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Elizabeth Warren demands answers over reports of $500m deal for controversial Gaza Health Foundation

Senator from Massachusetts questions state department’s redirection of $500m to troubled organizationUS politics live – latest updatesElizabeth Warren has confronted the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, over reports that the state department is cons…

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Israel and Iran: where is the conflict heading? – Today in Focus extra

The Guardian’s senior international correspondent Julian Borger reports from Tel Aviv as the Israel-Iran conflict enters its second week and the world awaits Donald Trump’s decision on whether the US will enter the war Continue reading…

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We’re on the brink of a disastrous, illegal conflagration in the Middle East. Trump must be stopped | Fawaz Gerges

This is a war of choice, based on misinformation. If the US and UK join it, they risk a rerun of the Iraq debacle of 2003Like the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003, Israel’s war on Iran is neither legal nor just. It is a war of choice, not…

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Israeli strikes on Iran stir anxiety in LA’s ‘Tehrangeles’: ‘We’re worried 24 hours a day’

In the diverse Iranian hub of west LA, a sense of dread over the escalating conflict is permeating the cafes and bakeriesIn uncertain times in Persian Square, in the Iranian enclave on the west side of Los Angeles, there is always hope – and ice cream….

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Trump denies approving Iran attack plan but will make decision ‘within two weeks’

President denies report in Wall Street Journal and says newspaper has ‘no idea’ of his plans for Israel and IranMiddle East crisis – liveDonald Trump has denied a report in the Wall Street Journal that he has approved US plans to attack Iran, saying th…

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Nuclear non-proliferation is a failure in the Middle East | Letters

Unless Israel is open about its nuclear weapons and joins the non-proliferation treaty, Iran will one day have the bomb, writes Corrado Pirzio-Biroli. Plus, letters by Hubert Cassel, Dr Anthony Isaacs and Randhir Singh BainsI agree with Simon Tisdall’s…

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Ministers urged to publish legal advice on UK involvement in Israel-Iran war

Calls follow news that attorney general advised government to limit its involvement to defending alliesUK politics live – latest updatesMiddle East crisis – live updatesMinisters are facing calls to publish legal advice given to the government on Israe…

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Easy regime change in Tehran is a nice idea. But look to history: it’s a near-impossible one | Martin Kettle

No one doubts the malignity of the Iranian government, but if we forget the tragedies of interventions past, we’ll make the same mistakesOn the eve of the 1991 Gulf war, a TV reporter asked the US commander Norman Schwarzkopf if he would topple Iraq’s …