World Business Report How war with Iran impacts Israel's economy
A war with Iran has been harming Israel, not just in the physical effect of missile strikes but also the impact of the conflict and instability on Israel's economy. Roger Hearing hears about how the country's economy is coping with this.
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Girl, 7, dies in Iran missile strike while in Israel for cancer treatment
The family of seven-year-old Nastya Buryk were staying in Bat Yam in Israel while she underwent cancer treatment when their appartment block was hit by a missile A seven-year-old girl has tragically died this week after getting caught up in the Iran missile strike. Israel has been launching missiles at Iran in an attempt to cripple its nuclear capabilities since last Friday, and US President Donald Trump was thinking about getting involved. But, Trump dramatically stepped back from the brink last night as Britain prepared to take part in peace talks with Iran. Yesterday Iranian missiles crashed into a major hospital in southern Israel and hit residential buildings near Tel Aviv, wounding at least 240 people, around 15km away a missile also struck Bat Yam where the family of a young girl were staying while she underwent treatment. Nastya Buryk, from Odesa in Ukraine, was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer on August 29, 2022 and she underwent her first course of chemotherapy in Ukraine. Nastya's condition improved, but then she suffered a relapse. She needed more specialist treatment, so with some help from charitable donations, but largely self-funded, her family decided to try and seek treatment in Isal in December 2022. In Israel, Nastya underwent a bone marrow transplant. Sadly, the procedure did not work, and the leukaemia returned. But a new treatment to encourage the failed bone marrow transplant to work offered Nastya's family hope again. Earlier this year Nastya's mother Maria decided to give the new treatment a chance. Nastya's grandmother Olena, 60, flew out to Israel to lend her support. She brought with her two of Nastya's cousins, Konstantin and Ilya, aged nine and seven, who enrolled in local infant schools, reports MailOnline. Should the UK get involved in the Iran-Israel conflict? Take our poll below, and if you can't see it - click here But last week tragedy struck when Israel launched a surprise attack on Iran, with the aim of destroying its nuclear and ballistic missile threat. One week on there continus to be intensifying conflict between Iran and Israel,as both nations continue to exchange fire in what has become the region's most volatile standoff in years. Last night, Iran boasted that all its nuclear material had been moved to 'a safe place' before Israeli missiles struck its nuclear sites. Iranian commander Mohsen Rezaei said: "'Israel hit Natanz, Isfahan, Khandab, and Arak, but they were already evacuated. All the materials have been moved to a safe place." Iran retaliated with volleys of missiles and drones at Israel. On the first day of the barrage, June 13, one of those missiles struck the apartment block in the coastal city of Bat Yam where Nastya's family had been staying. Nastya, her mother, grandmother and the two boys, were all tragically killed in the blast. Only Nastya's father Artem, who is fighting on the front line in Kyiv, remains alive.
Times
an hour ago
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Iran's ‘propagandist-in-chief' to speak at Scottish mosque
Iran's 'propagandist-in-chief' is scheduled to give an address at a Scottish mosque, it has emerged, as the tensions between the Islamic Republic and Israel continue to escalate. Seyed Hashem Moosavi, the UK representative of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei, is due to appear at the al-Mahdi Islamic Centre in Glasgow's southside on Friday. The mosque has been linked to the regime in Tehran, including displaying the Iranian flag and images of its leaders: Ayatollah Khomeini, who proclaimed a death sentence on the British author Salman Rushdie, and his successor Khamenei, who praised Hamas 'resistance fighters' after the October 7 atrocities in Israel. The Times previously revealed the mosque has received grants worth almost £400,000 from the Scottish government. Moosavi is described on adverts for the Glasgow event as a special guest speaker. It has been organised to celebrate Eid al-Ghadir and Mubahala, two significant dates in the Shia Islamic calendar.
Reuters
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Europeans try to coax Iran back to diplomacy, as Trump considers strikes
GENEVA, June 20 (Reuters) - European foreign ministers are set to meet their Iranian counterpart on Friday aiming to create a pathway back to diplomacy over its contested nuclear programme despite the U.S. actively considering joining Israeli strikes against Iran. Ministers from Britain, France and Germany, known as the E3, as well as the European Union's foreign policy chief spoke to Abbas Araqchi earlier this week and have been coordinating with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In a rare call they pressed upon Araqchi the need to return to the negotiating table and avoid further escalation. At Iran's suggestion the two sides agreed to meet face-to-face. The talks will be held in Geneva, where an initial accord between Iran and world powers to curb its nuclear programme in return for sanctions lifting was struck in 2013 before a comprehensive deal in 2015. They come after negotiations between Iran and the United States collapsed when Israel launched what it called Operation Rising Lion against Iran's nuclear facilities and ballistic capabilities on June 12. "The Iranians can't sit down with the Americans whereas we can," said a European diplomat. "We will tell them to come back to the table to discuss the nuclear issue before the worst case scenario, while raising our concerns over its ballistic missiles, support to Russia and detention of our citizens." The European powers, who were not part of Iran's nuclear negotiations with the United States, had grown increasingly frustrated by the U.S. negotiating strategy in the talks. They deemed some of the demands unrealistic, while fearing the possibility of a weak initial political framework that would lead to open-ended negotiations. Two diplomats said there were no great expectations for a breakthrough in Geneva, where the European Union's foreign policy chief will also attend. But they said it was vital to engage with Iran because once the war stopped, Iran's nuclear programme would still remain unresolved given that it would be impossible to eradicate the know-how acquired, leaving it potentially able to clandestinely rebuild its programme. An Iranian official said Tehran has always welcomed diplomacy, but urged the E3 to use all available means to pressure Israel to halt its attacks on Iran. "Iran remains committed to diplomacy as the only path to resolving disputes — but diplomacy is under attack," the official said. Prior to Israel's strikes the E3 and U.S. put forward a resolution that was approved by the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency, a U.N. watchdog, which declared Iran in breach of its nuclear non-proliferation obligations. As part of last week's IAEA resolution, European officials had said they could refer Iran to the United Nations Security Council later in the summer to add pressure on Iran if there was no progress in the nuclear talks. That would be separate to them reimposing UN sanctions, known as the snapback mechanism, before October 18 when the 2015 accord expires. The Europeans are the only ones who can launch the snapback mechanism, with diplomats saying the three countries had looked to set a final deadline at the end of August to launch it. "Iran has repeatedly stated that triggering snapback will have serious consequences," the Iranian official said.
