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Already there are parts of Iran’s densely populated capital city Tehran that look like a pummelled war zone. We are starting to understand the intensity of Israel and the US‘s war plan. But a clear picture is difficult to paint, because Iran is a place the world is struggling to …

The US has warned of more strikes on Iran after launching an operation which killed its supreme leader. With no end in sight to hostilities, Sky News has mapped the assaults on both sides – and the military assets at play in the region. A regional conflict The US began …

Emmanuel Macron said eight countries could enjoy protection from France’s nuclear umbrella – but that Paris would retain sole decision-making power. BBC News

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth offered few details about the operation, leaving questions unanswered about the scope or duration. BBC News

Footage verified by the BBC appears to show the moment an F-15 fighter jet falls from the sky and crashes to the ground near Kuwait City. The video was filmed from the west of the city, on the edge of the Al Jahra area. US Central Command later said three …

The first American flag-draped coffin to arrive home will land with greater force than any Iranian missile. For President Donald Trump, the loss of US military personnel redraws the political battlefield at home. Trump has long cast himself as a president who understands the cost of war in human terms. …

The RAF base Akrotiri has been hit by a one-way attack drone, amid a fresh conflict in the Middle East that started on Saturday. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper told Sky News’s Mornings With Ridge and Frost the strike hit the airport’s runway and said “all of the precautionary measures are …

The US star’s best actor win for Sinners leaves the Oscars race too close to call. BBC News

The RAF base Akrotiri has been hit by a suspected drone strike, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed, amid a fresh conflict in the Middle East that started on Saturday. There were no casualties in the incident at the base near Limassol, Cyprus. The government has not yet confirmed …

US President Donald Trump warned “there will likely be more” US casualties during operations in Iran in a statement posted on Truth Social. This comes as US Central Command (Centcom) said three US service members have been killed in action and five “seriously wounded”. In Israel, nine people have been …

A formal declaration of war has not been made but it looks and sounds like war in central Tehran. Clouds of smoke and the crack of high explosives rupture the air as the Americans and the Israelis bring their operation to the heart of the capital city. And if the …

👉Listen to The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim on your podcast app👈 Can you carry out regime change without boots on the ground? Will President Trump walk away now the supreme leader is dead? Does this feel like 2003 all over again? Richard has been in Israel watching …

It is an image that will haunt very many people across Israel. A corner of Beit Shemesh, flattened by an Iranian missile; a synagogue destroyed; people killed while they sought refuge in a bomb shelter. If you wanted proof that war, even this war, is not just about aerial defences …

Vows by Iran to punish the US and Israel for killing its supreme leader and starting a war have yet to translate into decisive military action despite the first American casualties. Iranian forces have launched hundreds of drones and missiles in multiple waves across the Middle East, but without inflicting …

What’s the plan Mr President? The clamour for an explanation for what comes next is building. Anxious allies across the region are demanding the Trump team shows it has a strategy. With Americans already killed in this war, with oil prices spiking, and with the toll on US allies and …

Iran has been hit by a series of US and Israeli airstrikes over the weekend as the two countries’ leaders called for the Iranian people to overthrow the regime. The attacks, which are part of what the US has called Operation Epic Fury, killed Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei …

Sky’s Data and Forensics team has been monitoring shipping through the Strait of Hormuz – a strategically vital waterway for Iran and other oil producers in the Middle East.  Maritime activity has been almost brought to a standstill as the US and Iran have traded strikes. Hundreds of tankers are …

Most accidents that occur during climbing are down to “poor planning”, says Matt Cooper, a mountain rescue team member in Wales and founder of the Mountaineering Company. This includes not having suitable clothing and equipment, like crampons and an ice axe, not checking and fully understanding the weather forecast, like …

Two people were killed and 14 injured, with the suspected gunman also shot dead on the scene. BBC News

FIFA’s president has told Sky News that footballers who cover their mouths in confrontations with rivals should be sent off on the presumption they are being offensive. Gianni Infantino has also revealed a desire to reduce the minimum 10-game ban for players who are apologetic for discrimination to encourage a …