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Why Trump’s bombing of Iran will only bolster North Korea’s nuclear resolve

For Kim Jong Un, America and Israel’s war on Iran is proof that half-measures invite war while full nuclear capability prevents it, Shweta Sharma writes

The Independent UK

Trump is not interested in listening to US experts on Iran’s nuclear program

The US president is more willing to listen to Israel than his predecessors were and is also deeply suspicious of the CIA

The Guardian - US

The war won’t end Iran’s nuclear program – it will drive it underground, following North Korea’s model

The United States’ and Israel’s strikes on Iran are concerning, and not just for the questionable legal justifications provided by both governments.

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We asked three experts on Iran’s nuclear program what Trump achieved with his strikes. Their answers were concerning

Experts say the attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities did not destroy its stockpile of enriched uranium and may increase the political will to build a bomb.

The Independent UK

B-2 bomber pilots had microwave, snacks and toilets on the 37-hour flight to demolish Iranian nuclear plants

Each B-2 costs more than $2 billion and were originally built during the Cold War to carry nuclear weapons

The Independent UK

Trump Slams Former Russian President For Saying Countries Are Willing To Give Iran Nuclear Weapons

President Donald Trump slammed former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for saying some countries are ready to give nuclear weapons to iran

Latin Times

How might the US-Iran conflict escalate? Expert Q&A

On Sunday June 22, Donald Trump announced that several of Iran’s most important nuclear facilities had been “completely obliterated” and that the country’s nuclear weapons programme had been crippled. Iran denied this and vowed to retaliate. The Iranian parliament has already given approval to closing the strait of Hormuz, a…

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Scottish Secretary ditches 'lifelong' opposition to nuclear weapons

THE Scottish Secretary has ended his “lifelong” opposition to nuclear weapons – and said he will look to remove his name from a Nobel…

The National (Scotland)

An international law expert says US strikes on Iran were illegal. Here’s why

ANALYSIS: Donald Rothwell says, under the UN Charter, there are just two ways in which a state can lawfully use force against another state

The Independent UK

Why the US strikes on Iran are illegal and can set a troubling precedent

After the United States bombed Iran’s three nuclear facilities on Sunday, US President Donald Trump said its objective was a “stop to the nuclear threat posed by the world’s number one state sponsor of terror”.

The Conversation

Trump’s decision to bomb Iran exposes fissures in US politics

US President Donald Trump’s strike on Iran’s nuclear weapons program, which he foreshadowed on and off for the past few days, has revealed a surprisingly broad middle ground in US politics, even as it has provoked controversy in the international community.

The Conversation

Like George W Bush, Trump has started a reckless war based on a lie

The Iraq war was built on a lie. Now history is repeating itself

The Guardian - US

Hegseth’s call for ‘peace’ shows Trump thinks he can have it both ways despite his punishing Iran ‘Hammer’ strike

NEWS ANALYSIS: How US could now be headed for another Iraq War-style 'break it, you bought it' involvement in Middle East, writes John Bowden

The Independent UK

Trump administration denies wanting war with Iran or regime change after nuclear site bombing raid

With the world reeling after Trump’s attack on Iran, US defence secretary Pete Hegseth insisted that the operation was only about ending Tehran’s ambitions for nuclear weapons

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The Guardian - UK

‘No danger of blowing up Reading’: the site building UK’s next nuclear weapons

A £15bn replacement for Britain’s arsenal is being designed at Aldermaston under the pro-nuclear Labour government

The Conversation

What is a ‘bunker buster’? An expert explains what the US dropped on Iran

Late on Saturday night, local time, the United States carried out strikes against Iranian nuclear enrichment sites at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, marking its open participation in the conflict between Iran and Israel.

The Guardian - AU

Australia urged to press US to ‘act responsibly’ as threat of nuclear disaster rises amid Israel-Iran conflict

Nobel prize-winning anti-nuclear group calls for ‘urgent de-escalation and a return to diplomacy’

Evening Standard

What I saw as one of the only people allowed inside Britain’s only nuclear bunker

The media have been allowed inside the Atomic Weapons Establishment for the first time in a decade. Robert Fox takes a journey into the heart of Britain’s nuclear weapons programme - at a time of increased global tension

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Roll Call

Fact-checking Trump, Gabbard comments on Iran nuclear capability - Roll Call

DNI Tulsi Gabbard says she and Trump are on the same page on Iran's nuclear capabilities. But their public statements contradict.

Al Jazeera

Are Israel’s attacks against Iran legal?

International law proscribes the use of force except in self-defence – but what constitutes self-defence?

The Guardian - UK

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

The Conversation

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…

Al Jazeera

How Trump’s position has changed on Iran, splitting MAGA base

‘I may do it. I may not’: Trump’s position on the Iran-Israel conflict has shifted over the past week of violence.

Euronews

Nuclear weapons: Which country's arsenal is growing fastest?

Most dangerous point since 'end of Cold War', experts say, as all nine nuclear powers strengthened their arsenals in 2024.

The National (Scotland)

The facts are clear. So why won't the BBC report on Israel's nuclear weapons?

DOES Israel have nuclear weapons? Yes. Will the BBC report that fact? Apparently not ...

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