Britons stuck in Israel set to be flown home, Lammy announces Labour foreign secretary has said Brits should continue to register their presence in the country The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2025
First Thing: European ministers to hold talks with Iran as US considers whether to join war Friday’s meeting comes a day after Trump said he would decide whether to attack Iran ‘within two weeks’. Plus, Los Angeles Dodgers say they denied Ice agents entry to stadium The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2025
Israel and Iran launch strikes a week into their war as new diplomatic effort takes shape Israel and Iran have struck at one another again a week into their war as President Donald Trump weighs U.S. involvement and new diplomatic efforts appear to be taking place The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2025
France names new Iran ambassador as Europe moves to restart nuclear talks France has named career diplomat Pierre Cochard as its new ambassador to Iran, as European governments push to revive nuclear talks and prevent a wider regional war. His appointment comes amid growing fears for the safety of two French citizens still jailed in Tehran, and just over a week after… Radio France Internationale · Jun 20, 2025
EU-Iran nuclear talks open door to more dialogue but no indication of concrete breakthrough International efforts to find a diplomatic solution intensified on Friday as the conflict between Israel and Iran entered its second week of open hostilities, but there were no breakthroughs on the horizon. Euronews · Jun 20, 2025
Who was Iran’s supreme leader? Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s rise to power explained before US strikes Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Saturday that it would defend its homeland and the Revolutionary Guard launched counterattacks The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2025
Iran foreign minister says Tehran ready to ‘consider diplomacy’ – Middle East crisis live Ministers from UK, France and Germany meet Abbas Araqchi but do not say whether there had been any tangible progress after hours of talks The Guardian - AU · Jun 20, 2025
Trump to decide whether to join Israel in strikes on Iran within two weeks Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz also said that Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “cannot continue to exist”, as he likened the Iranian leader to a “modern day Hitler” in a post on X. Euronews · Jun 20, 2025
United, American, Delta suspending flights to Middle East amid Israel-Iran conflict United Airlines has suspended some flights to Dubai while American Airlines halted flights to Doha, Qatar, on Thursday The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2025
Donald Trump delays decision on Iran strikes as Keir Starmer calls for restraint The US president said he would decide on military action within the next two weeks Evening Standard · Jun 19, 2025
Rhetoric heats up and modern missiles evade defences as the conditions are set for yet more violence in the Middle East ANALYSIS: Israel’s rhetoric has gone up into the use of the N (azi) word as the battlespace is being shaped for more bloodletting, World affairs editor Sam Kiley reports from Tel Aviv The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2025
Israel’s conflict with Iran escalates as Trump considers US involvement This article was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email newsletter. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your inbox. The Conversation · Jun 19, 2025
Israel-Iran conflict: List of key events, June 19, 2025 Here are the key events on day seven of the Israel-Iran conflict. Al Jazeera · Jun 19, 2025
Trump Reportedly Thinks Bombing Iran's Main Nuclear Site Is Necessary: 'Not Much Choice' President Donald Trump reportedly believes bombing Fordow, Iran's nuclear facility buried deep under a mountain, is necessary to prevent the country from obtaining a nuclear weapon Latin Times · Jun 19, 2025
The Conversation · Jun 19, 2025 Israel’s attacks have exposed weaknesses in Iran, but it’s in little danger of collapsing The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said that his country’s campaign in Iran “could certainly” lead to regime change. In an interview with Fox News on June 15, he called the government in Tehran “very weak” and added that, given the opportunity, “80% of the [Iranian] people would throw…
Evening Standard · Jun 19, 2025 Stocks dip as Bank of England leaves interest rates unchanged The FTSE 100 index closed down 51.67 points, 0.6%, at 8,791.80.
Evening Standard · Jun 19, 2025 Irish leaders call for ‘immediate de-escalation’ between Iran and Israel Irish premier Micheal Martin said ‘dialogue is the way to resolve the nuclear issue in terms of Iran’.
Reason · Jun 19, 2025 Will He, Won't He Plus: Iran strikes an Israeli hospital, Social Security and Medicare are still running out of money, Trump erects a giant flagpole, and more…
The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2025 What are the legal issues around Britain helping Trump bomb Iran? Keir Starmer is weighing up whether to back the US and – as a lawyer – will be aware of the legal landscape
Latin Times · Jun 19, 2025 Israeli Defense Minister Vows To Kill Iranian Supreme Leader After Hospital Hit: 'Cannot Be Allowed To Continue To Exist' Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "cannot be allowed to continue to exist" after the latest missile barrage from the country hit a hospital
The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2025 Starmer warns Trump against ‘ramping up’ Middle East conflict by striking Iran British PM calls for restraint and a return to diplomacy as Trump delays decision for at least two weeks
The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2025 First Thing: Israel attacks Iran’s Arak heavy-water reactor as Iran hits Israeli hospital Israeli defence minister acknowledges goal of war is to attack ‘symbols of the regime’. Plus, only two years left to meet 1.5C warming target
Radio France Internationale · Jun 19, 2025 Family of French couple jailed in Iran pleads for humanitarian evacuation The sister of a French teacher Cécile Kohler, held in an Iranian jail with her partner Jacques Paris, has called on the French government to secure their release on humanitarian grounds as violence intensifies between Iran and Israel.
The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2025 ‘I may do it, I may not’: Donald Trump taunts Iran over airstrikes as Starmer holds Cobra meeting Thousands flee Tehran as Ayatollah Ali Khamenei insists Iran won’t surrender to White House pressure
Al Jazeera · Jun 18, 2025 Israel-Iran conflict rages with ongoing aerial strikes amid war of words Iran’s Khamenei warns US of ‘irreparable consequences’ if it launches strikes as Trump claims Iran is ‘defenceless’.