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How effective was the US attack on Iran’s nuclear sites? A visual guide

ByPeter Beaumont

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

BySally Rooney

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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What a difference a week makes: Trump falls into the Netanyahu trap

ByAndrew Roth Global affairs correspondent

People were starting to laud the US president for his resistance to the Israeli PM’s pull, but what now?Middle East crisis – live updatesWhen he was elected, Donald Trump suggested he could hammer out a new relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Isr…

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What a difference a week makes: Trump falls into the Netanyahu trap

ByAndrew Roth Global affairs correspondent

People were starting to laud the US president for his resistance to the Israeli PM’s pull, but what now?Middle East crisis – live updatesWhen he was elected, Donald Trump suggested he could hammer out a new relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Isr…