April 2024
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The US Secretary of State has accused Hamas of blocking a ceasefire in Gaza and being more interested in a regional conflict than in helping the Palestinian people. Antony Blinken said in Capri: “The only thing standing between the Gazan people and a ceasefire is Hamas.” He added: “It’s rejected generous proposals from Israel. “It…
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Antony Blinken says the G7 has “condemned the unprecedented Iranian attack” on Israel during its three-day meeting of foreign ministers. The US secretary of state says the attack on 1 April was unprecedented in “scope and scale” due to it being a direct attack by Iran and involved more than 300 munitions. “We are committed…
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The impact from an apparent Israeli strike on Iran is negligible, an academic from the University of Tehran has said. Asked about reports of an Israeli attack, Professor Mohammad Marandi said: “They haven’t done anything. “There were three quadcopters near Isfahan that were downed. “There were no explosions. It’s a country of 90 million people and…
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G7 foreign ministers have warned of fresh sanctions against Iran over its drone and missile attack on Israel, and urged both countries to avoid escalating the conflict. The group has been meeting in Capri today, with Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani said the summit’s agenda was changed on Friday to address the latest developments in…
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Yesterday, Mike Pence spoke to reporters about Iran’s attack on Israel on 1 April. The former US vice president said the strike, which included more than 300 drones and missiles, was “unprecedented”. “It is important we make it clear to Iran and other actors in hte region that we will support Israel in doing whatever…
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Warning of ‘unintended consequences, especially for Iran’ The confrontation between Israel and Iran could have “unintended consequences, especially for Iran”, an Iranian-Israeli academic has told Sky News. Meir Javedanfar, who lectures at Reichman University in Tel Aviv, said: “I’m from Iran, and I have to tell you: this war that the Iranian regime is waging…
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Lufthansa has cancelled all flights to Tel Aviv and Erbil until Saturday. The airline said it would fly around Iraqi airspace during the same period. “The safety of passengers and crews is always the top priority,” it said. “The Lufthansa Group does not rely solely on government assessments, but evaluates the current safety situation itself…
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‘Significant escalation not in anyone’s interest’, Sunak says Israel “absolutely has the right to self-defense” but “significant escalation is not in anyone’s interest”, the prime minister has said. Responding to an apparent Israeli strike in Iran overnight, Rishi Sunak said his government had “condemned Iran’s reckless and dangerous barrage of missiles against Israel on Saturday”.…
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Egypt has said it is “deeply concerned” over the situation in the Middle East and has warned of the conflict expanding. In a statement released by its foreign ministry, it called on Israel and Iran to exercise the “utmost levels of self-restraint and fully comply with the rules of international law”. “Egypt renews its deep…
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The UK, US and other western allies will be hoping what appears to be a limited strike by Israel against Iran was sufficiently restrained to avoid triggering an escalatory response. Israel has yet formally to comment, however, and the exact nature of the military action is unclear. Ever since Tehran launched an unprecedented barrage of…
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The European Commission president has called on Iran, Israel and their allies to refrain from escalating the situation in the Middle East. “It is absolutely necessary that the region remains stable and that all sides restrain from further action,” Ursula von der Leyen said. Her comment comes after an apparent Israeli strike on Iran this…
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‘The Iranians are very scared’ Iran is issuing “conflicting statements” and the “Iranians are very scared”, an Israeli-American journalist has said. Caroline Glick added: “And I think that is a good thing. “I think that on the one hand, they say nothing. On the other hand, they say it was Mossad. “And then on the…
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Labour is urging “all sides to show restraint and to de-escalate the situation” following the apparent Israeli strike against Iran. There is a “real risk of a full-scale war in the region”, Matthew Pennycook, shadow housing minister, told Sky News. Asked whether Labour supported Israel’s right to take retaliatory action in Iran, he said: “We…
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The overnight events do not reflect well on President Biden. He had signalled so emphatically just days ago for Israel not to retaliate. “Take the win,” the American president told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the early hours of Sunday morning. t was a message made public and combined with back-channel briefings we were…
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In the early hours of this morning, Iran came under an apparent Israeli strike. We have been reporting on the situation, but here’s a reminder of what we know so far:
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Iran has no plan for immediate retaliation to the apparent Israeli attack this morning, a senior Iranian official has said. Speaking to Reuters, the unnamed official said the country was looking at whether the operation was an “infiltration” rather than an attack. “The foreign source of the incident has not been confirmed,” they said. “We…
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