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“He blames Ukrainian targeting of Russian refining capacity for rising global energy costs because his narcissistic ego resists the truth – that his war in Iran has been a disaster for the US and a boon for its enemies.”

“Five big stories - UK | Andy Burnham said Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps were “almost certainly” behind threats to RAF Fairford, the firmest attribution of responsibility made so far by the UK after an incident late last month. - UK politics | A…”

“Trump called Paxton “a pain in the ass sometimes” last week, but on Wednesday did not discuss a leaked recording of Paxton in which the Senate candidate reportedly complained about the war in Iran, rising fuel prices and the way his campaign was being run.”

“Midterms are in large part a referendum on the incumbent, and Trump’s war on Iran and its impact on the cost of living have boosted support for Democrats.”

“With the US president’s approval ratings already at record lows amid discontent over rising living costs fueled by the unpopular war with Iran, ethics experts say “unprecedented” levels of corruption engaged in by Trump, his family and close associates are…”

“About the same amount was exported before the US-Israeli war with Iran began.”

“He joined an evangelical church in 2018 and is now busy imposing his own brand of religion on the Pentagon, framing the war on Iran as a modern crusade and instituting monthly prayer services.”

“Democrats say Biden’s spending surge was to combat the economic recession caused by the 2020 pandemic and point to Trump’s war on Iran costing Americans more than $44bn.”

“Lula and Bolsonaro differ sharply on the US, including over what has become Trump’s main foreign policy for the region: the so-called “war on drugs” used to justify dozens of airstrikes on boats that have killed more than 230 people and joint operations…”

“It has been used by the US in its bombing campaign against Iran, after the former prime minister Keir Starmer agreed to allow American strikes on Iranian missile launch sites in the war Donald Trump started in the spring.”

“The US president first mused about taking oil from Iran in 1987, when he told ABC’s Barbara Walters that Iranian attacks on American shipping during the Iran-Iraq war required an extreme response.”

“Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a Democratic effort to end the US war with Iran, voting 49-50 against a House-passed war powers resolution as the conflict passed the 200-day mark, with 19 American service members killed.”

“Donald Trump used his address to the general assembly to threaten Iran, another member state, with annihilation again.”

“The UK’s foreign minister Ed Miliband also spoke about the risks of continued reliance on fossil fuels given the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the US’s war in Iran, describing the inherent instability as the “fossil fuel roller coaster”.”

“On policy too, government insiders point to small reasons for hope: Trump responded warmly to reports the UK government was going to “open up” the North Sea (although the decision to drill at two fields has been delayed) and has – so far – been relatively…”

“Such is the worry over the Iran war stoking inflation that the US Federal Reserve defied Trump this week with its first interest rate rise since 2023.”

“The Iran war has pushed gas prices past $4 per gallon on average.”

“This comes as the average price of diesel in the US hit $6 per gallon for the first time last week, with the Iran war, combined with Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries, continuing to squeeze supply.”

“Rutte said in a speech to a specialist audience at Ditchley Park, a wartime retreat used by Winston Churchill in Oxfordshire.”

“Mamdani and the Democratic Senate nominee for Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed, recuse themselves from the rote fealty to American glory and dare to point out both US support for Israel and the calamitous outcomes of the “war on terror” in the Middle East.”

“But his popularity dwindled immediately, as he cleaved the federal workforce, imposed price-inflating tariffs, passed a profligate spending bill and launched a rudderless war with Iran.”

“After a month-long lull, the resumption of strikes on Iranian targets near the strait of Hormuz meanwhile renewed questions over just what the US wants to achieve in its war with the Islamic regime, which Trump and his defense secretary once loudly vowed to…”

“In sharp contrast, under Trump, the US is running big deficits, of approximately $2tn a year, for the opposite of urgent reasons: to finance a disastrous war in Iran and to give big tax giveaways to two powerful groups that were already prospering, eg the…”

“At the centre of it is the single act that is already defining Trump’s second term: his reckless, failed war of choice against Iran.”

“Explaining his reasons for the decision, the US president cited what he said was a good relationship with North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, and South Korea’s refusal to support him over the war against Iran.”

“That claim is contradicted by the fact that a 2025 US intelligence assessment, released shortly before Trump ordered strikes on Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities, said that Iran had abandoned its pursuit of nuclear weapons in 2003.”