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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.
- by 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.
- by Michael Koziol
Damage to historical sites in Iran raises alarm about war’s impact on protected places
Historic palaces, mosques and ancient sites dating back over 60,000 years have all been damaged in Iran and Lebanon as the war rages.
- by Farnoush Amiri
US-Iran war: Australia releases diesel, petrol amid fuel shortages; Trump calls Iran’s leaders ‘deranged scumbags’, warns them more to come
Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has released his first statement. Read the live blog for our continuing coverage of the conflict in the Middle East.
- by Emily Kaine, Sarah McPhee, Josefine Ganko and Alexander Darling
Hospital workers in Lebanon speak about their grim work
As the death toll rises each day, residents of Lebanon brace for Israeli bombings as the war in the region continues.
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.
- by David Crowe and Kate Geraghty
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.
- by Rob Harris
US-Iran war live updates: IEA to release 400 million barrels of oil; Israel launches new strikes on Lebanon as humanitarian concerns grow; Iran using cluster munitions on Israel
Follow our live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East and related developments in Australia.
- by Emily Kaine, Sarah McPhee, Lynette Eyb, Brittany Busch and Alexander Darling
How Trump and his advisers miscalculated Iran’s response to war
Iran’s aggressive fightback has left the White House scrambling to define what American success would look like.
- by Mark Mazzetti, Tyler Pager and Edward Wong
US-Iran war as it happened: One Iranian soccer player reverses asylum decision and will return to Iran; Ships targeted in Strait of Hormuz; ACCC investigates petrol price gouging
Read our continuing live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East, and related developments in Australia.
- by Emily Kaine, Sarah McPhee and Angus Delaney
The tiny island that could let Trump beat Iran without sending a single soldier
Speculation is growing that the US could seize a sun-baked island off Iran’s coast, cutting off its capacity to export oil.
- by Colin Freeman