Iran War Live Updates: Iran Confirms Israeli Strikes Killed Top Security Chief
Ali Larijani, who died in an Israeli strike, had served as Iran’s de facto leader in recent weeks. The commander of the powerful Basij militia was also killed, Iranian state media said.
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Middle East crisis live: Iran confirms security chief Ali Larijani has been killed; US targets Iranian missile sites near strait of Hormuz
Israel announced earlier that he was killed in overnight strike on TehranFull report: Iran’s security chief, Ali Larijani, killed in airstrike, Israel saysHow have you been affected by the latest Middle East events?Are fuel price increases making you cut back?The head of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has said that naval escorts through the strait of Hormuz will not “100% guarantee” the safety of ships attempting to transit the waterway, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.Military assistance was “not a long-term or sustainable solution” to opening up the strait, Arsenio Dominguez told the newspaper.We are collateral damage of a conflict when the root causes have nothing to do with shipping.Remaining in the area of the specified buildings exposes you to danger Continue reading...
Australia news live: Richard Scolyer says brain scan shows cancer ‘progression’; new NSW crime data shows rise in domestic violence legal actions
Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastARN confirms Kyle Sandilands contract terminatedARN just issued a statement confirming Kyle Sandilands’ contract had been terminated and the Kyle and Jackie O show cancelled.ARN has just announced that they’ve terminated my contract. I don’t accept it.My lawyers told them last week this would be invalid. And guess what? It is.They sacked Jackie. They suspended me. They wouldn’t even let me pick up the phone to call her or anyone else on the show. Then – and this is the bit that gets me – once they’d made it impossible for the show to go on, they turn around and say, “You didn’t fix it. You’re fired!” Continue reading...
Pakistan hopes steep cost of airstrikes on Taliban targets will protect against terror attacks
Experts say attacks on Afghanistan are ‘defensive, not offensive’ but carry a risk of spiralling cycle of violenceAn escalating Pakistani campaign of airstrikes against targets in Afghanistan is aimed at forcing the Taliban authorities to abandon their support for Pakistani militants, according to officials and experts.The strategy is to impose such a steep cost on the Taliban administration that they act to prevent attacks emanating from Afghanistan. Yet it carries the risk of spiralling violence. Continue reading...
Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Tuesday
The deaths of two top Iranian officials were announced on Tuesday, while President Trump once again lashed out at NATO allies who refused to aid the U.S. war effort against Iran.
Ali Larijani, a Top Iranian Politician and Emissary, Is Dead at 67
Mr. Larijani, the top national security official and a confidant of the former supreme leader, expertly navigated Iran’s internal politics and led the brutal crackdown on protests this year.
Tulsi Gabbard, who warned of war with Iran, now defends Trump’s decision to attack – US politics live
Director of national intelligence wrote on social media that Trump ‘is responsible for determining what is and is not an imminent threat’Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxA top counter-terrorism official in the Trump administration has resigned over the ongoing war on Iran.Joe Kent, who reported to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, said he “cannot in good conscience” support the conflict, adding that the US started this war “due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby”.You can reverse course and chart a new path for our nation, or you can allow us to slip further toward decline and chaos. You hold the cards. Continue reading...
Reeves plans to give England’s regional leaders a share of national tax revenues
Chancellor seeks ‘genuine break with the past’ in tackling centralised and ‘geographically unequal’ countryRachel Reeves has announced that the Treasury will draw up proposals to hand England’s mayors a share of national tax revenues as part of a radical plan to rebalance the economy.The chancellor promised “a genuine break with the past” that would shift spending power away from Westminster, as she promised to create investment-led growth across the UK. Continue reading...
‘Basics’ of life in Britain have been sold for profit, says Polanski
Exclusive: England and Wales Greens leader outlines economic policy including help to meet rising energy costs and water re-nationalisationSuccessive governments have turned the UK from a manufacturing economy to one where the basics of life have been privatised and are rented back to people at a crushing cost, Zack Polanski will say.In a speech billed as the Green leader’s biggest policy intervention since he took over as leader six months ago, Polanski will argue that decades of gradual economic rebalancing in favour of a minority who own assets has left much of the country vulnerable to economic shocks such as the current rise in fuel prices. Continue reading...
How you walk reveals to others how you are feeling, researchers say
Study highlights the movements in people’s gait that give away most about their emotional stateA long face is not the only sign that someone is down in the dumps. How people walk is revealing too, particularly the swing of the arms and legs, researchers say.Scientists asked volunteers to guess people’s emotions from video clips of them walking and found that bigger swings portrayed more aggression while smaller swings implied fear and sadness. Continue reading...