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Sky News
4 hours ago
- Politics
- Sky News
Israel-Iran live: Trump says Iranian nuclear sites were 'obliterated' by US strikes; Tehran warns of 'everlasting consequences'
The US has carried out attacks on three nuclear sites in Iran, in what Donald Trump called a "spectacular military success". Officials at the UN are "gravely alarmed" - with Iran calling for an emergency security council meeting. Watch and follow the latest from Sky News below.
New York Times
9 hours ago
- Politics
- New York Times
Three Unknowns for America and the World After Trump's Strike on Iran
President Trump has claimed a 'spectacular military success' in destroying three sites in Iran; we'll see if that's true. What is clear is that he has pushed America into a war with Iran that he acknowledges may escalate. Beyond doubts about the legal basis for bombing Iran, I see risks for America and the world ahead revolving around three fundamental unknowns. The first uncertainty is how Iran will strike back at the United States. Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, previously promised, 'The harm the U.S. will suffer will definitely be irreparable if they enter this conflict militarily.' Iran has many options, including attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Bahrain and elsewhere in the region. It could also mount cyberattacks, strike American embassies or support terrorist attacks. Another option would be to seek to close the Strait of Hormuz, fully or partly, by attacking shipping or by laying mines. That could be a blow to the world economy, for one-quarter of the world's oil passes through the strait. Experts have told me that they believe the United States could, over time, reopen the strait, but there might be economic and other costs. When Iran mined the strait in 1988, a mine crippled a U.S. Navy frigate, the Samuel B. Roberts. When the United States assassinated Qassim Suleimani, a top Iranian general, in 2020, Iran launched a missile barrage at American bases in Iraq. A Ukrainian passenger jet was hit by accident, killing all 176 people aboard. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Al Jazeera
9 hours ago
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Full speech: Donald Trump's address to nation after attack on Iran
After announcing the 'very successful' US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, United States President Donald Trump addressed the nation. Here is the full transcript of his speech on Saturday evening: A short time ago, the US military carried out massive precision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities in the Iranian regime: Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. Everybody heard those names for years as they built this horribly destructive enterprise. Our objective was the destruction of Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by the world's number one state sponsor of terror. Tonight, I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated. Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace. If they do not, future attacks will be far greater and a lot easier. For 40 years, Iran has been saying, 'Death to America, death to Israel'. They have been killing our people, blowing off their arms, blowing off their legs with roadside bombs – that was their speciality. We lost over a thousand people, and hundreds of thousands throughout the Middle East and around the world have died as a direct result of their hate, in particular, so many were killed by their general, Qassem Soleimani. I decided a long time ago that I would not let this happen. It will not continue. I want to thank and congratulate Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu. We worked as a team like perhaps no team has ever worked before, and we've gone a long way to erasing this horrible threat to Israel. I want to thank the Israeli military for the wonderful job they've done and, most importantly, I want to congratulate the great American patriots who flew those magnificent machines tonight, and all of the United States military on an operation the likes of which the world has not seen in many, many decades. Hopefully, we will no longer need their services in this capacity. I hope that's so. I also want to congratulate the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan 'Razin' Caine – spectacular general – and all of the brilliant military minds involved in this attack. With all of that being said, this cannot continue. There will be either peace or there will be tragedy for Iran far greater than we have witnessed over the last eight days. Remember, there are many targets left. Tonight's was the most difficult of them all by far, and perhaps the most lethal, but if peace does not come quickly, we will go after those other targets with precision, speed and skill. Most of them can be taken out in a matter of minutes. There's no military in the world that could have done what we did tonight, not even close. There has never been a military that could do what took place just a little while ago. Tomorrow, General Caine, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, will have a press conference at 8am (12:00 GMT) at the Pentagon, and I want to just thank everybody, and in particular, God. I want to just say, 'We love you, God, and we love our great military. Protect them.' God bless the Middle East. God bless Israel, and God bless America. Thank you very much. Thank you.
Daily Mail
10 hours ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Trump's right-hand MAGA ally who correctly predicted Iran strikes now has a chilling warning about World War III
Longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon who was spot-on with his prediction that the president would strike Iran on Saturday is now warning that it could spark World War III. Bannon, who served as Trump's chief White House strategist during his first term and continues to be an influential voice in the MAGA movement, referenced the looming attack on his 'War Room Pandemic' podcast hours before U.S. bombers carried out the strike. 'I'm just reporting what I'm hearing from pretty good sources. The party is on,' Bannon said on his podcast. 'So another big weekend in this unfolding aspect of the Third World War – and no, anyone that's telling you that the Third World War is not here, is absolutely, does not understand the development and evolution of kinetic energy,' he said. Hours later, Trump surprised the world a little before 8 p.m. ET Saturday by announcing on Truth Social that he had given the go-ahead to attack Iran. Trump used six massive 30,000-pound 'bunker buster' bombs and 30 Tomahawk missiles to destroy Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan. Trump addressed the nation, calling the strikes on a trio of Iranian nuclear sites a 'spectacular military success.' 'Tonight, I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated.' He also gave a stark warning to Tehran that more attacks would be coming if the regime didn't make peace. But his ally Bannon lunched with Trump at the White House on Thursday, and reportedly argued against the U.S. joining in Israel 's attacks on Iran. Bannon connected the dots on his 'party is on' comment, clarifying that it meant the operation was set to go. 'I will tell you, remember in 'A Bridge Too Far,' in the movie about Market Garden and the last bridge at Arnhem. The phrase there was, "The party is on,"' he said, referencing the 1977 film about the failed Allied operation in Europe near the end of World War II. He also took a swipe at former George W. Bush White House Press Secretary Kayleith McEnany, now a host of 'the Five' on Fox News Channel. 'And so that is our analysis this morning. Is the party on? Is this thing, are we inexorably drawn into this, and maybe today's the day of action? You know, just the one swoop of a jet that Keyleigh McEnany wants, just one swoop of a jet, just going across,' he said. His comments came before a top House Republican turned on Trump and called the U.S. attack on Iran 'unconstitutional.' Bannon spent time on his Saturday show arguing about the risks and losses associated with an attack on Iran. He said the country needed to remain 'focused on the mass deportations' of illegal immigrants. 'I still argue that as important as this as high a priority it is to stop the nuclear program at whatever stage it is for the Iranians, for us yo've got to rank order of strategic concerns. The vital national security interests of this country lie with us making sure that the 10-12 million illegal alien invaders that came here ... have to be deported,' he said. 'This is a central front of what we call the third World War.' 'This is all costing a vast amount of money. Who's paying for that?' he asked. 'Is Israel paying for that? No, they would not be ... You know who's paying for it? You,' he told his listeners.
The Guardian
11 hours ago
- Politics
- The Guardian
Iran must make peace or 'future attacks will be far greater', Trump says in address
Donald Trump has confirmed the US bombed three nuclear facilities in Iran, calling the attacks 'a spectacular military success'. He warned Tehran that if it does not 'make peace' there will be further attacks. The US president thanks Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying the two 'worked as a team like perhaps no team has ever worked before'.
