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Cabinet ministers said to have opposed US use of British bases for military operation against Iran – UK politics live

A number of ministers voiced their strong opposition to Donald Trump using British airbases to attack Iran’s missile capability, according to a reportDefence secretary John Healey has arrived in Cyprus, where he had a meeting with their country’s counterpart, according to Reuters.Healey has trav...

05/03/2026 10:08 The Guardian
The Long March of Presidential Power That Led to War on Iran

Presidents have sidestepped Congress to launch limited military strikes for decades. Trump’s decision to attack Iran is an aggressive escalation....

05/03/2026 10:02 New York Times
US did not share details with the UK before attacking Iran, sources say

Donald Trump has also criticised Keir Starmer’s initial decision not to allow the US to use UK military bases in the warThe US did not share exact operational details or timings with the UK before the joint strikes with Israel on Iran, sources have told the Guardian.The US decision to cut the UK o...

05/03/2026 06:00 The Guardian
Ukraine war briefing: Russia claims LNG tanker in Mediterranean hit by drones

The Arctic Metagaz had been carrying 61,000 tonnes of liquefied natural gas when it exploded; Ukrainian drones reported to have hit southern Russia. What we know on day 1,471Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, has accused Ukraine of carrying out a attack on one of its liquefied natural gas (LNG)...

05/03/2026 02:46 The Guardian
Sam Altman admits OpenAI can’t control Pentagon’s use of AI

CEO’s claims come amid increased scrutiny of US military’s use of the technology and ethics concerns from AI workersSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxOpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, told employees on Tuesday that his company does not control how the Pentago...

04/03/2026 22:55 The Guardian
US submarine sinks Iranian warship as conflict spreads beyond Middle East

Frigate goes down off Sri Lanka as Washington and Israel step up their offensive and promise to hit ‘deeper’ targets in IranMiddle East crisis – live updatesA torpedo fired by a US submarine sank an Iranian warship off the south coast of Sri Lanka as the Trump administration followed through o...

04/03/2026 19:50 The Guardian
Gavin Newsom likens Israel to ‘an apartheid state’ and decries war on Iran

California governor, promoting his memoir in LA, was asked if US should rethink military partnership with IsraelSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxGavin Newsom, the Democratic California governor, likened Israel to “an apartheid state” on Tuesday in comm...

04/03/2026 19:29 The Guardian
Trump’s ‘quasi-dove’ era is over. Iran strikes expose his hawkish turn

Deploying the world’s most powerful military seems to exert an almost erotic fascination for Donald TrumpThis was originally published in This Week in Trumpland; sign up to receive it in your inbox every WednesdayIt was a claim uttered repeatedly on the 2024 campaign trail: “I’m the only presi...

04/03/2026 19:00 The Guardian
Israel strikes Tehran and Beirut as Iran vows ‘complete destruction’ in region

Rapidly escalating war enters fifth day and spreads as far as Indian Ocean with sinking of Iranian vessel off Sri LankaMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsrael has carried out a wave of airstrikes on Iranian security targets and Hezbollah in Beirut as Tehran threatened the “complete destruction o...

04/03/2026 17:43 The Guardian
Pete Hegseth says Iranian regime is ‘toast’ as US expands military offensive

The Pentagon chief claims Tehran ‘cannot outlast’ US as strikes intensify and civilian toll climbsThe US will have complete, uncontested control of Iranian airspace within days, the Pentagon chief, Pete Hegseth, declared Wednesday, saying Iran “cannot outlast” American military power and tha...

04/03/2026 15:51 The Guardian
Trump administration waging illegal war on Iran, experts say

Administration offers shifting explanations as it acts without congressional approval or legal premiseThe Trump administration is waging an illegal war on Iran, one that defies both the US constitution and international armed conflict laws, according to several legal scholars and bipartisan lawmaker...

04/03/2026 12:57 The Guardian
Iran war live updates: Trump says US may escort tankers through Strait of Hormuz; IDF launches strikes on Iran

US president orders Washington to provide insurance for commercial shipping in the crucial strait; Israeli military says it has launched a ‘broad wave’ of strikesTrump administration has still not settled on reasons for warMiddle East attacks intensify as Trump rejects Iran’s attempt to talkUS...

04/03/2026 01:43 The Guardian
US troops were told war on Iran was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’, watchdog alleges

Religious freedom group says 200 troops sent complaints of superiors using extremist Christian rhetoric to justify warMiddle East crisis – live updatesUS military commanders have been invoking extremist Christian rhetoric about biblical “end times” to justify involvement in the Iran war to tro...

03/03/2026 21:21 The Guardian
Middle East attacks intensify as Trump says he rejects Iran’s attempt to talk

US president claims ‘they want to talk. I said: Too Late!’, while Rubio threatens the ‘hardest hits are yet to come’US-Israel war on Iran – live updatesIsrael and the US intensified their attacks on Iran on Tuesday, launching waves of strikes targeting command and control facilities, strat...

03/03/2026 19:34 The Guardian
Chaos signals Iran struggling to function as war turns into fight for survival

Strikes on Iranian leadership are putting Tehran under unprecedented military and diplomatic pressure Middle East crisis – live updatesThe war in the Middle East in maps, video and photosIran endured a day of unprecedented military and diplomatic pressure on Tuesday as US airstrikes pushed the dea...

03/03/2026 19:32 The Guardian
UK considering sending warship to Cyprus; government to charter flight from Oman ‘in the coming days’– as it happened

Multiple sources say the deployment of HMS Duncan is under consideration; Yvette Cooper says flight will take off from Muscat this weekUK considers sending Royal Navy destroyer to CyprusUK will charter flights from Oman to evacuate Britons from regionEllie Chowns, the Green party’s foreign affairs...

03/03/2026 15:59 The Guardian
South Sudan risks return to full-blown civil war as violence escalates

At least 169 killed in raid near Sudan border as clashes between government and opposition forces intensifySouth Sudan is reeling from an escalating conflict between the government-aligned army and opposition forces and allied groups that observers say risks returning the country to a full-blown civ...

03/03/2026 15:49 The Guardian
First Thing: Conflict spirals in Middle East as NGO says at least 700 Iranian civilians killed

Trump says the war could last weeks or ‘far longer’. Plus, what a high schooler detained by ICE for 10 months wants you to knowDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Iranian drones hit the US embassy in Riyadh as Tehran continued to launch waves of retaliatory st...

03/03/2026 12:54 The Guardian
The war in the Middle East in maps, video and photos

How the US-Israeli war against Iran exploded into a regional conflict, as Tehran retaliated with strikes across the Middle EastUS-Israel war on Iran – live updatesA US-Israeli war against Iran that began on Saturday with bombing and missile attacks that killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei...

03/03/2026 12:02 The Guardian
Israel Seizes Chance to Crush Hezbollah and Remake Mideast Amid Iran War

With the war against Iran underway, and the U.S. military as a powerful ally, the Israeli government is seizing its chance to move against other adversaries....

03/03/2026 11:03 New York Times
Tuesday briefing: ‘An historic rupture’ as the Middle East crisis spreads

In today’s newsletter: senior international correspondent Julian Borger on what next as Iran targets its Gulf neighbours and the conflict escalatesGood morning. The regional war many countries had long feared is here.On Saturday, global attention turned to Iran after an extraordinary joint aerial...

03/03/2026 06:39 The Guardian
Iran war heralds era of AI-powered bombing quicker than ‘speed of thought’

Speed and scale of US military’s AI war planning raises fears human decision-making may be sidelinedThe use of AI tools to enable attacks on Iran heralds a new era of bombing quicker than “the speed of thought”, experts have said, amid fears human ­decision-makers could be sidelined.Anthropic...

03/03/2026 06:00 The Guardian
Trump’s show of force in the Middle East creates a weakness China can exploit

Beijing can again leverage its critical minerals dominance over an increasingly busy US military, as Taiwan slides further down the White House list of prioritiesUS-Israel war on Iran – live updatesAs the US and Israel opened a new chapter of chaos in the Middle East, China stands to benefit from...

03/03/2026 04:36 The Guardian
U.S. Sends More Troops to the Mideast as Iran War Expands

Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged the possibility of an extended campaign, as the military announced that six U.S. service members had been killed so far....

03/03/2026 02:40 New York Times
Trump Embraces U.S. Military Power After Years of Caution

The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq offered a stark lesson in the limits of military force. The Iran attacks suggest an era of postwar wariness is over....

03/03/2026 01:26 New York Times
Sixth American service member killed in Iran operation

US military also says three US fighter jets were shot down in ‘friendly fire’ incident, all six crew members survivedUS-Israel war on Iran – live updatesSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxSix US service members have been killed in the US military opera...

02/03/2026 22:27 The Guardian
U.S. Military Death Toll in Iran War Rises to 6

The number of U.S. service members killed in the first three days of the war grew as officials said the remains of two more troops had been recovered....

02/03/2026 21:49 New York Times
How Trump Decided to Go to War With Iran

President Trump’s embrace of military action in Iran was spurred by an Israeli leader determined to end diplomatic negotiations. Few of the president’s advisers voiced opposition....

02/03/2026 21:04 New York Times
Starmer vows to avoid ‘mistakes of Iraq’ that have haunted Labour for decades

Prime minister does not believe US has a plan beyond ‘shock and awe’ stage, as some MPs dread what lies ahead• US-Israel war on Iran – live updates• What we know so far on day three of the Iran war• A visual guide to strikes on Iran and Tehran’s responseTony Blair’s support for the U...

02/03/2026 20:26 The Guardian
Pete Hegseth sets the tone for Trump’s politically incorrect war on Iran

In a combative press conference, the Pentagon chief dodged questions about the goals of the US military’s Iran operationSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxLeave it to Pete Hegseth, the ex-Fox News host now leading the Pentagon, to reframe the massive US-Is...

02/03/2026 18:49 The Guardian
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