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recent years, as prediction markets[have swelled into](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/20/prediction-platform-polymarket-in-talks-to-raise-funds-at-up-to-15bn-valuation) a multibillion dollar industry and faced accusations of [immorality](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/06/polymarket-criticized-bets-us-jet-shot-by-iran) and [insider trading](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/18/iran-war-bets-ethics-concerns), half a dozen countries across Europe
recent tense exchange](/news/2026/6/2/trump-berated-netanyahu-scepticism-abounds-about-us-israel-feud-rumour) with Netanyahu and said he was “a little bit perturbed at his constantly fighting with Lebanon”. Netanyahu, for his part, insisted that Israel had to “disarm Hezbollah” and “demilitarise Lebanon
military headquarters has released a statement, saying a resumption of the war was likely “as evidence shows the US is not committed” to any agreement. “That is the assessment and reaction in Tehran. The Iranians
recent statement, the Gulf Cooperation Council declared that “Iranian attacks have also led to a sharp loss of confidence by the Council states in Iran, which requires Iran to take the initiative to make serious
Israel talks scheduled for Thursday and Friday. - **Qatar warns over Hormuz pressure:** Qatar’s prime minister said Iran should not use the Strait of Hormuz, blocked since early in the war, as a means
Israel, the other aggressor in the war along with the US, has not signed. Iran also laid out five preconditions for any renewed talks: an end to hostilities on all fronts, including Lebanon; sanctions relief
action, likely against IRGC [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps] assets harassing Hormuz traffic, calibrated so Iran can absorb it without striking US bases in the Gulf”. Seloom pointed to recent comments from US Energy Secretary Chris
action if it did not quickly agree to a deal. But how is Iran likely to respond to the latest US ceasefire proposals? And is Tehran likely to have to make significant compromises to reach
recent flurry of negotiations has stalled, with both sides exchanging [limited strikes](/news/2026/6/1/irans-irgc-launches-retaliatory-strike-after-us-attacks). Trump on Wednesday again said a deal could come by this weekend. Key sticking points include the future of Iran’s nuclear
action in Lebanon jeopardised talks on a deal to end its war with the US. Following the ceasefire announcement, the Israeli military said it had intercepted two projectiles fired into northern Israel. Hezbollah said
action on Iran, according to a report in the US outlet Axios. It came as a drone strike in the **United Arab Emirates** caused a fire at a nuclear power plant – which the country called
Action (JCPOA) signed with several other states in 2015, Iran had been permitted to enrich uranium to 3.67 percent – enough to develop a nuclear power programme – but far short of 90 percent weapons-grade material
military operation he launched with Israel against Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/us-israel-war-on-iran) in February. “If they don’t agree, the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than
Israel, called Harbu Darbu (slang borrowed from Syrian Arabic which, in Hebrew, means to rain hell on an opponent). The Basij he is pretending to shoot is a paramilitary organisation that is known
actions in the Middle East, analysts say. On Monday, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Italy would not renew a memorandum of understanding – signed in 2003 and ratified in 2005 – between the two countries’ ministries
military aid to Israel. The measures were referred to the party’s nascent Middle East Working Group, which is meeting for the fourth time this week and has been slow to coalesce around an agenda
action. This was the sixth time that Democrats have forced a vote on a war powers resolution related to the war in [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran), all of which have failed, mostly along party lines
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, rumours started to spread in Lebanon over possible Syrian intervention. The Reuters news agency, citing sources briefed on the topic, reported that al-Sharaa had rejected the idea
recent months, a narrowly defeated US Senate move to block efforts to limit Trump’s authority to use military force against the island, and executive orders declaring Cuba a “significant threat” to US national security
actions that included the shootdown of a US MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters”, the US military’s central command (Centcom) said on X. “US fighter aircraft swiftly responded by eliminating Iranian