Steve Rosenberg Russia Editor Reporting fromSaint Petersburg Reuters While Moscow has talked up its partnership with Iran, the deal does not require Russia to come to Iran’s military aid When Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, officials in Russia described the current escalation in the Middle East as “alarming” and “dangerous.” Still, Russian media were quick...
EPA With Israel’s airspace closed, some people are trying to leave via land crossings to Egypt and Jordan Thousands of Britons are stranded in Israel and unable to leave, as Iran and Israel continue to attack each other in an intensifying conflict that has been ongoing for days. The Israeli airspace is closed until further...
Tottenham are in regular contact with winger Manor Solomon after the midfielder was left stranded in Israel because of the ongoing conflict with Iran. The 25-year-old Israel international married long-term partner Dana Voshina in his homeland last Thursday. However, the couple have been unable to leave the country after the Israeli military closed airspace to...
Moment debris falls in Iran state TV studio after Israeli strikes Israeli aircraft have struck the headquarters of Iran’s state broadcaster in Tehran, after the Israeli military told residents of the area of the capital where it is located to evacuate. A live broadcast on Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting’s TV channel was briefly interrupted...
An audit led by Baroness Louise Casey into grooming gangs dominates Tuesday’s papers. The i newspaper’s headline says a “generation of girls” were “let down” by police, councils and MPs. It quotes the report, which found authorities “shied away from the ethnicity of perpetrators” for fear of “raising tensions”. The Daily Telegraph focuses on a...
Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. Israel bombed the Iranian state TV building in Tehran during a live broadcast on Monday, seemingly devastating the building as Israeli military officials falsely touted attacks on...
Besides simply appreciating the absolute fearlessness and mastery the Israelis have displayed in their campaign against the Iranian regime, and, as David posted a short while ago, very possibly brought them groveling for mercy, there are additional benefits to Israel’s actions for everyone. Hezbollah was told by a suddenly stiff-spined Lebanese government not to even...
The intense fighting between Israel and Iran continues, four days after Israel launched strikes on Iran. Iran hit Israel with a wave of missiles overnight, with some penetrating the Iron Dome defence system – the number killed in Israel since Friday has risen to 24. The BBC’s Hugo Bachega is in Petah Tikva, where an...
Five people have been killed and dozens injured as Iran launched fresh strikes across central Israel overnight, according to Israel’s national emergency service. Footage shows explosions and damage in Tel Aviv and Haifia. Officials say at least 19 people have been killed in Israel and 224 people in Iran since Friday, when the two countries...
US President Donald Trump rejected a plan by Israel to kill Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, three US officials have told BBC’s US partner CBS News. Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that assassinating Khamenei was not a good idea, according to one official. The president has not commented publicly on the...
BBC correspondent Hugo Bachega reports from Bat Yam near Tel Aviv which has been targeted by Iran. Read full article at source...
The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has advised against all travel to Israel amid an escalation in the country’s military activity with Iran. The advice, which covers Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, means travel insurance could be invalidated if individuals do not follow it. It comes as missiles have been launched by...
Renewed Iranian missile attacks on Israel have killed at least ten people overnight. More than a hundred others were injured and several people are missing. Iran’s foreign minister has said that strikes on Israel would end once it halts its military campaign. In Iran, state media has made no mention of casualties from Israeli attacks,...
Israel launches new strikes in response to Iranian counterattacks Read full article at source...
You can only imagine the pep talk given to the Israeli military about to embark on the most ambitious preemptive attack the tiny nation has ever conducted. You can start by translating the Late Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks into Hebrew. “This is your time, Their time is done. It’s over.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...