Is Iran really able to strike London, and is the UK prepared for an attack?

After Tehran targeted the UK-US base on Diego Garcia, Israel’s military said European capitals were also at risk

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claimed at the weekend that Iran had weapons able to travel about 4,000km (2,500 miles), posing an immediate threat to European cities including London.

The comments came after it emerged Iran had targeted the joint UK–US military base on Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands.

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UN expert warns torture has become ‘state doctrine’ in Israel, making prisons instruments of genocide and torture – ohchr

  1. UN expert warns torture has become ‘state doctrine’ in Israel, making prisons instruments of genocide and torture  ohchr
  2. UN expert says world has given Israel ‘licence to torture Palestinians’  Al Jazeera
  3. Albanese urges ICC arrest warrants for Israeli ministers over torture of Palestinians  Middle East Eye
  4. WJC at UNHRC | WJC Calls Out UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese for Antisemitic Remarks  World Jewish Congress
  5. UN warns of systematic abuse in Occupied Palestinian Territories  africanews.com
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Report Shows Earth’s Climate is Out of Balance, as Indicators Hit New Extremes – Inside Climate News

  1. Report Shows Earth’s Climate is Out of Balance, as Indicators Hit New Extremes  Inside Climate News
  2. State of the Global Climate 2025  World Meteorological Organization WMO
  3. What are zettajoules – and what do they tell us about Earth’s energy imbalance?  The Guardian
  4. U.N. Climate Report Finds Growing Energy Imbalance on Earth  The New York Times
  5. UN issues new climate warning as El Niño looms  BBC
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Why Russia Is Worried About the Iran War – The National Interest

  1. Why Russia Is Worried About the Iran War  The National Interest
  2. What the Russian Energy Sector Stands to Gain From War in the Middle East  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  3. Vladimir Putin enjoys a huge windfall from the Iran war  The Economist
  4. Russia, China and the US – the global winners and losers of the Iran war  BBC
  5. Russia Boosts Its Oil Revenues to Four-Year High as Prices Surge  Bloomberg.com
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Russian rocket en route to ISS suffers major antenna glitch, triggering remote-control astronaut ‘backup plan’ – Live Science

  1. Russian rocket en route to ISS suffers major antenna glitch, triggering remote-control astronaut 'backup plan'  Live Science
  2. Russian cargo spacecraft suffers glitch after launching toward International Space Station  Space
  3. Progress Cargo Craft Docks to Station Resupplying Crew  NASA (.gov)
  4. Russia resumes use of space launch site damaged in accident  Yahoo
  5. Russian space craft antenna problem forces manual docking with ISS  Reuters
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Russia’s ISS Cargo Mission Suffers Unexpected Glitch Moments After Launch – The Daily Galaxy

  1. Russia’s ISS Cargo Mission Suffers Unexpected Glitch Moments After Launch  The Daily Galaxy
  2. Russian cargo spacecraft suffers glitch after launching toward International Space Station  Space
  3. Progress 92 Cargo Spacecraft Undocks, Crew Preps for Upcoming Spacewalk  NASA (.gov)
  4. Russian rocket en route to ISS suffers major antenna glitch, triggering remote-control astronaut 'backup plan'  Live Science
  5. Russia launches first rocket from repaired Baikonur launch pad  Reuters
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Iranian Official Denies Talks With U.S., Says Trump Delayed Strikes Under Pressure – Kurdistan24

  1. Iranian Official Denies Talks With U.S., Says Trump Delayed Strikes Under Pressure  Kurdistan24
  2. Day 23 of Middle East conflict — Iran responds to Trump threat to bomb power plants, strikes on Israel  CNN
  3. HORMUZ TRACKER: China-Bound LPG Carrier Joins Sparse Transits  Bloomberg.com
  4. Bottling the World Economy  The New York Review of Books
  5. Iran says Hormuz open to all but ‘enemy-linked’ ships  Reuters
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Europe Is Quietly Playing a Crucial Role in the Iran War – WSJ

  1. Europe Is Quietly Playing a Crucial Role in the Iran War  WSJ
  2. “It’s a Disaster”: European Countries Refuse to Take a Stand Against U.S. Violations of Int’l Law  Democracy Now!
  3. Opinion | Europe is distancing itself from America. That leads in one direction.  The Washington Post
  4. Europe should join the war on Iran, even if Trump gives up the fight  The Telegraph
  5. How two wars are pulling Europe and the US apart  politico.eu
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‘Good decision.’ Le Pen supports Hungary blocking EU’s Ukraine loan – politico.eu

  1. ‘Good decision.’ Le Pen supports Hungary blocking EU’s Ukraine loan  politico.eu
  2. Hungary's Orbán accused of disloyalty and blackmail over Ukraine loan veto  BBC
  3. Ukraine war briefing: EU president von der Leyen vows to pay loan to Kyiv despite block by Hungary  The Guardian
  4. Ukraine Suffers Money Setback After Hungary Blocks $100 Billion From Europe  WSJ
  5. Europe Today: Orbán claims victory at tense EU summit focused on Ukraine and Iran  Euronews.com
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Europe’s ‘staggering’ clean power gains undermined by failure to phase out fuel-burning machines

The EU’s reluctance to replace petrol cars and gas boilers keep it hooked on foreign fuels, say industry groups

Europe has made “staggering progress” in producing clean power but neglected efforts to phase out fuel-burning machines, the head of an industry group said as the global oil crisis deepens.

Adrian Hiel, director of the Electrification Alliance, said the EU has “radically transformed” its power supply and must now focus on getting “more electricity into the stuff we use every day”.

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Queensland government criticised over ‘absurd’ decision to appoint former police officer to Legal Aid board

Barrister who represented Indigenous Palm Island community says appointing Darren Robinson to the Legal Aid board is a ‘slap in the face to the family of Mulrunji Doomadgee’

A barrister who acted for Mulrunji Doomadgee’s family says it is “unacceptable” for a former police officer criticised for his conduct in investigating the 2004 death in custody to serve on the Queensland’s Legal Aid board.

Andrew Boe represented Doomadgee’s family and the Palm Island community council at an aborted coronial inquest in 2005 and then in subsequent inquests in 2006 and 2010.

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