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US starts using UK bases for 'defensive' Iran operations

The United States has started using British bases for certain operations against Iran during the Middle East war, the UK government announced on Saturday. Britain's defence ministry said the US had begun using the military sites for "specific defensive operations to prevent

What we know about Khamenei's killing one week on

With further negotiations pencilled in with the US and perhaps assuming that any assassination attempt would take place at night, Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei was at his complex in Tehran last Saturday morning. It would be his last. An air strike obliterated the compound

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Here are the latest events in the Middle East war on Saturday: - Trump hails war progress - US President Donald Trump told Latin American leaders at a Florida summit: "We're doing very well in Iran, and you see the result." Repeating his claim that Iran had been close to having

'Proof of life': Son's fear for Britons jailed in Iran

The son of a British couple jailed in Iran says explosions near the Tehran prison where they are being held have left him fearing they could be killed in the war. Joe Bennett, 31, has been campaigning full-time for the release of his mother Lindsay Foreman and her husband Craig

Vibes war? Trump pitches Iran conflict on 'feeling'

Donald Trump has plunged the United States into its most significant conflict in decades over a "feeling." It's not his political opponents saying this, but the White House itself. Throughout the first week of the war with Iran, the US president has prioritized impulse and

Questions over AI capability as tech guides Iran strikes

The latest bout of fighting between the United States, Israel and Iran has seen AI deployed as never before to sift intelligence and select targets, although the technology's use in war remains hotly debated. Different forms of artificial intelligence have reportedly been used