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Iran says US ‘must receive a response’ after Trump’s strikes on nuclear sites
By June 22, 2025June 23, 2025

Pentagon claims major damage inflicted, world leaders call for restraint and Israel continues to strike Iranian targetsMiddle East crisis – latest updatesIran has warned the US to brace for retaliation after Donald Trump’s administration joined Israel …

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How effective was the US attack on Iran’s nuclear sites? A visual guide
ByPeter Beaumont June 22, 2025June 22, 2025

Trump claims the assault ‘totally obliterated’ the key facilities, but what do we know about its impact?Middle East crisis – latest updatesDonald Trump was quick to claim that US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities had “completely and totally oblitera…

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Democrats say they were left in dark about plans for US strikes on Iran
ByEdward Helmore June 22, 2025

Leading figures on Senate and House intelligence committees not briefed in advance in break with customMiddle East war – live updatesSenior Democrats have claimed they were left in the dark about operation Midnight Hammer, the US’s highly coordinated s…

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Israel kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism | Sally Rooney
BySally Rooney June 22, 2025

If Palestine Action becomes a proscribed group, writing these words of support could become a serious offence. It’s vital we fight this alarming attack on free speechOn 20 June, in what has now become an appallingly familiar story, Israeli forces once …

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Hegseth claims US ‘obliterated’ Iranian nuclear sites despite lack of assessment
ByHugo Lowell in Washington June 22, 2025

US defense secretary praises Trump at first news briefing but Pentagon says it is too early for full damage assessmentMiddle East war –live updatesThe US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, on Sunday repeated claims by Donald Trump that US strikes had com…

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US defence secretary says strikes on Iran nuclear sites were ‘overwhelming success’ – video
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian June 22, 2025

Pete Hegseth said overnight airstrikes targeting the Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan facilities ‘devastated’ Iran’s nuclear programme. At a press conference at the Pentagon, he said the strikes, which followed a ‘focused, powerful and clear’ order from the …

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Donald Trump says US has attacked three Iranian nuclear sites and ‘totally obliterated’ them
ByAndrew Roth and William Christou in Jerusalem, and Julian Borger in Tel Aviv June 22, 2025

Strikes hit uranium enrichment sites at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan; Iran says US has ‘blown up diplomacy’Middle East crisis – latest updatesExplainer: What is Iran’s Fordow nuclear site and why was a US strike needed?Donald Trump has announced that the…

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Alarm in Middle East over US strikes on Iran amid fears of widening conflict
ByAngelique Chrisafis in Paris June 22, 2025June 22, 2025

Leaders of UAE, Qatar and Oman criticise attack and urge de-escalation as EU and UN call for immediate diplomacyMiddle East crisis – latest updatesCountries in the Middle East and beyond responded with alarm after US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites as…

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US is ‘fully responsible for the dangerous consequences’ of strikes, says Iranian minister – video
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian June 22, 2025

The Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, called the US airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities on Saturday night ‘an outrageous, grave and unprecedented violation of the principles of the UN charter and international law’. He added: ‘Iran r…

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No matter what Trump says, the US has gone to war – and there will be profound and lasting consequences | Simon Tisdall
BySimon Tisdall June 22, 2025

Trump has fallen slap bang into the trap laid for him by Netanyahu. His reckless gamble makes a nuclear weapon for Iran more, not less, likelyBombing will not make Iran go away. US bombs will not destroy the knowhow needed to build a nuclear weapon or …

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