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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Israel-Iran live news: Iranian nuclear program could restart in months, Pentagon finds, as fragile ceasefire holds

ByAdam Fulton

Report says program likely set back only a few months; Iran and Israel both say they will honour truce if other side does after Donald Trump expresses frustration at violationsSee all our Middle East coverageDonald Trump has blasted CNN and the New Yor…

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Trump claims Iran’s nuclear capabilities ‘obliterated’ despite UN watchdog comments – as it happened

ByAdam Fulton

This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereAt the Nato summit in the Netherlands, tensions between Israel and Iran could dominate discussions among world leaders amid the fragile ceasefire.Keir Starmer, the British prime minister…

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Five members of biggest British Jewish body suspended over Israel criticisms

ByHarriet Sherwood

Elected representatives of Board of Deputies were among signatories of open letter objecting to actions in Gaza Strip Five elected representatives to the largest body representing British Jews have been suspended for two years after criticising the Isr…