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👉Listen to The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim on your podcast app👈 In this bonus episode, Richard and Yalda get together and talk about President Trump's decision to strike three nuclear sites in Iran. Yalda is in Jerusalem and Richard is in Tel Aviv where both of them have been reporting all night long.Yalda reveals what her contacts are telling her about the extent of the damage done […]

Iraq is no different to any other country in the region - anxiously waiting to see what happens next after America's multiple bomb strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities.Where it differs is that Iraq, caught bang in the middle of the war between Israel and Iran, and now the United States, has to juggle its relationships with both Tehran and Washington DC. The Shia Muslim-dominated government of Iraq is close to […]

Donald Trump has rolled the dice. He is gambling on being correct about two key variables.First, he is banking on being right that the Iranian nuclear sites struck by the US have really been "completely and totally obliterated", as he claimed. US military officials have frequently said destroying the whole nuclear apparatus would be very hard and the more likely outcome of air strikes would be to set the nuclear […]

There is much that is still not known about the US strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities.Reports are coming in about which sites were hit and what military elements were involved, as President Donald Trump hails the attack on social media. Here's what we know so far.Follow latest: US bombers strike three Iranian nuclear sites Image: A US Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber. File pic: Reuters Which sites were hit? America […]

A jailed opposition leader in Belarus has been freed and is now in Lithuania.Siarhei Tsikhanouski was released along with 13 other political prisoners following talks between Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Keith Kellogg, who is President Trump's envoy for Ukraine. Mr Kellogg became the highest-ranking US official in years to visit Belarus, which is a close ally of Russia.Israel-Iran live: Trump arriving back at White House as Security Council mulls […]

Israelis are good at tactics, poor at strategic vision, it has been observed. Their campaign against Iran may be a case in point. Short termism is understandable in a region that is so unpredictable. Why make elaborate plans if they are generally undone by unexpected events? It is a mindset that is familiar to anyone who has lived or worked there.And it informs policy-making. The Israeli offensive in Gaza is […]

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil has been released after 104 days in immigration detention in the US.A judge ruled the Columbia University graduate student should be released on Friday. He has become a symbol of Donald Trump's crackdown on protests on university campuses after being arrested by the US immigration agency ICE on 8 March."Whether you are a US citizen, an immigrant or just a person on this land doesn't mean […]

Flight tracking data shows extensive movement of US military aircraft towards the Middle East in recent days, including via the UK.Fifty-two US military planes were spotted flying over the eastern Mediterranean towards the Middle East between Monday and Thursday.That includes at least 25 that passed through Chania airport, on the Greek island of Crete - an eight-fold increase in the rate of arrivals compared to the first half of June.The […]

After hours of talks, the ayatollah's chief diplomat emerged giving little away. All eyes were on Abbas Aragchi. Would he give ground in the face of Israel's fierce bombardment of his country?Yes, but only if Israel stops that bombardment which is not going to happen. Especially after a day when two of Israel's big cities suffered direct hits from Iranian missiles. The best that can be said for almost four […]