Iran Live Updates: Rubio Says ‘Hardest Hits Are Yet to Come’ as Trump Predicts Weeks of War
President Trump said the campaign could last “four to five weeks,” or even longer, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio said U.S. ground troops remained an option. Strikes pounded Tehran for a third day.
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Qatar Says It Shot Down Two Iranian Bombers
It was the first report in this conflict of Iran attempting to attack its Persian Gulf neighbors with warplanes. The incident indicates a sharp escalation in tensions between Iran and Qatar.
Rubio says US ‘preemptively’ attacked Iran after learning Israel was about to strike as Democrats decry ‘Trump’s war’ – live
State secretary frames strikes as necessary to protect US forces from retaliation; Chuck Schumer tells reporters ‘this is Trump’s war’ and ‘he has no strategy’Hegseth says US won’t get ‘bogged down’ in IranWhat is the legality of the US and Israeli attacks on Iran?Sign up for Breaking US News email alertsWhile speaking today, Pete Hegseth acknowledged the fourth US service member killed in Iran’s counterattacks.“War is hell and always will be,” he said. “Our grateful nation honors the four Americans we have lost thus far and those injured – the absolute best of America.” Continue reading...
Australia politics live: Marles confirms ADF troops safe after drone strike on UAE base; ‘live’ chance of March rate hike, RBA chief says
Bullock says she would ‘dissuade’ investors and economists from thinking RBA would not hike at consecutive meetings. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGovernment takes conflict ‘a day at a time’Moving across to ABC News Breakfast, Richard Marles say the government is taking the conflict in the Middle East – and its economic consequences – a day at a time.It sounds trite, but you literally kind of have to take this at a day at a time. It is very difficult to speculate about how long this will go. You are right that there could easily be an economic dimension to this, and it is a function of how long it goes. And we’re, again, we’re very mindful of that and looking at what the potential economic impacts will be.I’m not about to suggest what the police should do, that’s that’s a matter for them. But let me say this, our our thoughts are not with the supreme leader. Our thoughts are with the thousands of Iranians who have died at the hands of the supreme leader just in the last few weeks, without looking at the countless numbers of Iranians who have lost their lives over the nearly 40 years that the supreme leader has been at the helm of the Iranian state. Continue reading...
Mahmood’s move to make asylum temporary ‘may undermine refugee convention’
Law Society says home secretary’s review of refugee status after 30 months is in tension with UK’s legal obligationsShabana Mahmood’s decision to tell every person applying for asylum from Monday that their status is temporary could undermine the refugee convention, the Law Society has said.The body representing solicitors in England and Wales said the home secretary’s move to review every refugee’s status after 30 months was “in tension” with the UK’s legal obligations. Continue reading...
Ferries emit ‘more sulphur pollution than cars’ in several EU capitals
Dublin, Helsinki, Stockholm and Tallinn among port cities more choked by sulphur oxides from ferries, analysis showsFume-belching ferries spew more sulphur pollution than cars in several EU capitals, analysis has found.Dublin, Helsinki, Stockholm and Tallinn are among 13 of Europe’s 15 biggest port cities choked more by sulphur oxides (SOx) from ferries than road vehicles, data shared exclusively with the Guardian shows. Continue reading...
Middle East crisis live: Israel launches further attacks on Iran and Beirut as US urges citizens to evacuate region
Earlier, Donald Trump laid out US objectives, saying mission could go on for four-five weeks, adding US has ‘capability to go far longer’What is the legality of the US and Israeli attacks on Iran?Have you been affected by events in the Middle East?Bahrain has said that one person was killed by shrapnel from an intercepted missile. The death of a foreign worker at Salman Industrial City, working on a boat there, marks the kingdom’s first reported fatality in the war.Bahrain, home to the US navy’s 5th fleet, said it intercepted 61 missiles and 34 attack drones launched against it. It said some shrapnel had gotten through, striking buildings and the naval base. Continue reading...
Trump Signals U.S. Is Prepared for a Long War Against Iran
President Trump also declined to rule out sending ground troops into Iran as the conflict spread into the Gulf countries and Lebanon and Israel exchanged strikes.
Iranian Strikes Hit Qatar and Saudi Energy Sites, Threatening Oil and Gas Supplies
Strikes on sites in Qatar and Saudi Arabia forced the closure of key production facilities and added to growing worries about global oil and gas supplies.
Man dies in alleged axe murder after dispute with friend at remote NSW campground
Victim was driven to Thora near Bellingen after attack at Little Styx River campground at Ebor but was dead by the time authorities arrivedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man has been charged with murder after an alleged axe attack at a New South Wales campground.Emergency services were called to Thora, 25km north-west of Bellingen, just after midnight on Monday. They found a 33-year-old man who had died from critical head injuries. Continue reading...