US-Israel war on Iran

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Questions remain over Iran’s link to alleged RAF Fairford bomb plot

Tehran has been trying to step up attacks on targets in the west but its track record has been mixedInvestigators may be some way from determining exactly what led five men with three vans to a village just outside RAF Fairford in the small hours of Su…

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Trump doubles down on claims US will win war with Iran ‘one way or another’ as talks are in doubt – as it happened

This live blog is now closed.Sign up for the Breaking News US emailWhile the lawmakers in the US House have already left Washington to get a head start on midterm campaigning, the Senate is hoping to wrap up its legislative agenda this week. Today, we …

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UN ambassador Waltz says Iran was not negotiating ‘in good faith’ to end war

Waltz says Trump rejected Iran’s proposal to end war because they ‘were asking for everything up front’The Trump administration’s ambassador to the United Nations said the US rejected Iran’s proposal to end the ongoing war there because Iranian negotia…

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Trump faces tough choices as Iran dangles deal to reopen Hormuz before US midterms

Iran’s seven-day timetable would restart nuclear talks, but will the US be willing to deliver on terms that include reining in Israel in Lebanon?Iran’s seven-day timetable to reopen the strait of Hormuz and start talks on its nuclear programme has been…

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Iran awaiting response from Trump on proposal to open strait of Hormuz in six days

Country says US must lift sanctions on its oil exports and end the war on all fronts, including in LebanonIran said it has told Donald Trump it is willing to open the strait of Hormuz in six days, and to start talks on its nuclear program the day after…

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Senate Republicans block Democratic effort to end US war with Iran

GOP stymies House-passed war powers resolution as conflict passes 200-day mark with 19 US service members killedSenate Republicans on Thursday blocked a Democratic effort to end the US war with Iran, voting down a House-passed war powers resolution as …

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Netanyahu calls Israel’s war in Gaza ‘opposite of genocide’ in UN speech

Israeli PM attacks critics and calls New York mayor Zohran Mamdani ‘antisemitic’ in inflammatory addressBenjamin Netanyahu delivered an inflammatory address to the United Nations on Thursday, decrying what he said was a global anti-Jewish conspiracy an…

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Diesel prices across Australia could surge beyond $3 a litre as Trump eyes cut to US fuel exports

Fuel costs have risen to levels not seen since early April, adding to risk of inflation and interest rate hikeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian diesel prices coul…

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Iran denies dropping preconditions amid ‘very productive’ three-hour UN talks in New York

Trump says further talks possible as barrel of Brent crude falls to below $100 for first time in two weeksUnited Nations general assembly – latest updatesIran has pushed back on claims that it dropped former preconditions for reopening the strait of Ho…

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