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PM backs Iran strikes but says Australia is ‘deeply concerned about any escalation’

ByJosh Butler and Dan Jervis-Bardy

Penny Wong refuses to say whether Pine Gap communications facility in NT was used in US bombing of three Iranian nuclear sitesAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese says A…

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US-Iran crisis: what we know so far

ByGuardian staff and agencies

US president speaks of regime change in Tehran as the US awaits reprisals from Iran and world leaders urge de-escalation and a return to negotiationsIsrael-Iran war – live updatesFull report: Iran says US ‘must receive a response’ after Trump’s strikes…

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Iran will decide ‘timing, nature and scale’ of its response to US, Israeli attacks – video

ByGuardian staff

Iran’s UN ambassador, Amir Saeid Iravani, told an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Sunday that the US had ‘decided to destroy diplomacy’ with its strikes on Iran. He added that the Iranian military will decide a ‘proportionat…

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Iran will decide ‘timing, nature and scale’ of its response to US, Israeli attacks – video

ByGuardian staff

Iran’s UN ambassador, Amir Saeid Iravani, told an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Sunday that the US had ‘decided to destroy diplomacy’ with its strikes on Iran. He added that the Iranian military will decide a ‘proportionat…

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Trump thanks Tehran for weak response after Qatar attack – as it happened

ByHelen Livingstone

This blog is closed, you can continue to follow our live coverage on our new blog here.“Monumental damage” was done to “all Nuclear sites” in Iran during the US attack on the country at the weekend, Donald Trump has said in his latest comments, after o…

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Australia must stand firm in its support for a rules-based order and reject any US requests for military aid | Donald Rothwell

ByDonald Rothwell

Labor governments have a proud history of supporting the UN charter. The Albanese government must continue itAmerica’s bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities has no legitimacy under international law and carries significant implications for Australia. T…

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Australia must stand firm in its support for a rules-based order and reject any US requests for military aid | Donald Rothwell

ByDonald Rothwell

Labor governments have a proud history of supporting the UN charter. The Albanese government must continue itAmerica’s bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities has no legitimacy under international law and carries significant implications for Australia. T…

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Why Trump bombed Iran – podcast

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The United States has joined Israel in its attacks on Iranian nuclear sites. Michael Safi hears from reporter Hugo Lowell and world affairs correspondent Andrew Roth on what happens now Continue reading…

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Why Trump bombed Iran – podcast

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The United States has joined Israel in its attacks on Iranian nuclear sites. Michael Safi hears from reporter Hugo Lowell and world affairs correspondent Andrew Roth on what happens now Continue reading…

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US bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities is Trump’s biggest gamble yet as president

ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Much could go wrong for the US and the Middle East as Trump and Netanyahu pursue the disempowerment of IranDonald Trump, a self-confessed risk-taker, has taken the greatest gamble – not just with his political reputation and the future of the Middle Ea…