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For Australians stranded in Israel with planes grounded, nights are the most unnerving
BySarah Basford Canales and Ben Doherty June 18, 2025

Melbourne lawyer Leon Zwier is among more than 1,000 Australians seeking Dfat’s help to leave amid the fighting with Iran but their options are fewIsrael-Iran conflict at critical juncture as Trump demands Tehran’s ‘unconditional surrender’Leon Zwier’s…

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America is sleepwalking into another unnecessary war | Eli Clifton and Eldar Mamedov
ByEli Clifton and Eldar Mamedov June 18, 2025

Here we are, on the brink of another Middle East conflict with Iran – one that was entirely preventableAs the United States inches closer to direct military confrontation with Iran, it is critical to recognize how avoidable this escalation has been. “W…

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America is sleepwalking into another unnecessary war | Eli Clifton and Eldar Mamedov
ByEli Clifton and Eldar Mamedov June 18, 2025

Here we are, on the brink of another Middle East conflict with Iran – one that was entirely preventableAs the United States inches closer to direct military confrontation with Iran, it is critical to recognize how avoidable this escalation has been. “W…

Read More America is sleepwalking into another unnecessary war | Eli Clifton and Eldar Mamedov
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Trump undecided on joining war on Iran as Khamenei warns him not to attack
ByEmma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem June 18, 2025June 18, 2025

‘I may do it, I may not do it,’ US president says as Tehran reportedly prepares to strike US bases in response Donald Trump said he had not decided whether or not to take his country into Israel’s new war, as Iran’s supreme leader said the US would fac…

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Keir Starmer to chair emergency Cobra meeting to discuss Israel-Iran conflict
ByPippa Crerar Political editor June 18, 2025

UK continues to urge de-escalation as concerns grow about possible US intervention in the Middle EastUK politics live – latest updatesMiddle East crisis – live updatesKeir Starmer will chair an emergency Cobra meeting on Wednesday afternoon amid concer…

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Keir Starmer to chair emergency Cobra meeting to discuss Israel-Iran conflict
ByPippa Crerar Political editor June 18, 2025June 18, 2025

UK continues to urge de-escalation as concerns grow about possible US intervention in Middle EastMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe UK government will have to sign off on the US use of its Diego Garcia base in any bombing raid on Iran, it has emerged…

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Trump’s Yemen bombings killed nearly as many civilians as 23 previous years of US attacks, analysis shows
ByDan Sabbagh June 18, 2025

Monitoring group says high death rate in two months indicates change in US policy that could affect Iran• Middle East crisis – live updatesThe US bombing campaign of Yemen under Donald Trump led to the deaths of almost as many civilians in two months a…

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The warmongers were wrong about Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. Now watch them make the same mistake about Iran | Owen Jones
ByOwen Jones June 18, 2025

Israel is the main source of terror and instability in the Middle East. But the west continually turns away from this realityAs the G7 issues a statement declaring that Israel has a “right to defend itself”, you have a right to ask if you are losing yo…

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Israeli forces kill 11 Palestinians awaiting food trucks, say Gaza officials
ByJason Burke June 18, 2025June 18, 2025

IDF ‘looking into’ incident in central Gaza, as over a hundred die in recent days near or along routes to distribution sitesMiddle East crisis – live updatesEleven Palestinians were killed early on Tuesday morning after Israeli forces opened fire on a …

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A Saudi journalist tweeted against the government – and was executed for ‘high treason’
ByStephanie Kirchgaessner June 18, 2025

The death of Turki al-Jasser was the first high-profile killing of a journalist since the 2018 murder of Jamal KhashoggiThe tweet posted by Saudi journalist Turki al-Jasser in 2014 was chillingly prescient: “The Arab writer can be easily killed by thei…

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