- Iran’s supreme leader faces his defining moment Financial Times
- Sheltering in a Bunker, Iran’s Supreme Leader Prepares for the Worst The New York Times
- The math behind the war: Can Israel's air defense keep up against Iranian attacks? NPR
- Trump says Iran's key nuclear sites 'obliterated' by US airstrikes Reuters
- ‘Everybody Knows Khamenei’s Days Are Numbered’ The Atlantic
Retaliate now, later or never: What Iran’s next move could be
Swarm attacks, cyber strikes or nothing at all for now. Will Iran retaliate against ‘the Great Satan’ - and if so, how?
Iran warns US of consequences after strikes, says Trump betrayed his voters
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says US Israel crossed 'a very big red line' by attacking three nuclear sites.
RAF base vandalism not enough to justify Palestine Action ban, says ex-minister
Lord Falconer says protest group ‘may have done other things’ to warrant expected proscription by home secretary
The spray-painting of aircraft at an RAF base by a pro-Palestinian group would not provide the sole legal justification for banning it, according to a former justice secretary.
The home secretary, Yvette Cooper, is expected to move to proscribe Palestine Action in the coming days after an incident on Friday at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.
Continue reading...Iranians react after US bombs three nuclear sites in support of Israel
Iranian authorities say those who favour US and Israeli strikes are committing 'treason' and will face consequences.
Six people dead and two missing after boat capsizes on California’s Lake Tahoe
Boat overturned after apparently being hit by a large swell, in a region that’s a popular spot with tourists
Six people have died and two others were missing after a boat capsized on Saturday on California’s Lake Tahoe, local authorities have said.
A 27ft-long boat overturned in the afternoon after apparently being hit by a large swell near DL Bliss state park, according to the Coast Guard. Lake Tahoe and its surrounding wilderness region is a hugely popular spot with tourists.
Continue reading...MotoGP: Marc Marquez wins Italian GP for Ducati at Mugello
Six-time MotoGP world champ beat brother Alex and Fabio Di Giannantonio to sweep podium for local manufacturer Ducati.
How far will US strikes set back Iran’s nuclear programme?
Donald Trump claims Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities 'totally obliterated' after US bombs three nuclear sites.
Florida Republicans racially gerrymandered two state senate districts, court hears
GOP officials had previously manipulated districts as well to wrest voting power from Black electorate
Republicans in Florida racially gerrymandered two key state senate districts to disenfranchise Black voters and skew results in the Tampa Bay area, a panel of judges has heard.
In one district, they took a small chunk of St Petersburg heavy with minority voters and added it to an area of Tampa in a different county, and across a 10-mile waterway, leaving the remainder of its electorate “artificially white”, the court was told.
Continue reading...‘Our era of violent populism’: the US has entered a new phase of political violence
The political temperature is dangerously high – and shows few signs of cooling
It has been a grim couple of weeks in the US, as multiple acts of politically motivated violence have dominated headlines and sparked fears that a worrying new normal has taken hold in America.
Last Saturday, a man disguised as a police officer attacked two Democratic legislators at their homes in Minnesota, killing a state representative and her husband, and wounding another lawmaker and his wife. The alleged murderer was planning further attacks, police said, on local politicians and abortion rights advocates.
Continue reading...Watch: The US has joined the Iran-Israel war. What happens now?
The BBC's world news correspondent Joe Inwood answers three key questions after the US strikes in Iran.
Iranian parliament moves to close Strait of Hormuz after US aggression: Lawmaker – PressTV
Pentagon chief says US strikes have ‘devastated’ Iran’s nuclear programme
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says US strikes have ‘devastated the Iranian nuclear programme’
US lawmakers condemn Trump for ‘unconstitutional’ attack on Iran
US lawmakers and American citizens have condemned Donald Trump’s decision to bomb Iran's nuclear sites.
Israel recovers bodies of three Gaza captives as it kills 33 Palestinians
Israeli forces continue to kill people across Gaza amid a food and fuel shortage, worsening the humanitarian crisis.
US bombs Iran: What we know about US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities
US President Donald Trump ordered the US military to bomb three nuclear sites in Iran. Here’s what we know.
Trump’s shifting views on attacking Iran
We compare and contrast Donald Trump’s 2013 warning that President Obama would attack Iran out of weakness, with his own
Players and umpire fall ill during MLB games as heatwave grips US
Elly De La Cruz vomits then hits two-run homer
Seattle pitcher Trent Thornton forced out of game
Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz and Seattle Mariners reliever Trent Thornton fell ill on Saturday while playing in the extreme heat covering much of the United States.
De La Cruz vomited on the field with two outs in the fourth inning of Cincinnati’s extra-inning loss at the St Louis Cardinals.
Continue reading...Global alarm at US strikes on Iran amid fears conflict could spiral out of control
Politicians express ‘grave concern’ and urge all parties to de-escalate and return to talks on Iran’s nuclear programme
Nations in the Middle East and beyond responded with alarm after US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites as the EU and the UN called for immediate diplomacy, with fears mounting that the war could trigger a wider escalation that could spiral out of control.
Gulf states, who historically have been regional rivals with nearby Iran and critical of its nuclear ambitions, expressed serious concern at the US strikes, amid concerns of retaliation against US military bases hosted in their countries.
Continue reading...Charles Dickens’s ‘sliding doors’ moment: how a cold turned an aspiring thespian into a writer
An exhibition explores the authors’ love of theatre, highlighting the dramatic impact of his works
As a sliding doors moment, it leads to arguably one of the greatest “what if?” questions in literary history. Passionate about the theatre, Charles Dickens, then just 20, wrote to the famous Covent Garden theatre actor-manager George Bartley seeking an audition, saying he believed he “had a strong perception of character and oddity, and a natural power of reproducing in my own person what I observed in others”.
Bartley responded saying they were producing “the Hunchback” and arranging an appointment. Dickens planned to take his sister, Fanny, to accompany him singing on the piano.
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