The Latest Breaking News from Iran

Around 84 percent of oil passing through the Strait of Hormuz is destined for Asia, leaving the economies of China, India, South Korea and others vulnerable should Iran blockade the crucial trading route over US strikes on its nuclear sites.

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COMMENT: With Donald Trump apparently warming to the idea of overthrowing Iran’s theocratic rulers, history reminds us that whenever the White House upturns an unsatisfactory regime, from Fidel Castro to Saddam Hussein, it contrives only to make matters worse, says Sean O’Grady

Read these 10 statements and decide: were they made in the lead-up to the 2003 war or in 2025?

A spokesman added that the Government’s focus is on diplomacy.

US bombing increases fears for man’s parents and sister, who won tribunal ruling that they had right to live in UK

The echoes from the super bomb Midnight Hammer mission continue to reverberate, and the questions grow louder. Behind the hyperbole of Donald Trump and Secretary Pete Hegseth about “this super successful operation” creep nagging doubts.

The price of oil rising impacts on fuel, transport, production and inflation

International Atomic Energy Agency head says no one in a position to fully assess damage to Iran’s nuclear capabilities

People fearful of being arrested for wearing masks while protesting immigration raids in Los Angeles and other cities have voiced anger over Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents covering their faces

US president says strikes led to ‘monumental damage’ and questioned if the regime could ‘make Iran great again’. Plus, the dolls that have sparked moral panic in Brazil