The Latest Breaking News from Ayatollah Khamenei

US envoy Steve Witkoff warns Iran could be a week from producing bomb-grade uranium, despite past strikes. Washington remains concerned about Tehran's nuclear ambitions, with US President Donald Trump demanding "zero enrichment" but reportedly considering limited, verifiable civilian enrichment. Domestic protests in Iran are also a factor in US policy.

The comments follow Trump's recent call for an end to Ayatollah Khamenei's rule in Iran

ANALYSIS: Seemingly sheltering in a bunker with limited access to the outside world, Ayatollah Khamenei has shrinking options available, writes chief international correspondent Bel Trew

President celebrated the attack, but many fear an escalation

COMMENT: The meeting in Geneva between European foreign ministers and their opposite number in the Iranian regime is no ordinary peace mission – the delegation isn’t there to stop the war, says Michael Day – they’re acting as the Ayatollah’s Trump-whisperer

ANALYSIS: Israel’s rhetoric has gone up into the use of the N (azi) word as the battlespace is being shaped for more bloodletting, World affairs editor Sam Kiley reports from Tel Aviv

Iran is estimated to have around 3,000 ballistic missiles. If Israel wants to stop all of these nuclear missiles, Netanyahu will need at least £6.6 billion.

ANALYSIS: Here are a handful of factors likely impacting the Fed’s interest rate decision being announced today.

In today’s newsletter: Whether or not regime change is even desirable to Benjamin Netanyahu, a sudden transformation in Tehran looks very unlikely