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Rhetoric heats up and modern missiles evade defences as the conditions are set for yet more violence in the Middle East

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

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Australia deploys military to help Middle East evacuees

Australian military forces are being set up to support evacuations from Israel and Iran, after US President Donald Trump gave Iran an ultimatum.

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Israel’s conflict with Iran escalates as Trump considers US involvement

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Trump brushing off MAGA base on Iran for this new power trio of GOP hawks who won his ear

President is increasingly turning to a handful of Iran hardliners and brushing off the MAGA isolationists that got him elected to a second term

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Why Israel — and potentially the U.S. — is sure to encounter the limits of air power in Iran

As the war between Israel and Iran escalates, Israel is increasing its calls on the United States to become involved in the conflict.

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How does Israel restrict its media from reporting on the Iran conflict?

The military censor has introduced a slew of new restrictions on journalists covering the unfolding war.

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Trump Reportedly Thinks Bombing Iran's Main Nuclear Site Is Necessary: 'Not Much Choice'

President Donald Trump reportedly believes bombing Fordow, Iran's nuclear facility buried deep under a mountain, is necessary to prevent the country from obtaining a nuclear weapon

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Nuclear non-proliferation is a failure in the Middle East

Letters: Unless Israel is open about its nuclear weapons and joins the non-proliferation treaty, Iran will one day have the bomb, writes Corrado Pirzio-Biroli. Plus, letters by Hubert Cassel, Dr Anthony Isaacs and Randhir Singh Bains

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In the wake of Trump’s strikes on Iran, what are Keir Starmer’s options?

NEWS ANALYSIS: The prime minister has repeatedly called for calm in the Middle East. But in the wake of Trump’s strikes on Iran, what are Starmer’s options? Kate Devlin and Millie Cooke explain

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MAGA civil war gets uglier as Trump first pal Laura Loomer hurls Qatar money ‘lie’ at Tucker Carlson

‘Tucker is controlled by Muslims. People need to wake up and stop pretending like this is a conspiracy theory,” Laura Loomer exclaimed this week, prompting Carlson’s business partner to fire back: ‘This is a lie.’

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Netanyahu stuns Israelis by describing ‘personal cost’ of Iran war – postponing son’s wedding

Israeli prime minister prompts furious backlash for remarks in front of missile-struck hospital at height of Iran conflict

The Guardian - UK

Trump denies approving Iran attack plan but will make decision ‘within two weeks’

President denies report in Wall Street Journal and says newspaper has ‘no idea’ of his plans for Israel and Iran

The Guardian - US

Israel’s attacks have exposed weaknesses in Iran, but it’s in little danger of collapsing

The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said that his country’s campaign in Iran “could certainly” lead to regime change. In an interview with Fox News on June 15, he called the government in Tehran “very weak” and added that, given the opportunity, “80% of the [Iranian] people would throw…

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Trump’s unpredictable approach to Iran could seriously backfire

Donald Trump has dismissed reports that he has approved a plan of attack against Iran, and now says he will decide on US involvement within two weeks. This will only add to the speculation and confusion about what the president might do in response to the mounting conflict between Iran…

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What UK involvement in Iran could look like – and the political questions it raises

At the time of writing, US President Donald Trump is deliberating over whether to join Israel’s air campaign to destroy Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons programme. This is already a contentious issue within Washington DC and the Trump administration. But if the president decides to take the US into a war…

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Fact check: AI-generated Israel-Iran posts and inflation confusion

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

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‘You don’t know the population of the country you seek to topple?’Tucker Carlson absolutely destroys Ted Cruz over Iran war push

Ted Cruz gets schooled on basic geography.

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Stocks dip as Bank of England leaves interest rates unchanged

The FTSE 100 index closed down 51.67 points, 0.6%, at 8,791.80.

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What is the War Powers Act – can it stop Trump from declaring war on Iran?

While the US Constitution gives Congress power to declare war, the reality is far more complicated.

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Irish leaders call for ‘immediate de-escalation’ between Iran and Israel

Irish premier Micheal Martin said ‘dialogue is the way to resolve the nuclear issue in terms of Iran’.

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Israel massacres in Gaza, locks down West Bank as attention shifts to Iran

As the world focuses on Israel’s war with Iran, violence against Palestinians has scaled up in the occupied territories.

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Is this the UN's last chance to take the right side in the history of humanity?

The Israel-Iran conflict is not just another diplomatic crisis. It is a test of the international system’s moral spine. If the UN fails now, it risks irrelevance, or worse, complicity, Robert Singer writes.

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Here’s what happens next if Trump launches his attack plan on Iran: report

President still mulling joining Israeli assault against Tehran to stop its nuclear program

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UK Government urged to publish legal advice on joining war on Iran

MINISTERS are under pressure to release legal advice on Israel’s war on Iran after reports said the Attorney General had raised concerns about the…

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Foreigners evacuated by air, land and sea as Israel-Iran conflict worsens

Countries are evacuating their nationals from Israel and Iran by air, land and sea as conflict rages between the bitter Middle East rivals

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