Iran War Live Updates: Trump Renews Threats Against Iranian Oil and Energy Facilities
President Trump claimed progress in talks to end the war but warned that lacking a deal he would order intense attacks on Iranian infrastructure targets. Oil and stock markets wavered on the news.
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Most Syrian refugees in Germany expected to return home in three years, Merz says
Merz’s government has taken a tougher line on refugees and migrants, amid surging support for the anti-immigration AfD party.
Australian politics live: social media giants accused of ‘potential non-compliance’ with under-16s social media ban
Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube being investigated as eSafety releases update on compliance with social media ban. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning, Krishani Dhanji here with you for another busy sitting day.Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube are being investigated for “potential non-compliance” under the social media ban, with the eSafety commissioner releasing a compliance update today. Continue reading...
White House blames Democrats for record-breaking DHS shutdown after House Republicans reject Senate’s compromise bill – live
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says there are still long security lines at airports throughout the country, and morale among TSA agents has ‘plummeted’Sign up for the Breaking News US email alertsThe average price for a gallon of gasoline in the US is about to hit $4, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA).This is up 33% from a month ago, when the average price was $2.98 per gallon. It is the highest national average since 2022, following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading...
Middle East crisis live: US ‘committed to finishing the job’ in Iran, Rubio says, amid fresh strikes in Tehran
Strikes in west Tehran are heavy, BBC reports; US state secretary tells Al Jazeera the straight of Hormuz will be open ‘one way or another’Donald Trump is weighing a military operation to extract nearly 1,000 pounds (454kg) of uranium from Iran, the Wall Street Journal is reporting, citing unnamed US officials.The mission would likely put American forces inside the country for days or longer, the report says.But the president remains generally open to the idea, according to the officials, because it could help accomplish his central goal of preventing Iran from ever making a nuclear weapon.The combined effect of both waterways being shut to commercial traffic from countries that neither the Iranians nor Houthis favour would be devastating.Napoleon Bonaparte’s remark that “the policy of a state lies in its geography” has never seemed more apt. Continue reading...
Israel passes law to give death penalty to Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks
Knesset approves measure that has been criticised by European countries and rights groupsIsrael’s parliament has passed a law imposing the death penalty on Palestinians convicted of fatal attacks, a measure sharply criticised as discriminatory by European countries and rights groups.The legislation makes the death penalty the default punishment for Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank found guilty of intentionally carrying out deadly attacks deemed acts of terrorism by a military court. Continue reading...
What we know about attack on key Israeli oil refinery
Israeli authorities said they were containing a large fire at an oil refinery in Haifa after it was hit by debris.
French police make two more arrests over foiled attack on Bank of America
Prosecutors investigating suspected link to Iran war due to similarities with other recent attempted attacks in Europe.
Israel Passes Law to Hang Palestinians Convicted of Deadly Attacks
Experts say the law was written in such a way as to ensure that it was unlikely to ever apply to Jewish extremists who commit similar crimes.
Two Indonesian UN peacekeepers killed in explosion in Lebanon
It is the second fatal incident in the last 24 hours, Unifil says, after Israel expanded its operation against Hezbollah.