Nato’s secretary-general Mark Rutte appeared to approve of the language previously used by the US president about Israel and Iran. During a press briefing in the Netherlands, Rutte and Trump discussed the conflict between the two countries. Referencing Trump’s use of an expletive on Tuesday, Rutte said: “And then daddy has to sometimes use strong...
Matt Murphy, Olga Robinson & Shayan Sardarizadeh BBC Verify BBC A wave of disinformation has been unleashed online since Israel began strikes on Iran last week, with dozens of posts reviewed by BBC Verify seeking to amplify the effectiveness of Tehran’s response. Our analysis found a number of videos – created using artificial intelligence –...
US President Donald Trump will decide whether or not the US gets directly involved in the Iran-Israel conflict within the next two weeks, the White House has said. In a White House press briefing, Press secretary Karoline Leavitt delivered a message directly from Trump: “Based on the fact that there’s a substantial chance of negotiations...
Starmer urges Trump to step back from military action against Iran. Read full article at source...
Getty Smoke rises from an Israeli attack on Shahran oil depot in Tehran on June 15 Iran and Israel continued to attack each other on Wednesday night, as US President Donald Trump said “I may do it, I may not do it” when asked whether the US would join the conflict. BBC experts and correspondents...
Israel says one of its main goals is to destroy Iran’s nuclear capabilities. The Fordo nuclear site, which is buried inside a mountain, is one of the most heavily fortified. There’s only one conventional weapon that could destroy it – and only the US is known to have it. BBC Verify’s Merlyn Thomas looks at...
First, here’s our president as he makes his official entrance to the G-7 gathering in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada. He’s being greeted by new Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and his wife, Diana. Trump’s arrival at the G7 is pure aura 🔥 pic.twitter.com/RnKGfiTrxE — johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) June 16, 2025 She’s a policy wonk, too. It...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves says the government will do “everything in [its] power” to protect people in the UK from the knock-on economic effects of the conflict between Iran and Israel. She would not “take anything off the table” in response to the threat of rising energy costs, she told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg...
James Landale Diplomatic correspondent in Banff, Alberta Getty Images Donald Trump greets Mark Carney in May 2025. This week’s G7 summit in Canada will be dominated by war – only not one of those that the world leaders had expected. High on the agenda had been Russia’s war against Ukraine and Donald Trump’s tariff war...
And Iran warns the UK, US and France not to help Israel. Read full article at source...
Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg•@bbclaurak BBC On a normal weekend, MPs might try to snatch a bit of downtime, or squeeze in a game of pin the tail on the donkey at a constituency summer fete. Ministers might be ploughing through documents in their red box, or rehearsing the next round of “lines...
Lucy Hooker Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images Israel’s strikes on Iran, and Iran’s response, caused a shudder on global financial markets on Friday. The price of oil surged in particular, up 7% by mid-afternoon on Friday. That has prompted worries that we could be facing another period of sharply higher energy prices, leading to...