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Monday, June 16, 2025

US President Donald Trump rejected a plan by Israel to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, three US officials have told BBC's US partner CBS News. Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that assassinating Khamenei was "not a good idea", according to one official. The president has not commented publicly on the report. The conversation is said to have happened since Israel launched its attack on Iran on Friday. read more


Sunday, June 15, 2025

In a sign of Greenland's growing importance, French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting the Arctic island today ... read more


Friday, June 13, 2025

Global oil prices jumped after Israel said it had struck Iran, in a dramatic escalation of tensions in the Middle East. Benchmark oil contracts, Brent Crude and Nymex light sweet, were up by more than 10% after the news emerged. Traders are concerned that a conflict between Iran and Israel could disrupt supplies coming from the energy-rich region.


The US has said it is not involved in Israel's bombardment of Iranian nuclear sites, an escalation that is threatening to send the region deeper into conflict. Secretary of State Marco Rubio released a statement soon after the strikes began, saying Israel had taken "unilateral action" and warning Iran to not retaliate against the US.


Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Billionaire Elon Musk has said he regrets some of the posts he made about US President Donald Trump during their war of words on social media. "They went too far," he wrote on his social media platform X. The two were embroiled in a public fallout after the Tesla owner stepped back from his White House role and called Trump's tax bill a "disgusting abomination". read more


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