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US-Iran war live updates: Trump says war will end ‘when I feel it in my bones’; All six crew aboard US aircraft killed in crash over Iraq
Follow our live coverage as the conflict in the Middle East reaches the two-week mark.
- Paul Dyer and Josefine Ganko
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US lifts sanctions on Russian oil as Trump derides Iran’s leaders as ‘deranged scumbags’
Iran’s new leader vowed to keep blocking the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil supplies ordinarily moves.
- Michael Koziol
How a Trump post sparked a wave of misinformation about Australia
The twists and turns in the tale of the Iranian women’s team in Australia this week came with a deluge of social media misinformation amplified by the usual suspects.
- Michael Koziol
A blast across the valley, black smoke over the hills – and the wounded arrive
Streets are empty, the shops are closed and dogs roam the pavements. An explosion erupts, and doctors brace for incoming patients, write David Crowe and Kate Geraghty from Lebanon.
- David Crowe and Kate Geraghty
Trump says FBI alert that Iran aspired to attack California is 'being investigated'
An FBI alert claiming Iran intended to attack California is'being investigated' according to Donald Trump. The alert was based on a single unverified tip.
- Opinion
- Asylum seekers
The Iranian soccer team is a feel-good story that perfectly suits Trump
The thought of turning those women away was, rightly, intolerable. Meanwhile, Trump has sent at least three planes of Iranians back to Iran, several who were pleading for their lives.
- Waleed Aly
A ‘widening’ war: How the Trump-Iran conflict is redrawing the global map
What began as targeted strikes has spiralled into the most internationally entangled conflict in decades, stretching military stockpiles and threatening a ’70s-style energy shock.
- Rob Harris
After Iran, Russians say US can’t be trusted in Ukraine talks
The decision to assassinate Iran’s supreme leader while Iran was in active negotiations has reinforced the view among Moscow hardliners that diplomacy is fragile and maybe even pointless.
- Mary Ilyushina, Natalia Abbakumova and David L. Stern
- Opinion
- Oil
Oil shock: Iran has the world over a barrel, and there’s no quick fix
The International Energy Agency will release 400 million barrels of oil into the market, but that won’t re-open the crucial Strait of Hormuz and end the Iran war’s disruption for the global economy.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz