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Anti-war protests form in New York City following U.S. strikes in Iran

Anti-war protests form in New York City following U.S. strikes in Iran

NBC News4 hours ago

Anti-war demonstrators have begun to peacefully gather in New York's Times Square and various locations across the U.S. in response to the Trump administration's strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. NBC News' Maya Eaglin reports from Times Square with the mood from these early protests.

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Chris Mason: The UK's position on Iran is clear but will the US listen?
Chris Mason: The UK's position on Iran is clear but will the US listen?

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Chris Mason: The UK's position on Iran is clear but will the US listen?

The prime minister has spoken to President Trump in the aftermath of America's attacks on in the end, the call beforehand demanding a yes or no answer didn't is not to say it might not in the days and weeks to British government is making it known that while it was told in advance what Washington was about to do, it didn't take part and wasn't asked so there wasn't a call from President Trump asking the prime minister whether the UK would be involved, for instance via authorising US warplanes to use the UK military base at on Diego Garcia in the Indian repeatedly pressed publicly for "de-escalation" as Sir Keir Starmer puts it, and questions seemingly being raised privately within government about the legality of getting involved, saying yes to a request for help from the White House might have been saying no would have been difficult too, after months of assiduous effort put into developing a good relationship with President acting alone and choosing to send its planes direct from America meant that massive, binary decision from Sir Keir wasn't depending if, how and when Iran chooses to retaliate, some of these trade-offs could soon return. For now, though, how should the UK's approach be assessed?In short, the government wills the ends America is pursuing, but is conspicuously not endorsing the other words, it doesn't want a nuclear armed neither is it saying it supports Washington's means of trying to remove that outcome - bombing Tehran's nuclear Conservatives see this as equivocation and "moral cowardice".On Friday, the Foreign Secretary David Lammy, alongside France, Germany and the European Union, met Iran's Foreign Minister in Geneva, Switzerland - but President Trump was publicly dismissive of these efforts.A day or so later, and the attacks they did, the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to Lammy by had met a few days earlier in foreign secretary has again spoken to his Iranian opposite number Abbas UK is encouraging Iran to talk directly to the has been making it clear for days that it won't talk to America while it is being hit by the Lammy has also spoken to the Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, pressing the case for a diplomatic solution and to the foreign ministers of Egypt and Cyprus - and then spoke again to UK position, for now at least, is clear - the government believes a diplomatic solution from here on in is the best way to secure an Iran free of nuclear weapons into the long America chose not to listen to this argument from London, Paris, Berlin and elsewhere before its air question is whether it will now they have can expect a minister, probably the foreign secretary, to face questions on all this in the Commons on Monday on Tuesday the prime minister, President Trump and plenty of other Western leaders will gather in the Netherlands for the annual summit of the Nato military alliance. They will have plenty to discuss. Sign up for our Politics Essential newsletter to read top political analysis, gain insight from across the UK and stay up to speed with the big moments. It'll be delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.

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