Live Updates: U.S. and Israel Strike Iran as Trump Calls for Overthrow of Government
Iran vowed retaliation after President Trump pledged to eliminate its nuclear program and devastate its military. Israel joined the U.S.-led attack and said it had targeted a gathering of senior Iranian officials.
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US and Israel launch major attack on Iran to trigger regime change as Tehran retaliates across the Middle East – live
Iran’s foreign minister says Donald Trump’s aim of regime change is ‘mission impossible’; 201 people killed in Iran, media reports say Full report: US and Israel attack IranAnalysis: Trump’s attack has no mandateA visual guide to the US-Israeli strikes on Iran – and Tehran’s responseBlasts have been heard in several cities, including the capital, Tehran, and Isfahan in central Iran.Reuters reports there are long queues at petrol stations in the capital, as many people try to leave. An unnamed Iranian official who spoke to the news agency said several ministries in southern Tehran had been targeted. Continue reading...
Iran Hits Back Across the Mideast, Targeting U.S. Bases and Allies
Waves of retaliatory strikes were reported in Israel and across several Gulf countries on Saturday. The Emirati government said at least one person was killed from falling missile debris.
Luxury Dubai hotel hit as Iran launches retaliatory strikes across region
Smoke and flames rose from Dubai's Fairmont The Palm hotel as civilian targets came under fire along with the US military bases across the middle east.
Trump’s Unilateral Attack on Iran Paves Way for Broader Dispute Over War Powers
Critics say the president is violating the Constitution, and many Democrats and at least two Republicans in Congress say they must vote on whether to enter such a conflict.
What to Know About the U.S. Attacks on Iran
The United States and Israel launched a major assault, as President Trump called on Iranians to overthrow the government.
Iran Says Dozens Killed in Strike on School
The strike on an elementary school in the southern Iran town of Minab was one of two attacks that appear to have hit schools during U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran on Saturday.
Labour minister Josh Simons resigns after falsely linking journalists to ‘pro-Kremlin’ network
Makerfield MP has been under pressure over thinktank’s commissioning of PR firm to investigate reportersThe Labour minister Josh Simons has resigned from the government after the Guardian revealed that he falsely linked reporters to a “pro-Kremlin” network in emails to GCHQ despite having claimed to be “surprised” and “furious” about a PR firm’s investigation into their journalism.Simons, who had been a Cabinet office minister, previously ran the thinktank Labour Together. He quit on Saturday, saying his position in office had become “a distraction from this government’s important work.”The Makerfield MP had faced mounting pressure over his role in Labour Together’s commissioning of the lobbying and public affairs agency APCO to investigate journalists reporting on the thinktank’s failure to disclose political donations. Continue reading...
Netanyahu Takes His Shot at Regime Change in Iran
The United States and Israel have declared their war aim as paving the way for a popular uprising against the government in Tehran.