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The Guardian
9 hours ago
- Politics
- The Guardian
‘Trump baby' returns, Keir Starmer in a pub and Brad Pitt – photos of the weekend
Britain's King Charles, Queen Camilla, Prince William, Prince of Wales, Catherine, Princess of Wales, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace as part of the Trooping the Colour parade to honour Britain's King Charles on his official birthday Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters Ottawa, CanadaThe UK prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, and the prime minister of Canada, Mark Carney, drinking beer while watching an ice hockey game on television between Edmonton Oilers v Florida Panthers at the Royal Oak pub Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Demonstrators gather before a mockup of Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock Shrine during a rally in solidarity with the government against Israel's attacks on Iran and to mark Eid al-Ghadir Photograph: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images Brad Pitt and Jimmy Fallon filming a segment for the Tonight Show in Riverside Park Photograph: XNY/Star Max/GC Images A child inspects military hardware at one of the booths set up on the National Mall during the army 250th anniversary parade Photograph: Matthew Hatcher/AFP/Getty Images A demonstrator conducts a live broadcast in front of Los Angeles county sheriffs on horseback during a protest Photograph: Noah Berger/AP People holding umbrellas reading 'Save democracy' take part in the 'No Kings' protest Photograph: Aurélien Morissard/AP Relatives mourn beside the body of a person killed following reported Israeli attacks on aid queues in the Sudaniya area Photograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images An overturned car lies amid debris after heavy overnight rains affected the area Photograph: Javier Cebollada/EPA Concrete and rubble fall from a damaged building as Israeli soldiers search for survivors in a residential area hit by a missile fired from Iran Photograph: Ariel Schalit/AP Drivers take part in the 'Race the Waves' beach race along a 200-yard course Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images US customs and border protection agents detain a man outside the US immigration and customs building during a protest Photograph: Jenny Kane/AP A woman sits inside her damaged house following the Israeli strikes on Iran Photograph: Majid Asgaripour/Reuters A 'Trump baby' balloon floats over demonstrators taking part in the 'No Kings' protest against Donald Trump's policies Photograph: Daniel Cole/Reuters
The Independent
19 hours ago
- Politics
- The Independent
Photos of escalating Israel-Iran conflict
Iran launched a second night of missile attacks against Israel on Saturday as Israel continued to strike Tehran and other locations, following a major Israeli offensive targeting Iran's nuclear and military facilities. Israel warned of more attacks after Tehran fired waves of missiles and drones that killed three people and wounded dozens in Israel. Israelis sought refuge in bomb shelters and held blood drives as Iranians celebrated the Muslim Shiite holiday of Eid al-Ghadir and demonstrated against the Israeli attacks. Israel said hundreds of airstrikes against Iran over the past two days killed nine senior scientists and experts involved in Iran's nuclear program, in addition to several top generals. Iran's U.N. ambassador said 78 people were killed and more than 320 wounded. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
Associated Press
20 hours ago
- Politics
- Associated Press
Photos of escalating Israel-Iran conflict
Iran launched a second night of missile attacks against Israel on Saturday as Israel continued to strike Tehran and other locations, following a major Israeli offensive targeting Iran's nuclear and military facilities. Israel warned of more attacks after Tehran fired waves of missiles and drones that killed three people and wounded dozens in Israel. Israelis sought refuge in bomb shelters and held blood drives as Iranians celebrated the Muslim Shiite holiday of Eid al-Ghadir and demonstrated against the Israeli attacks. Israel said hundreds of airstrikes against Iran over the past two days killed nine senior scientists and experts involved in Iran's nuclear program, in addition to several top generals. Iran's U.N. ambassador said 78 people were killed and more than 320 wounded. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
The Guardian
a day ago
- Politics
- The Guardian
‘You worry what's going to come next': Iranians brace themselves as war looms
Despite the strikes earlier in the day, Sahar* and her family decided to take a stroll in one of Tehran's parks on Friday night, the eve of Eid al-Ghadir, a major Shia holiday. But, instead of the usual festive fireworks, the sky was lit up by bright red anti-aircraft missiles streaking across the horizon. 'Seeing Iranian missiles over your heads worries you, you worry what's going to come next. Will it be a war, destruction?' said Sahar over the phone. She sent a video to the Guardian that shows people in the park hurriedly packing up and looking up as the crack of anti-aircraft munitions rings out overhead. Iranians are reeling as the country enters its second day of open war with Israel, the most intense exchange of fire in the two countries' histories, with a level of violence not seen in Iran since its war with Iraq in the 1980s. Fighting started when Israel launched hundreds of airstrikes across Iran on Friday morning, killing its country's top military leadership and hitting its nuclear facilities. Iran quickly responded with a barrage of missiles and drones, sparking a cycle of retaliatory violence between the two countries. In Iran, which has had much of its air defence systems crippled in the initial wave of Israeli airstrikes, the death toll continues to climb, with at least 138 people killed and more than 320 wounded. About 60 of the total, including 20 children, were killed in one Israeli attack on a housing complex in Tehran on Saturday, according to state media. At least three people were killed and dozens wounded in Israel by Iranian strikes over the last two days. The ferocity of Israel's strikes and the apparent ease with which it has decapitated Iran's military has left Iranians stunned, who grew up with an image of a military and security apparatus that was supposedly impregnable. In the first hours of Israel's attacks on Friday, Iran's military was caught flatfooted. Israeli jets flew across Iranian skies seemingly unchallenged, while drones reportedly planted weeks before sprung up from secret locations within the country itself. 'Israel's attacks came as a shock, with high-profile killings and the destruction it brought, and the fact that Tehran was attacked,' said Amin*, a local businessman from Sistan Baluchestan. The sudden assault provoked confusion in the country. Traffic on the capital's city's roads was light as people sheltered in their homes and bread lines grew long as people prepared themselves for further days of war. A resident of Tehran said that goods were in short supply at the shops and markets she visited as people stocked up on supplies. Internet coverage was intermittent, and most of the people the Guardian spoke to struggled to send voice notes and messages. 'We are panicking. Today, I had a flight for Mashhad from Sistan Baluchestan and it was cancelled. I am in a state of limbo,' Amin said. Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has threateneding 'severe punishment' in revenge for the attacks. The country has sent repeated waves of ballistic missiles and drones at Israel since Friday, some of which havehit Tel Aviv. Israel's defence minister, Israel Katz, in turn, warned Khameini that 'Tehran will burn' if it continues its attacks against Israel. There was a sense of satisfaction among some Iranians as they watched footage of Iranian missiles hitting Tel Aviv, and Iranian state TV played the footage on a loop. People in Tehran sat together watching jumbo screens, cheering as videos showed Iranian ballistic missiles targeting Israel. 'Many people are celebrating and happy for Iran's retaliation to Israeli aggression and are asking that Israel be taught a lesson. People in Iran hate Israel as we know it's a mad country ruining the region,' said Sahar. Analysts said that Iran's leadership had few good options in front of it as it decided what to do next in response to Israeli attacks. The network of proxies Iran had built up across the Middle East to defend itself over the last four decades has been conspicuously silent since Friday, offering words of support but little more. 'Iran is alone – unlike Israel, it doesn't have the backup of a superpower. But the problem is from Iran's perspective they see this as an existential peril. I don't think they see any exit ramps,' said Ali Vaez, the International Crisis Group's Iran Project director. The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has said the US will support Israel in a military confrontation with Iran, and the US has warned Iran that there would be 'dire consequences' if it or any of its proxies targeted US citizens or bases in the region. Iran's leadership does not only fear a military defeat by Israel, but also internal unrest if its military and security apparatus is shaken. The Iranian government's popularity has waned in recent years and it faced nationwide protests in 2022 after the death of a girl arrested by police for not wearing a headscarf. On Saturday, a separatist Kurdish party – the Council of the Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK), which has clashed with the Iranian government, issued a statement calling for the people of Iran to mobilise against the Iranian government. Iranian riot police pre-emptively deployed in Tehran amid calls from some student groups for protests, three students told the Guardian. 'The regime is trying to do two things in parallel: It is trying to play on Iranian's strong sense of nationalism … and it's trying to crack down internally and make sure there is no space for any organised opposition,' Vaez said. The Israeli attacks and the prospect of a wider war has had a rally-around-the-flag effect for some Iranians, even those who do not count themselves as nationalists. 'War brings destruction and that's the last thing anyone wants. But it's been imposed on Iran,' Amin said. * Names have been changed
The Independent
a day ago
- Politics
- The Independent
Anger and worry mix in Iran's capital after retaliatory strikes against Israel
Anger mixed with worry as Iranians in the capital of Tehran woke up Saturday to images of their country's retaliatory attacks on Israel. Iranian state television, long controlled by hard-line supporters of the country's theocracy, repeatedly aired footage of missile strikes on Tel Aviv throughout the morning. The broadcaster also showed people cheering in front of a large screen set up in Tehran to follow the strikes as if they were watching a soccer match. Traffic was lighter than normal on the capital's streets. The change was due in part to the Shiite holiday of Eid al-Ghadir commemorating the Prophet Muhammad picking his successor, Ali, who is beloved as the first Shiite imam and whose assassination set in motion the splintering of Sunni and Shiite Islam. Even before the attacks began, many Iranians had traveled outside the city to enjoy days off in places along the nearby Caspian Sea. The holiday mood made news of the assaults that much more shocking, particularly when the strikes killed many ranking members of Iran's military and paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, something unseen since Iran's war with Iraq in the 1980s. It's a new experience for many of Iran's 80 million people who weren't alive for that devastating conflict, which included a period known as the 'War of the Cities,' in which Iraq rained ballistic missiles, artillery fire and airstrikes on Iranian cities. 'Israel killed our commanders and what they expect in return? A kiss?' said Mahmoud Dorri, a 29-year-old taxi driver. 'We will go after them to punish them: an eye for an eye.' In downtown Tehran, 31-year-old teacher and mother of two Pari Pourghazi expressed her joy over Iran's attack, linking it to Israel's devastating war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. 'Someone should stop Israelis. They think they can do anything they want at any time,' she said. "Iran showed Israelis are wrong though they could suppress people of Gaza or Lebanon by heavy bombing.' Auto mechanic Houshang Ebadi, 61, also backed the Iranian strike but said he opposed a full-fledged war between Iran and Israel. 'I support my country. The Israelis made mistake in launching attacks on Iran but I hope this comes to end," Ebadi said. "War will not bear fruit for any side.' Others expressed concerns, verbally or through their actions. At one Tehran gas station, some 300 vehicles waited to fill up, with drivers growing frustrated. 'Sometime there is a queue because people fear that the refineries may be targeted, sometimes there is a line because of a power outage," said Nahid Rostami, a 43-year-old stylist. "When is this emergency situation going to end?' Fruit seller Hamid Hasanlu, 41, said his twins couldn't sleep Friday night with the sounds of explosions and anti-aircraft batteries firing. 'Leaders of both countries should know that people are suffering," he said. Bakeries also drew crowds as people sought to buy supplies including traditional Iranian bread, a staple of meals. 'I buy more bread since I think maybe there is no flour or electricity because of the war," said Molouk Asghari, a 56-year-old homemaker. 'I have children and grandchildren. I cannot see them in a hard situation without food, water and electricity." Across the country, people faced the continued strain of the conflict as Iran's airspace remained closed. 'Who knows what happens tonight?" said Rostami, the stylist.
