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Iran again denies reports of closing Strait of Hormuz  news.cgtn.com

What to Know About the Bombing of Iran and Its Widening Fallout  The New York Times

"Loser Of The Middle East": Trump Insults Iran, Warns Of Big Strike  NDTV

Araqchi Criticizes UN for Ignoring Civilian Casualties in War on Iran  اسلام تايمز

Video filmed by a witness and verified by the BBC shows a drone crashing close to the airport.

Is this the beginning of the worst gas crisis the world has seen?  The Times

HORMUZ TRACKER: Iran-Linked Ships Transit as Others Stay Away  Bloomberg.com

Trump Witnesses Return of Bodies of 6 U.S. Service Members - The New York Times  The New York Times

Iran war: How did Strait of Hormuz become most dangerous waterway in the world for US & global shipping?  WION

What the U.S. and Israel Have Targeted in Their Iran Blitz  The New York Times

Regime change, nuclear threat – or something else? US officials seem unable to land on one coherent reason for war Middle East crisis – follow live When the United States launched Operation Epic Fury last Saturday, the Trump administration had a major communications question to figure out: how to explain to the American public, Congress, and the world why it had just started a war with Iran. During war time, talking points and propaganda reflexively fly in every direction, but the Trump administration still hasn’t been able to land on one coherent answer. Continue reading...

Camouflage and crudites: Trump wages war and hosts parties at Mar-a-Lago  NBC News

Trump warns Iran 'will be hit very hard' as war enters its second week  NPR

Deadly attack on tug assisting abandoned container ship in Strait of Hormuz  Seatrade Maritime News

Seven days on, seven questions about the US-Israeli war on Iran  The Guardian

In reality, US president’s opposition to foreign entanglements had only ever been partial Middle East crisis live: latest news updates Donald Trump ordered the launch of the war on Iran last Friday afternoon while on board Air Force One, as the presidential plane made its descent towards Corpus Christi, Texas. Trump was on his way to the port city to give a speech titled American Energy Dominance and had spent the three-hour flight chatting to Texas Republican politicians including the state’s two hawkish senators, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, about his options in Iran. Continue reading...

Pezeshkian grilled after apologizing for ‘fire at will’ strikes on neighbors | Iran International  ایران اینترنشنال

Iran war updates: Trump vows hard strikes; Tehran says will not surrender  Al Jazeera

Malta-flagged tanker struck near Strait of Hormuz: Report  Türkiye Today

In a park overlooking the city, I ran into a group of young people chatting and joking. As the bombs fall, fragments of life remain I was at work last Saturday when I heard the blast. Since that moment, the world has been turned on its head. The school called asking me to come and pick up my child. I rushed to the metro and headed north in a carriage filled with anxious people calling their loved ones to ensure their safety, melancholy etched on their faces, uncertainty metastasising from one to another as they checked the latest news on their mobiles. This is the second time within a year that Israel has decided to go for a war of choice with Iran, but I suppose that is the new normal. Israel has long enjoyed a unique position of near-total impunity when it comes to harassing Palestinians, and now the green light to aggression seems to extend to its unending wars and spreading of terror across the region. And it feels different this time. The pretence that there is some level of precision in the strikes is gone. Instead, the attacks appear indiscriminate, with targets ranging from schools to hospitals, from police stations to urban amenities – all hit with a level of might that seems aimed at demolition, total destruction, the flattening of the city. Continue reading...