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Israel and Iran continue to exchange fire despite Trump’s ceasefire declaration

ByAndrew Roth and Hugo Lowell in Washington, and Julian Borger in Jerusalem

Israel defence minister orders army to ‘respond forcefully’ after claiming Tehran has violated US president’s ceasefireMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has declared a ceasefire intended to bring an end to a 12-day war between Israel and Ir…

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The view from Iran: ‘People have returned to Tehran, although the bombing hasn’t stopped’

ByAs told to Jedidajah Otte

Anahita, a Tehran resident in her 30s, tells of fears over retaliation to US strikes, regime arrests, and shortages• Israel-Iran war – live updatesThe internet in Iran was down for a full three days [at the end of last week], and there was no way to co…

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Trump and Netanyahu aim to remake the Middle East with bombs. Iran shows why that will always fail | Sina Toossi

BySina Toossi

The US has rashly followed Israel into a war that will not end Iran’s nuclear programme or topple its governmentSina Toossi is a senior non-resident fellow at the Center for International PolicyThe joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran over the weekend – ta…

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Trump talks of regime change in Iran and insists US ‘obliterated’ nuclear sites | First Thing

ByNicola Slawson

US president says strikes led to ‘monumental damage’ and questioned if the regime could ‘make Iran great again’. Plus, the dolls that have sparked moral panic in BrazilGood morning.Donald Trump raised the prospect of regime change in Iran and defended …

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Trump’s war with Iran signals perilous shift from showman to strongman

ByDavid Smith in Washington

The emergence of Hawk Trump dismayed some of his Maga base but students of US adventurism were unsurprisedSo the military parade that brought tanks to the streets of Washington on Donald Trump’s birthday was more than just an authoritarian ego trip. It…

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David Lammy refuses to say if UK supported US strikes on Iran nuclear facilities

ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

UK foreign secretary also sidesteps questions on legality of strikes and Donald Trump’s ‘regime change’ postUK politics live – latest updatesMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe UK foreign secretary has repeatedly refused to say if the UK supported the…

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Monday briefing: Four ways Iran could retaliate to US bombing of nuclear sites

ByArchie Bland

In today’s newsletter: After Donald Trump brings the US into Israel’s conflict with Iran, one analyst sets out the potential response from TehranGood morning. After he ordered the attacks on Iranian nuclear sites that constituted the US’s entry into Is…

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Trump talks of regime change in Iran and insists US ‘obliterated’ nuclear sites

ByStaff and agencies

US president says strikes led to ‘monumental damage’ and questioned if the regime could ‘make Iran great again’Live coverage: region braces for Iranian response to US strikesUS-Iran crisis: what we know so far Donald Trump raised the prospect of regime…

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Iran and Israel launch intense wave of attacks as Trump talks of regime change

ByStaff and agencies

Attacks on both sides ramp up as US president questions if regime change in Tehran could ‘make Iran great again’Live coverage: region braces for Iranian response to US strikesUS-Iran crisis: what we know so farIran and Israel have launched intense wave…

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Israel’s appetite for war in Gaza threatens its relationship with the European Union

ByEmma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem

Scale of death and destruction in Gaza, and the violence of settlers in the West Bank, has shifted public opinion in the EUIn Israel, it can seem like only one other place really matters. Washington DC is on the other side of the world but provides Isr…