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| Middle East crisis live: Israeli minister calls for ‘complete halt’ of aid to Gaza |
| Thu, 26 Jun 2025 06:10:19 -0300 Itamar Ben-Gvir says that he will ‘demand’ Netanyahu put a new vote to the country’s cabinet on the issue of aid for Gaza Israel’s national security minister called for a “complete halt” of humanitarian aid to Gaza on Thursday, claiming that Hamas is taking control of the supplied goods and food. Itamar Ben-Gvir says that he will “demand” Benjamin Netanyahu put a new vote to the country’s cabinet on the issue of the introduction of aid to Gaza. The humanitarian aid currently entering Gaza is an absolute disgrace. What is needed in Gaza is not a temporary halt to the “humanitarian” aid, but a complete halt to it. When I warned and warned, and unfortunately the only one who voted a month and a half ago against the introduction of the aid, it was clear to me that it would give oxygen to Hamas. With all due respect and gratitude to the president of the United States, he’s not supposed to intervene in a legal process of an independent state. I hope and suppose that this is a reward he (Trump) is giving him (Netanyahu) because he is planning to pressure him on Gaza and force, to force him into a hostage deal that will end the war. Continue reading... |
| Middle East crisis live: at least 21 in Gaza reported killed by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes |
| Thu, 26 Jun 2025 05:33:45 -0300 People in Gaza reported killed in a school housing displaced families, a tent encampment and near an aid distribution point Israel’s national security minister called for a “complete halt” of humanitarian aid to Gaza on Thursday, claiming that Hamas is taking control of the supplied goods and food. Itamar Ben-Gvir says that he will “demand” Benjamin Netanyahu put a new vote to the country’s cabinet on the issue of the introduction of aid to Gaza. The humanitarian aid currently entering Gaza is an absolute disgrace. What is needed in Gaza is not a temporary halt to the “humanitarian” aid, but a complete halt to it. When I warned and warned, and unfortunately the only one who voted a month and a half ago against the introduction of the aid, it was clear to me that it would give oxygen to Hamas. With all due respect and gratitude to the president of the United States, he’s not supposed to intervene in a legal process of an independent state. I hope and suppose that this is a reward he (Trump) is giving him (Netanyahu) because he is planning to pressure him on Gaza and force, to force him into a hostage deal that will end the war. Continue reading... |
| Israel-Iran news live: Donald Trump says strikes on Iran were ‘devastating attack’ amid row over claims of success |
| Thu, 26 Jun 2025 04:52:52 -0300 US administration hits back at leaked intelligence report suggesting strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities only set programme back by a few months Israeli gunfire and airstrikes killed at least 21 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, local health authorities said, as mediators reached out to Israel and Hamas to seek a resumption of ceasefire talks to end the war, Reuters reports. Local health authorities said an Israeli airstrike killed at least nine people at a school housing displaced families in the Sheikh Radwan suburb in Gaza City, while another strike killed nine people near a tent encampment in Khan Younis in the south of the enclave. Continue reading... |
| Are we witnessing the death of international law? |
| Thu, 26 Jun 2025 01:00:51 -0300 A growing number of scholars and lawyers are losing faith in the current system. Others say the law is not to blame, but the states that are supposed to uphold it In late April, terrorists killed 26 civilians in the Indian town of Pahalgam, located in the mountainous border region of Kashmir. India swiftly blamed Pakistan for the attack, launched missile strikes towards it and announced that it was suspending the Indus waters treaty, effectively threatening to cut off three-quarters of Pakistan’s water supply. Ahmad Irfan Aslam, a seasoned international lawyer who, until last year, was Pakistan’s minister for law and justice, water and natural resources, climate change and investments, watched the news unfold with a creeping sense of horror. India was raising the possibility that it could turn off the tap for 250 million people. This would violate not only the treaty, but also international laws around the equitable use of water resources. Continue reading... |
| Military briefing: Israel and Iran size up war damage |
| Thu, 26 Jun 2025 01:00:12 -0300 Satellite images show misfires in Jewish state and damage to Iranian nuclear sites as foes emerge from conflict |
| Draw your own chart game: oil prices |
| Thu, 26 Jun 2025 01:00:12 -0300 Test your knowledge of how oil prices have been affected by previous crises in the Middle East |
| Trump officials cite ‘new intelligence’ to back president’s claims of success in strikes on Iran |
| Thu, 26 Jun 2025 00:39:32 -0300 Tulsi Gabbard and the CIA director say Iran’s nuclear sites were ‘destroyed’, amid reports of White House efforts to limit sharing of classified information with Congress Donald Trump’s administration ratcheted up its defence of the US’s weekend attacks on Iran, citing “new intelligence” to support its initial claim of complete success and criticising a leaked intelligence assessment that suggested Tehran’s nuclear programme had been set back by only a few months. The growing row came amid reports that the White House will to try to limit the sharing of classified documents with Congress, according to the Washington Post and the Associated Press. Continue reading... |
| Trump calls for Netanyahu corruption trial to be cancelled |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 21:31:07 -0300 US president calls Israeli prime minister a ‘great hero’ and that the charges against him constitute a ‘witch hunt’ Donald Trump has weighed in on ally Benjamin Netanyahu’s long-running corruption trial, saying in a social media post that the trial was a “witch hunt” and should be cancelled. “Bibi and I just went through HELL together, fighting a very tough and brilliant longtime enemy of Israel, Iran, and Bibi could not have been better, sharper, or stronger in his LOVE for the incredible Holy Land,” Trump said on Wednesday night, using a nickname for the Israeli leader. Continue reading... |
| Israeli forces kill three Palestinians after settlers attack West Bank town |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 19:34:33 -0300 Meanwhile, the Israeli army kills 15-year-old boy amid a surge of violence between settlers and Palestinians Dozens of Israeli settlers have attacked a Palestinian West Bank town, sparking a confrontation that ended with Israeli forces killing three Palestinians. In a separate incident, a 15-year-old boy was killed by the Israeli army in the northern West Bank town of Al-Yamoun, amid a surge of violence and near-daily confrontations between settlers and Palestinians. Continue reading... |
| Trump and Hegseth admit doubts about level of damage to Iranian nuclear sites |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 19:19:11 -0300 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 Iran’s nuclear sites by the US bombing at the weekend, after a leaked Pentagon assessment said the Iranian programme had been set back by only a few months. “The intelligence was very inconclusive,” Trump told journalists at a Nato summit in The Hague, introducing an element of uncertainty for the first time after several days of emphatic declarations that the destruction had been total. Continue reading... |
| Trump says US will speak to Iran next week and ‘may’ sign a nuclear deal |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 18:44:45 -0300 CIA says strikes ‘severely damaged’ Tehran’s atomic programme |
| Iran intensifies internal security crackdown with executions and mass arrests |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 17:49:01 -0300 Iranian rights group has recorded 705 arrests on political or security charges since the start of the war with Israel Iranian authorities are pivoting from a ceasefire with Israel to intensify an internal security crackdown across the country with mass arrests, executions and military deployments, particularly in the restive Kurdish region, according to officials and activists. Within days of Israel’s airstrikes beginning on 13 June, Iranian security forces started a campaign of widespread arrests accompanied by an intensified street presence based around checkpoints. Continue reading... |
| The Iran war: how far will it go? |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:58:08 -0300 FT correspondents and guests answered subscriber questions on 25 June 2025 |
| Iran’s parliament approves bill to suspend cooperation with IAEA |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:27:30 -0300 Move makes it harder to verify degree of damage inflicted on Iran’s three key nuclear sites by US and Israeli bombing Iran’s parliament has unanimously agreed to suspend all cooperation with the IAEA, the UN’s nuclear inspectorate, making it harder for an independent expert assessment to be made about the degree of damage inflicted on Iran’s three key nuclear sites by the joint US and Israeli bombing. It also makes it harder for the location of any highly enriched uranium to be known. The vote is a sign that Iran wants to harden its negotiating position on cooperation with the west in the wake of 12 days of attacks mounted by Israel and the US, but supported by European governments only with varying degrees of enthusiasm. Continue reading... |
| Trump hails ‘big win’ as Nato states agree to raise defence spending to 5% of GDP |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:27:08 -0300 US president appears relaxed and reaffirms commitment to military alliance – though Spain criticised A relaxed Donald Trump said Nato’s decision to increase defence spending to 5% of GDP was a “big win” for western civilisation in a digressive press conference at a summit in The Hague where he reaffirmed the US’s commitment to the military alliance. There was every sign that the careful setup of the summit – in which most allies in Europe and Canada committed billions more on defence – had worked to keep Trump bound in to the alliance, with the US president praising Mark Rutte, its secretary general, and a night where he “slept beautiful” in the Dutch king’s palace. Continue reading... |
| Chain reaction: inside the 27 June Guardian Weekly |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:00:35 -0300 The consequences of America’s attack on Iran. Plus Small ways to stop insect decline How will Israel’s conflict with Iran play out? Only a brave person, or perhaps a weekly news magazine, would try to foresee the outcomes of a war in which the contours have shifted almost by the hour. After the United States bombed Iran’s key nuclear facilities last weekend – and Tehran responded with a choreographed missile attack on a US base in Qatar – Donald Trump declared a ceasefire, clearly hoping that would be the end of it. Initially at least, Iran and Israel appeared not to have got the memo, provoking a sweary outburst from the US president on the White House lawn. But as of Wednesday, a fragile truce appeared to be holding (follow our latest coverage here). Continue reading... |
| Trump and Hegseth admit doubts about level of damage to Iran nuclear sites |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:56:10 -0300 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 Iran’s nuclear sites by the US bombing at the weekend, after a leaked Pentagon assessment said the Iranian programme had been set back by only a few months. “The intelligence was very inconclusive,” Trump told journalists at a Nato summit in The Hague, introducing an element of uncertainty for the first time after several days of emphatic declarations that the destruction had been total. “The intelligence says we don’t know. It could’ve been very severe. That’s what the intelligence suggests.” Continue reading... |
| Trump claims Iran’s nuclear capabilities ‘obliterated’ despite UN watchdog comments – as it happened |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:54:01 -0300 This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story here At the Nato summit in the Netherlands, tensions between Israel and Iran could dominate discussions among world leaders amid the fragile ceasefire. Keir Starmer, the British prime minister, is among those in The Hague for the gathering, having called on Middle Eastern nations to maintain the pause in hostilities. Look, I think what we’ve seen over the last few days is the Americans alleviating a threat to nuclear weaponry by the Iranians and bringing about a ceasefire in the early hours of today. I think now what needs to happen is that ceasefire needs to be maintained, and that will be the focus of our attention, our engagement, our discussions, because that ceasefire provides the space for the negotiations that need to take place. Continue reading... |
| Martin Rowson on Donald Trump, the Israel-Iran war and the F-bomb – cartoon |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:36:39 -0300 Continue reading... |
| A fragile truce in the Middle East |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:35:12 -0300 Trump should champion diplomatic efforts if he wants peace to endure |
| Trump claims Iran’s nuclear capabilities ‘obliterated’ despite UN watchdog comments – Middle East live |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:33:38 -0300 Trump’s claim runs counter to a leaked US intelligence report which said the damage had only set Iran’s nuclear programme back a ‘few months’ At the Nato summit in the Netherlands, tensions between Israel and Iran could dominate discussions among world leaders amid the fragile ceasefire. Keir Starmer, the British prime minister, is among those in The Hague for the gathering, having called on Middle Eastern nations to maintain the pause in hostilities. Look, I think what we’ve seen over the last few days is the Americans alleviating a threat to nuclear weaponry by the Iranians and bringing about a ceasefire in the early hours of today. I think now what needs to happen is that ceasefire needs to be maintained, and that will be the focus of our attention, our engagement, our discussions, because that ceasefire provides the space for the negotiations that need to take place. Continue reading... |
| Trump claims Iran nuclear sites ‘obliterated’ but UN watchdog says highly enriched uranium may have survived – Middle East live |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:15:04 -0300 Trump’s claim runs counter to a leaked US intelligence report which said the damage had only set Iran’s nuclear programme back a ‘few months’ At the Nato summit in the Netherlands, tensions between Israel and Iran could dominate discussions among world leaders amid the fragile ceasefire. Keir Starmer, the British prime minister, is among those in The Hague for the gathering, having called on Middle Eastern nations to maintain the pause in hostilities. Look, I think what we’ve seen over the last few days is the Americans alleviating a threat to nuclear weaponry by the Iranians and bringing about a ceasefire in the early hours of today. I think now what needs to happen is that ceasefire needs to be maintained, and that will be the focus of our attention, our engagement, our discussions, because that ceasefire provides the space for the negotiations that need to take place. Continue reading... |
| Trump says he will speak to Iran next week and ‘may’ sign a nuclear deal |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:04:42 -0300 US president dismissed intelligence leak suggesting impact of American strikes on key facilities was limited |
| US strikes only delayed Iran’s nuclear progress, says intelligence report |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:49:41 -0300 Leaked assessment casts doubt on Trump’s claims to have ‘obliterated’ facilities |
| ‘It’s like being walled in’: young Iranians try to break through internet blackout |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:44:02 -0300 Desperate for news and contact during a 13-day shutdown, Iranians searched for proxy links outside the country • Middle East crisis – live updates Amir* hasn’t slept much in days. From his apartment in northern Tehran, the 23-year-old has spent his nights searching for proxy links, fragile digital lifelines that briefly break through the internet blackout. For 13 days Iran was under a near-total internet shutdown, severely limiting access to information, from the beginning of the Israeli strikes until later on Wednesday. A group of young Iranians are, however, worked non-stop to ensure their voices reach the outside world. Continue reading... |
| Seven Israeli soldiers killed in Hamas attack in southern Gaza Strip |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:56:04 -0300 Hamas militants plant bomb on Israeli military vehicle in Khan Younis, causing it to catch fire Seven Israeli soldiers have been killed in a Hamas attack in the southern Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said on Wednesday, one of the deadliest incidents for the force in months. Meanwhile, Israeli attacks have killed 74 people in the Palestinian territory over the past 24 hours, according to local health authorities. The seven Israeli soldiers, in the 605th combat engineering battalion, were killed on Tuesday after militants planted a bomb on their vehicle while they were driving in Khan Younis, causing it to catch fire. Hamas later claimed responsibility for the attack. Continue reading... |
| ‘Like a trap’: NHS surgeon describes death of nephew, 16, at Gaza food point |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:36:31 -0300 Mohammad went missing after becoming separated from his uncles. His family later found his body mutilated beyond recognition Mohammad’s family spent four days searching for him after he became separated from his uncles at a food distribution point in northern Gaza. They clung to the chance that he had been arrested by the Israel Defense Forces, as the boy was not among the corpses recovered after troops opened fire. But eventually they found his body mutilated beyond recognition, identifiable only by his electrician father’s work shoes. Mohammad was 16, and his family had not seen a bag of flour for more than a month. His uncle Mo, who was born in Jabaliya, northern Gaza, received news of his nephew’s disappearance in the UK, where he has worked as an NHS consultant for the past 20 years. Continue reading... |
| Israel-Iran live news: Donald Trump likens US strikes on Iran to atomic bombing of Hiroshima |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:13:27 -0300 US president says ‘I don’t want to use an example of Hiroshima… but that was essentially the same thing that ended that war’ as he speaks at Nato At the Nato summit in the Netherlands, tensions between Israel and Iran could dominate discussions among world leaders amid the fragile ceasefire. Keir Starmer, the British prime minister, is among those in The Hague for the gathering, having called on Middle Eastern nations to maintain the pause in hostilities. Look, I think what we’ve seen over the last few days is the Americans alleviating a threat to nuclear weaponry by the Iranians and bringing about a ceasefire in the early hours of today. I think now what needs to happen is that ceasefire needs to be maintained, and that will be the focus of our attention, our engagement, our discussions, because that ceasefire provides the space for the negotiations that need to take place. Continue reading... |
| Russia no longer needs Iran’s help to sustain the war in Ukraine |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 09:05:16 -0300 Tehran’s humiliation won’t please Moscow, but domestic drone production and new alliances mean Vladimir Putin can fight on |
| 'Daddy has to sometimes use strong language': Nato chief on Trump's Israel-Iran outburst – video |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 09:04:38 -0300 Referring to Donald Trump's use of profanity when commenting on the Israel-Iran war on Tuesday, the Nato secretary-general, Mark Rutte, has joked that 'Daddy sometimes has to use strong language' at the alliance's summit in The Hague. In a remark to reporters on 24 June, Trump said: 'We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the fuck they’re doing' Continue reading... |
| America’s retreat from the world stalls again |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 08:56:06 -0300 The bombing of Iran suggests that a global role is a hard thing to give up |
| ‘We want Tehran standing tall’: on the ground in Iran’s capital |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 08:45:40 -0300 Businesses are reopening and residents returning to the city as a shaky ceasefire brings an end to devastating 12-day war |
| ‘We want Tehran standing tall’: on the ground in Iran’s capital after Israel war |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 08:45:40 -0300 Businesses are reopening and residents returning to the city as shaky ceasefire brings an end to devastating 12-day conflict |
| Tehran comes back to life after Iran-Israel war |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 08:45:40 -0300 Businesses are reopening and residents returning to the city as shaky ceasefire brings an end to devastating 12-day conflict |
| Trump praises Nato states as summit prepares to lift defence spending target |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 08:06:36 -0300 ‘Nato’s going to become very strong with us,’ says US president, as secretary general calls him ‘daddy’ Donald Trump praised Nato countries for being willing to lift defence spending to 5% in his first public remarks at the military alliance’s annual summit, and said that he expected the US to be fully in support. The president was speaking at a preliminary press conference in The Hague that was dominated by his rejection of overnight reports that Iran’s nuclear sites were not destroyed in US bombing, and where he was also praised by the Nato chief, Mark Rutte, for being the “daddy”. Continue reading... |
| Iran’s parliament votes to halt co-operation with nuclear watchdog |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 07:38:02 -0300 Tehran expected to quickly implement proposal ending work with IAEA and suspending treaty commitments |
| Donald Trump compares US strikes on Iran to atomic bombing of Hiroshima |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 06:46:44 -0300 Israeli intelligence expected to provide impact assessment, US president says |
| Trump compares US strikes on Iran to atomic bombing of Hiroshima |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 06:46:44 -0300 Israeli intelligence expected to provide impact assessment, US president says |
| ‘It’s like being walled in’: young Iranians break through internet blackout |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 06:02:57 -0300 Desperate for news on war with Israel, people are searching for proxy links that route messages through servers outside Iran • Middle East crisis – live updates Amir* hasn’t slept much in days. From his apartment in northern Tehran, the 23-year-old spends his nights searching for proxy links – fragile digital lifelines that briefly break through the internet blackout. Iran remains under a near-total internet shutdown, severely limiting access to information. A group of young Iranians are, however, working non-stop to breech the blackout to ensure their voices go out to the outside world. Continue reading... |
| I’m a queer Palestinian. Stop using my identity as cover for the destruction of Gaza | Jad Salfiti |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 06:00:11 -0300 Rightwingers in Israel and the US claim they are defending LGBTQ+ rights while Gaza’s people are killed. Don’t dare do this in our name Pride has never been apolitical, but in recent years, particularly after the Israeli occupation’s onslaught on the Gaza Strip after 7 October 2023, the coalition of queer rights in the west has felt increasingly fractured. In Berlin, the city I call home, Pride events have splintered along political lines as Palestine has been a recurring point of contention. According to organisers of Internationalist Queer Pride Berlin (IQP Berlin), a split between two major alternative Pride events followed an incident in which the initial organisers called police to the event after participants expressed solidarity by chanting “free Palestine”. Meanwhile, at Berlin’s official Pride parade, attenders have previously waved rainbow and Israeli flags as they marched through Berlin alongside an Israeli embassy float. Jad Salfiti is a British-Palestinian video producer and journalist Continue reading... |
| Israel-Iran live news: Iranian parliament approves bill to suspend cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 05:59:58 -0300 Parliament speaker said Iran would accelerate civilian nuclear programme as US secretary of state says ‘significant damage’ done to nuclear components At the Nato summit in the Netherlands, tensions between Israel and Iran could dominate discussions among world leaders amid the fragile ceasefire. Keir Starmer, the British prime minister, is among those in The Hague for the gathering, having called on Middle Eastern nations to maintain the pause in hostilities. Look, I think what we’ve seen over the last few days is the Americans alleviating a threat to nuclear weaponry by the Iranians and bringing about a ceasefire in the early hours of today. I think now what needs to happen is that ceasefire needs to be maintained, and that will be the focus of our attention, our engagement, our discussions, because that ceasefire provides the space for the negotiations that need to take place. Continue reading... |
| Ed Husic breaks ranks to criticise Israel and express alarm over ‘fraying of rules-based order’ after US strikes |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 05:27:31 -0300 Labor MP says situation in Middle East is not ‘black and white … all I see is grey’ in departure from party’s stance
The Labor MP Ed Husic has suggested the Israeli strikes on Iran that sparked the latest Middle East conflict were not justified, breaking ranks from his senior colleagues to criticise the Netanyahu government. The former cabinet minister also expressed alarm about a “fraying of the rules-based order” after the US bombed Iran, departing from the government’s explicit support of Donald Trump’s intervention. Continue reading... |
| Israel-Iran live news: Iran ‘much further away from nuclear weapon’ after strikes, says US secretary of state |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 05:13:51 -0300 Marco Rubio says ‘very significant damage was done’ after intelligence report suggestions nuclear program likely set back only a few months At the Nato summit in the Netherlands, tensions between Israel and Iran could dominate discussions among world leaders amid the fragile ceasefire. Keir Starmer, the British prime minister, is among those in The Hague for the gathering, having called on Middle Eastern nations to maintain the pause in hostilities. Look, I think what we’ve seen over the last few days is the Americans alleviating a threat to nuclear weaponry by the Iranians and bringing about a ceasefire in the early hours of today. I think now what needs to happen is that ceasefire needs to be maintained, and that will be the focus of our attention, our engagement, our discussions, because that ceasefire provides the space for the negotiations that need to take place. Continue reading... |
| Israel-Iran live news: Trump insists nuclear sites ‘destroyed’ after intelligence suggests program could restart in months |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 04:42:21 -0300 Report says program likely set back only a few months; Iran and Israel both say they will honour truce if other side does after US president expresses frustration at violations At the Nato summit in the Netherlands, tensions between Israel and Iran could dominate discussions among world leaders amid the fragile ceasefire. Keir Starmer, the British prime minister, is among those in The Hague for the gathering, having called on Middle Eastern nations to maintain the pause in hostilities. Look, I think what we’ve seen over the last few days is the Americans alleviating a threat to nuclear weaponry by the Iranians and bringing about a ceasefire in the early hours of today. I think now what needs to happen is that ceasefire needs to be maintained, and that will be the focus of our attention, our engagement, our discussions, because that ceasefire provides the space for the negotiations that need to take place. Continue reading... |
| Wednesday briefing: Why Nato is rolling out the red carpet for Donald Trump at key summit |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 02:58:41 -0300 In today’s newsletter: Europe’s leaders unveiled sweeping new defence spending pledges designed to satisfy Donald Trump and signal a new era of militarisation Good morning. The Nato summit that started last night in the Netherlands could hardly be better timed for Donald Trump: after declaring himself the saviour of world peace as Iran and Israel agreed a tentative ceasefire, he now intends to take a victory lap in Europe. European leaders, for their part, will be desperate for him to feel like he is getting his due. That is part of why member states signed up to a new defence spending commitment that Trump has long demanded – and part of why the UK is buying a squadron of US-made fighter jets to carry nuclear warheads. But as well as anxieties about the US’s reliability, all of that also reflects Europe’s recognition that it faces a serious new threat to the east. Iran | A classified assessment of US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities says they did not destroy two of the sites and likely only set back the nuclear program by a few months, according to two people familiar with the report. Donald Trump had claimed that they had “totally obliterated” the facilities. Welfare | Keir Starmer has said the government will not shift on its welfare plans as ministers and party whips struggled to contain a growing Labour rebellion before next week’s vote. By Tuesday night the tally of rebels stood at 123 Labour MPs. New York | Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old democratic socialist, stunned former governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic mayoral primary, a remarkable upset that sets him on course for the city’s mayoralty. The result will be viewed as a rebuke to the Democratic establishment, with wealthy donors and establishment figures like Bill Clinton supporting Cuomo. Climate | The UK can reach its net zero targets for 2050, and its interim carbon budgets for 2030 and beyond, the government’s statutory climate advisers have reported. The Climate Change Committee also found that net zero would not destroy the UK economy, instead providing long term benefits. Health | Tobacco killed more than 7 million people worldwide in 2023. It remains the leading risk factor for deaths in men and ranks seventh for women, according to analysis presented at the World Conference on Tobacco Control. Continue reading... |
| Which countries have nuclear weapons – and are they likely to use them? – video |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 02:32:19 -0300 Nuclear weapons are front of mind after the US struck a number of Iran's alleged nuclear weapons sites. How many countries have nuclear weapons? Which countries are capable of building nuclear weapons? What is the non-proliferation treaty? And why are some countries allowed to have nuclear weapons and not others? Guardian Australia's Matilda Boseley explains Continue reading... |
| Trump is angry with a world that won't give him easy deals | Rafael Behr |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 02:00:34 -0300 In the Middle East as in Ukraine, the president is discovering that simple bullying tricks don’t resolve complex international crises It was as close as Donald Trump might get to a lucid statement of his governing doctrine. “I may do it. I may not do it,” the president said to reporters on the White House lawn. “Nobody knows what I’m going to do.” The question was about joining Israeli air strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Days later, US bombers were on their way. Some expected it to happen. Others, including Keir Starmer, had gone on record to say they didn’t. No one had known. The unpredictability doctrine wouldn’t have been violated either way. Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist Continue reading... |
| ‘We’ve watched this movie before’: oil traders shrug off Mideast tumult |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 01:00:26 -0300 Open source intelligence and social media posts gave market participants confidence to sell despite Israel-Iran conflict |
| Trump, Netanyahu and the new Middle East |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 01:00:26 -0300 US and Israeli campaign to defang Iran could herald a fresh era of instability for the region |
| How oil traders called the Middle East conflict |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2025 01:00:26 -0300 Open source intelligence and social media posts gave market participants confidence to sell despite turmoil |
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