every 2,500 years without the climate crisis, the researchers said, and June heatwaves are now about 2-4C (3.6-7.2F) hotter than in the past. Continue reading...

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1 week ago The warmongers were wrong about Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. Now watch them make the same mistake about Iran | Owen Jones

Israel is the main source of terror and instability in the Middle East. But the west continually turns away from this realityAs the G7 issues a statement declaring that Israel has a “right to defend itself”, you have a right to ask if you are losing your mind. Israel launched an unprovoked onslaught on Iran. Its excuse – that Tehran may acquire a nuclear weapon – renders its attack illegal under the UN charter, which forbids wars justified by the claim of a future threat.“Iran is the principal source of regional instability and terror,” declares the G7 statement. Even though Donald Trump’s intelligence chief testified three months ago that the US intelligence community “continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon”. Even though it’s Israel that actually possesses nuclear weapons, while refusing to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and refusing International Atomic Energy Agency inspections. Even though, as progress was being made in nuclear talks between Ir...

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1 week ago I poured my heart and soul into a Daily Mail article about a rift with my dad... within hours, AI stole my work and turned it into a YouTube video voiced by a robot

ROB MCGIBBON: A few weeks ago, in this paper's pages I published a deeply personal account about my 25-year estrangement from my father, Robin.

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1 week ago Forests, fires and footings: Earth Photo award winners – in pictures

From peat bogs to ancient trees via abandoned mining towns, these prize-winning images deliver both a stark warning and a message of hope for the future of our planet Continue reading...

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1 week ago England faces 5bn litre a day water shortage as urgent warning issued

England's public water supply could be short by five billion litres a day by 2055 without urgent action to future-proof resources, the Environment Agency has warned.

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1 week ago Oil prices rise and US futures fall as Israel urges residents of Iran's capital to evacuate

Oil prices have resumed their upward climb and U.S. futures are lower after Israel's military issued an evacuation warning to 330,000 people in Iran's capital Tehran

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1 week ago Steve Tandy remains leading contender for Wales job despite Townsend claim

The WRU will announce the Warren Gatland's successor in the near future

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2 w. ago Revealed: Winston Churchill's generosity towards the man his glamorous 'first great love' chose to marry instead

The future British wartime prime minister would have been within his rights to feel aggrieved at Victor Bulwer-Lytton who had won the affection of Pamela Plowden.

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2 w. ago Bodybuilder teenager, 15, who jumped off pier in celebration of finishing exams may not have drowned if a lifeguard was present, coroner rules

David Ejimofor, 15, died after getting into trouble during a 'coming of age ceremony' in the water off Aberavon Beach, Port Talbot.

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2 w. ago Reeves pumps money into NHS as critics warn future tax rises ‘almost inevitable’

Chancellor Rachel Reeves set out how she would spend hundreds of billions of taxpayers’ money over the rest of the decade.

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2 w. ago This vision for Britain’s nuclear future is to be warmly welcomed

Editorial: When it comes to the UK’s long-term energy supply, Ed Miliband is right to seek greater plurality. As well as guaranteeing cheaper electricity, Sizewell C will also underpin the wider adoption of renewable sources

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2 w. ago Luxury British car makers like Aston Martin and Morgan facing rocky future as headwinds mount, industry warns

Small-volume car makers are being hit by a perfect storm of new challenges which threatens one of the UK automotive sector's most important export products.

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2 w. ago 'We'll see': Honest Franco Smith addresses Glasgow Warriors future and makes telling squad admission

Glasgow boss will take time to reflect after season came to end at Leinster

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