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Is Trump about to attack Iran again? – The Latest
By January 29, 2026

Donald Trump says ‘time is running out’ for Iran as the threat of war appears to loom closer. A huge US armada is being moved towards Iran and is seen as the starkest indication yet that Trump intends to strike.The US president had called on the Irania…

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EU designates Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation
ByJennifer Rankin in Brussels January 29, 2026January 29, 2026

‘Any organisation that kills thousands of its own people is working toward its own demise,’ says Kaja Kallas The EU has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation, ending years of division over the issue in respo…

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Nigel Farage meets UAE ministers and drums up donations on Dubai trip
ByEdmund Bower in Dubai and Rowena Mason January 29, 2026

Reform UK leader speaks at GB News event also attended by industry minister on second UAE visit in two monthsNigel Farage has paid a visit to Dubai to build diplomatic relations with United Arab Emirates ministers and drum up donations for Reform UK fr…

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Iran seeks to avert US military action with talks in Ankara
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor January 29, 2026

Turkey hosts urgent mediation as Trump’s threats mount and Tehran weighs painful compromises to avoid conflictIran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, will travel to Ankara for talks aimed at preventing a US attack, as Turkish diplomats seek to convinc…

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‘Very masculinist’: how Iran unrest felt different to 2022’s hijab protests
ByRobert Tait January 29, 2026

Previously popular ‘woman, life, freedom’ slogan ignored as son of former shah becomes focus of desperation for change As the nightly protests that recently gripped Iran got under way, familiar shouts of “death to the dictator” and “death to [Ayatollah…

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Iran tries to confront ‘catastrophe’ of violent clampdown on protests
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor January 29, 2026

Calls for independent external inquiry into brutal crackdown that some estimates suggest killed more than 30,000A deep and painful inquest is under way inside Iran as politicians, academics and the security establishment try to come to terms with what …

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Iran accused of ‘campaign of revenge’ as doctors arrested for treating protesters
ByDeepa Parent January 29, 2026

US state department calls for the release of all detained healthcare workers as at least one arrested surgeon reported to be at risk of executionDoctors are being arrested in Iran for helping save the lives of some of the tens of thousands injured duri…

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What does the US want from Iran? Tracking one month of Trump’s changing demands
ByJonathan Yerushalmy January 29, 2026

After saying the US would attack if protesters were harmed, the president appears now to be tying the threat of airstrikes to Iran’s nuclear programmeDonald Trump has warned that Iran must come to the table to negotiate a deal over its nuclear programm…

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Iran appears to ease internet blackout as cost of shutdown mounts
ByAisha Down January 28, 2026

Experts say uneven connectivity suggests regime is throttling and filtering data as losses said to hit $36m a dayIranian authorities appear to have relaxed – but not removed – internet restrictions, in what experts say is a sign of the mounting costs o…

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Qatari plane hits Milan airport lights during arrival of Winter Olympics staff
ByAngela Giuffrida in Rome January 28, 2026

Aircraft carrying 104 personnel damaged lighting tower while making ‘wrong manoeuvre’ after landing A Qatari military cargo plane carrying security staff in Italy to assist with law enforcement for the Winter Olympics struck a lighting tower on Sunday …

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