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Iran’s national soccer team has finished the Women's Asian Cup group stage in Australia and now faces a return home to a country embroiled in war

As War With Iran Rages, the Axis of Resistance is in Survival Mode  War on the Rocks

The spokesman for the IRGC, says the US has opened a new chapter in the war by bombing Iran’s energy infrastructure.

Israel's Role in the US-Iran War: Instigator or Party?  Politics Today

Where things stand after another weekend of war  The Washington Post

Opinion | Iran-Israel War And The Limits Of India's 'Strategic Autonomy'  NDTV

Iran war’s targets widen into civilian infrastructure and Saudi Arabia reports first deaths  miningjournal.net

Bangladesh relies on imports for 95 percent of energy needs which have been disrupted after conflict in the Middle East.

White House Sent 'WTF' Message To Israel After Iran Oil Field Strike: US Report  NDTV

Live updates: Iran war news; Tehran names new leader, oil and gas prices soar  CNN

America’s Holy War in Iran  Jacobin

Oil worries and Iran war hammer Asian stocks, with Korea’s KOSPI taking the biggest hit  Fortune

How Iran war could create ‘fertilizer shock’ – often ignored global risk to food prices, farming  The Hindu

What you need to know about the U.S. war on Iran  American Friends Service Committee

What We Know About the Thirteen U.S. Service Members Killed in the Iran War  Time Magazine

Why Israel is now striking more targets in Iran than US as the war enters its next phase  ynetnews

Iran war updates: Trump says conflict may be ‘short-term’ as oil fears rise  Al Jazeera

Coordinated missile attacks from Iran and Lebanon target Israel Missiles were launched simultaneously toward Israel from Iran and Lebanon, according to Iran’s Tasnim news agency. The report said the coordinated barrage targeted what it described as Israeli positions in the occupied territories. The development comes as the regional conflict intensifies, with Iran and its allies escalating attacks following US-Israeli strikes on Iran.  Hezbollah has also fired rockets from southern Lebanon during the fighting, expanding the conflict to multiple fronts.

In today’s newsletter: Across the Iranian diaspora, reactions to the escalating conflict reveal a complex mix of fear, grief and deep political ambivalence Good morning. War has broken out in the Middle East. As the Iran war broadens and spills out into neighbouring countries, media agencies have rightly focused on trying to understand how the conflict came about, where bombs have fallen, and how many have died, while many states globally fear spikes in energy prices and wonder how the war will impact their economies. What can easily get lost are the voices of the people directly affected. Iran | Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of the late Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been chosen as his successor. UK politics | Keir Starmer sought to repair fractured relations with Donald Trump over the war with Iran on Sunday, as a Labour backlash gathered pace over Tony Blair’s assertion the UK should have supported the US’s initial airstrikes on Iran. Energy | Great Britain has only two days of fossil gas stored after a decline in energy reserves, as more tankers carrying liquefied natural gas are diverted from their course to Europe towards Asia because of the Iran war. Meanwhile, global oil prices surged past the $100 (£74) a barrel mark for the first time since 2022. Health | More than 400 lives may have been saved as a result of Martha’s rule, which lets NHS patients request a review of their care. Thousands of patients were either moved to intensive care, received drugs they needed or benefited from other changes as a direct result of over 10,000 calls to helplines. AI | ChatGPT is driving a rise in reports of organised ritual abuse and “witchcraft, spirit possession and spiritual abuse” against children – which is historically under-reported in the UK – as survivors of “satanic” sexual violence use the AI tool for therapy. Continue reading...

Live. Europe Today: European leaders set for emergency talks as Iran war enters day 10  Euronews.com