23/06/2025 05:36
The Guardian
In today’s newsletter: After Donald Trump brings the US into Israel’s conflict with Iran, one analyst sets out the potential response from TehranGood morning. After he ordered the attacks on Iranian nuclear sites that constituted the US’s entry into Israel’s war against Iran, Donald Trump insisted that he wanted peace “quickly”, and that the alternative would be “tragedy for Iran” and “far greater” attacks in future. His vice-president, JD Vance, said that the US was “not at war with Iran” and that “we do not want to protract this”. But in Tehran, with Trump now also talking of regime change, the conclusion appears to be that there is no choice but to respond.Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, said that “The Americans must receive a response to their aggression”. And foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said that the US strikes will have “everlasting consequences”. While there is little doubt that Iran’s military capacities have been severely degraded since Israel’s attacks on 13 June, the country retains immediate options – and may now be more set on a path to nuclear weapons than it was before this began.Assisted dying | Health secretary Wes Streeting has voiced doubts over whether the NHS can afford to establish an assisted dying service, after MPs passed a bill to legalise the procedure last week. The bill now heads to the House of Lords, where there are expected to be continued battles over its progress.Health | Thousands of patients in England will be able to access weight-loss jabs via their GP from Monday for the first time. Family doctors will be allowed to prescribe Mounjaro to severely obese people living with a range of other health problems.Syria | A suicide bombing by Islamic State targeting a church in Damascus has killed 20 people and wounded 52, Syrian authorities have said. The attack on Sunday night was the first major IS operation and the first suicide bombing in Syria since former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December.Domestic violence | Domestic abuse is a public health emergency, experts have claimed, after a report concluded that the NHS is failing victims by not training staff to spot and respond to the signs of domestic violence. more than 20% of people in England and Wales aged 16 years and over have experienced domestic abuse.UK politics | Reform UK have proposed offering wealthy foreigners and returning British expats a bespoke tax regime in exchange for a one-off payment of £250,000 with the proceeds redistributed to Britain’s lowest-paid workers. But there are concerns over a two-tier tax system allowing millionaires to buy their way out of full UK tax liability. Continue reading...
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