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US forces  launched waves of airstrikes against Iran today, one night after Tehran launched a ballistic missile attack on US military positions that were thwarted by air defences, US defence officials said.

Donald Trump has unleashed a foul-mouthed threat against Iran after Tehran launched ballistic missiles at a US airbase in Jordan, prompting a joint American and Saudi response. 

At a hearing on COVID-19, the former infectious-disease official said he would avoid answering contentious questions.

Ukrainian forces hit one of Russia’s biggest oil refineries in its latest deep strike as Kyiv extended economic, military and diplomatic pressure on Moscow.

The rare joint operation in Iraq underscores the risk that the Iran conflict could expand. It came after Iran fired missiles at a US base in Jordan.

Israeli Prime Minister meets with President in the White House with the question of how to manage the war hanging over them five months since the first missiles were launched.

The latest round of talks is most likely to deliver a loose patch for a threadbare deal.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sat down in a closed-door meeting with US President Donald Trump in Washington for the first time since the war kicked off.

US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have met at the White House.

Donald Trump declared the war would be over in three weeks, instead it has led to staggering human loss, devastated Iran’s infrastructure and cost billions.

‘The tool of tariffs has to be put back in the shed and constrained to be used only in moments that actually serve our national security industries,’ the Senator urged.

Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate will remain in jail at least two more weeks until their next hearing.

Russia says it has detained a man over alleged intelligence links.

ANALYSIS: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet President Trump on Tuesday, with one eye on Iran and another on the coming elections back home.

THE ECONOMIST: The bombing may have paused, but energy supplies remain precarious.

The Iranian-backed Houthi militant group in Yemen is making a delayed but potentially consequential entrance.