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Iran intensifies internal security crackdown with executions and mass arrests

ByReuters in Baghdad

Iranian rights group has recorded 705 arrests on political or security charges since the start of the war with IsraelIranian authorities are pivoting from a ceasefire with Israel to intensify an internal security crackdown across the country with mass …

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Pakistan debates Trump Nobel peace prize nomination after US strikes on Iran

ByShah Meer Baloch in Islamabad

Pakistani government had credited US president with ‘pivotal leadership’ in its ceasefire negotiations with IndiaMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump’s intervention into the Iran-Israel war, and brokering then announcing a ceasefire, has drawn…

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Pakistan debates Trump Nobel peace prize nomination after US strikes on Iran

ByShah Meer Baloch in Islamabad

Pakistani government had credited US president with ‘pivotal leadership’ in its ceasefire negotiations with IndiaMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump’s intervention into the Iran-Israel war, and brokering then announcing a ceasefire, has drawn…

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Voice of America aired Trump’s message to Iranian people during US bombings

ByJoseph Gedeon in Washington

US-run news outlet had earlier been branded ‘propaganda’ and ‘leftist’ by the White House as it sought to close itVoice of America (VOA) may have been used to broadcast Donald Trump’s message to Iranians in Farsi during weekend military strikes, the pr…

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Chain reaction: inside the 27 June Guardian Weekly

ByGraham Snowdon

The consequences of America’s attack on Iran. Plus Small ways to stop insect decline Get the Guardian Weekly delivered to your home addressHow will Israel’s conflict with Iran play out? Only a brave person, or perhaps a weekly news magazine, would try …

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Seven Israeli soldiers killed in Hamas attack in southern Gaza Strip

ByWilliam Christou in Jerusalem

Hamas militants plant bomb on Israeli military vehicle in Khan Younis, causing it to catch fireMiddle East crisis – live updatesSeven Israeli soldiers have been killed in a Hamas attack in the southern Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said on Wednesday…

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Trump and Hegseth admit doubts about level of damage to Iranian nuclear sites

ByJulian Borger in Jerusalem

President calls intelligence ‘inconclusive’, while defence secretary describes harm to facilities as ‘moderate to severe’ Donald Trump and the US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, have admitted to some doubt over the scale of the damage inflicted on Ira…

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‘Like a trap’: NHS surgeon describes death of nephew, 16, at Gaza food point

ByGeneva Abdul

Mohammad went missing after becoming separated from his uncles. His family later found his body mutilated beyond recognitionMohammad’s family spent four days searching for him after he became separated from his uncles at a food distribution point in no…

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‘Like a trap’: NHS surgeon describes death of nephew, 16, at Gaza food point

ByGeneva Abdul

Mohammad went missing after becoming separated from his uncles. His family later found his body mutilated beyond recognitionMohammad’s family spent four days searching for him after he became separated from his uncles at a food distribution point in no…

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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…