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Trump and Hegseth admit doubts about level of damage to Iranian nuclear sites
ByJulian Borger in Jerusalem June 25, 2025June 25, 2025

President calls intelligence ‘inconclusive’, while defence secretary describes harm to facilities as ‘moderate to severe’ Donald Trump and the US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, have admitted to some doubt over the scale of the damage inflicted on Ira…

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‘Like a trap’: NHS surgeon describes death of nephew, 16, at Gaza food point
ByGeneva Abdul June 25, 2025June 25, 2025

Mohammad went missing after becoming separated from his uncles. His family later found his body mutilated beyond recognitionMohammad’s family spent four days searching for him after he became separated from his uncles at a food distribution point in no…

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‘Like a trap’: NHS surgeon describes death of nephew, 16, at Gaza food point
ByGeneva Abdul June 25, 2025

Mohammad went missing after becoming separated from his uncles. His family later found his body mutilated beyond recognitionMohammad’s family spent four days searching for him after he became separated from his uncles at a food distribution point in no…

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‘Daddy has to sometimes use strong language’: Nato chief on Trump’s Israel-Iran outburst – video
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian June 25, 2025

Referring to Donald Trump’s use of profanity when commenting on the Israel-Iran war on Tuesday, the Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, joked that ‘Daddy sometimes has to use strong language’. In a remark to reporters a day earlier, Trump had said: ‘We…

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Trump hails ‘big win’ as Nato states agree to raise defence spending to 5% of GDP
ByDan Sabbagh in The Hague June 25, 2025June 25, 2025

US president appears relaxed and reaffirms commitment to military alliance – though Spain criticisedA relaxed Donald Trump said Nato’s decision to increase defence spending to 5% of GDP was a “big win” for western civilisation in a digressive press con…

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‘This ended the war’: Trump compares US strikes on Iran to Hiroshima – video
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian June 25, 2025

Speaking alongside the Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, Donald Trump compared the US strikes on Iran to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, saying: ‘This was essentially the same thing: that ended that war; this ended the war.’ Trump’s comments c…

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‘It’s like being walled in’: young Iranians try to break through internet blackout
ByDeepa Parent June 25, 2025June 25, 2025

Desperate for news and contact during a 13-day shutdown, Iranians searched for proxy links outside the country• Middle East crisis – live updatesAmir* hasn’t slept much in days. From his apartment in northern Tehran, the 23-year-old has spent his night…

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I’m a queer Palestinian. Stop using my identity as cover for the destruction of Gaza | Jad Salfiti
ByJad Salfiti June 25, 2025

Rightwingers in Israel and the US claim they are defending LGBTQ+ rights while Gaza’s people are killed. Don’t dare do this in our namePride has never been apolitical, but in recent years, particularly after the Israeli occupation’s onslaught on the Ga…

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Trump is angry with a world that won’t give him easy deals | Rafael Behr
ByRafael Behr June 25, 2025

In the Middle East as in Ukraine, the president is discovering that simple bullying tricks don’t resolve complex international crisesIt was as close as Donald Trump might get to a lucid statement of his governing doctrine. “I may do it. I may not do it…

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Trump is angry with a world that won’t give him easy deals | Rafael Behr
ByRafael Behr June 25, 2025

In the Middle East as in Ukraine, the president is discovering that simple bullying tricks don’t resolve complex international crisesIt was as close as Donald Trump might get to a lucid statement of his governing doctrine. “I may do it. I may not do it…

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