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UK considers sending Royal Navy destroyer to Cyprus

The Guardian · 2 hours ago Politics

Defence sources say deployment of HMS Duncan to better protect base on Mediterranean island is under discussion UK politics live – latest updates Middle East crisis – live updates John Healey, the defence secretary, is considering sending a Royal Navy destroyer to Cyprus to help defend British bases there after several apparently hostile drones targeted RAF Akrotiri on the island. Defence sources said a deployment of HMS Duncan, currently in Portsmouth, was under discussion as a way to better protect the base in Cyprus – though another said it was possible one of two other destroyers might be sent as an alternative. Continue reading...
Trump has cornered himself with his war in Iran | Sidney Blumenthal

The Guardian · 3 hours ago Politics

The president needs a quick win to avoid a quagmire – but he needs a long war to justify potential emergency powers Donald Trump has trapped himself in his war with Iran by announcing that his intention is regime change . That uncertain objective is linked to his most urgent objective at home. While pursuing regime change in Iran, he is desperately attempting to stop regime change through the midterm elections.
The war in the Middle East in maps, video and photos

The Guardian · 4 hours ago Politics

How the US-Israeli war against Iran exploded into a regional conflict, as Tehran retaliated with strikes across the Middle East US-Israel war on Iran – live updates A US-Israeli war against Iran that began on Saturday with bombing and missile attacks that killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei , has exploded into a regional conflict, with Tehran retaliating by launching strikes across the Middle East. On Tuesday, Israel’s military launched a ground invasion of Lebanon , where it has been carrying out intense strikes after Iran’s ally, Hezbollah, fired rockets across the frontier. Continue reading...
Does Trump want to wage an AI-powered war? – podcast

The Guardian · 10 hours ago Politics

In the past three months, Donald Trump’s White House has reportedly used AI twice to effect regime change – once in its capture of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and more recently to help plan the strikes that killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The most recent strikes coincided with the end of the Pentagon’s relationship with the AI company Anthropic over concerns its AI tool Claude was being used for purposes the company had explicitly prohibited. The government swiftly signed a new contract with Open AI.

UK considers sending Royal Navy destroyer to Cyprus

Trump has cornered himself with his war in Iran | Sidney Blumenthal

The war in the Middle East in maps, video and photos

Does Trump want to wage an AI-powered war? – podcast