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Israeli ambassador says it’s ‘mind-boggling’ to question legal basis for war on Iran
Israel’s new ambassador says Australia was on the “right side of history” by backing strikes against Iran as he warned against calls for a ceasefire.
- Matthew Knott
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‘We are bringing hell on you’: Panic in Beirut suburbs as Israel launches airstrikes
In another escalation of the wider war against Iran, thousands of Lebanese families fled their homes after Israeli forces warned them of a wave of bombing to target Hezbollah groups.
- David Crowe
Australians on sub that sank Iranian warship in Indian Ocean
Two Australian sailors were aboard the US nuclear-powered sub that sank an Iranian frigate, amid reports US-backed Kurdish rebels are ready for a ground assault against Iranian troops.
- Michael Koziol and Andrew Probyn
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- Middle East at war
Australia’s nuclear emergency centre ‘on alert’ after Iran attack
The Melbourne-based nuclear incident room monitors global radiation threats and can model how radioactive material could spread.
- Annika Smethurst
US-Iran war updates: Khamenei’s son tipped as likely new leader as Trump says US ‘decimated’ Iran; Israeli ground troops in Lebanon; Death toll continues to rise
Hundreds of people have been killed across the Middle East as strikes on Iran continue, Israel launches an offensive in Lebanon, and Iran returns fire across the region. Follow our rolling coverage.
- Angus Delaney, Emily Kaine, Ellen Connolly, Josefine Ganko and Brittany Busch
US warns ‘the big one is coming’ amid conflicting signals over war’s duration
US President Donald Trump declared the war might go “far longer” than his previous estimate of “four to five weeks” and did not rule out sending ground forces into Iran.
- David Crowe
What is Hezbollah and why is Israel attacking Lebanon?
Israel began striking southern Lebanon on Monday in response to rockets being fired into its north. Now it says a Lebanese party chief is an assassination target. Here’s what to know.
Families of Australian diplomats directed to leave Israel and Lebanon
The directive comes as the US assembles its greatest military firepower in decades in the Middle East ahead of diplomatic talks with Iran in Geneva.
- Kayla Olaya
Israel targets Lebanon with airstrike that kills 13
The Israeli military said it had hit a Hamas training compound in the deadliest attack inside Lebanon since last year’s ceasefire.
- Mohammad Zatari
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Sarkozy sentenced to five years over Gaddafi campaign funds conspiracy
A court found former French president Nicolas Sarkozy conspired to illegally finance his 2007 campaign using funds from Muammar Gaddafi, the late Libyan dictator.
- Henry Samuel and Iona Cleave