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Iranian attacks across Gulf continue as major industrial sites hit2 hours agoShareSaveDearbail JordanShareSaveAluminium BahrainAluminium Bahrain said its facility has been attacked by Iran, with two employees woundedGulf nations reported a series of attacks as the US-Israel war against Iran entered its fifth week, including strikes on major industrial infrastructure.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said a number of people had been injured in an Iranian strike on a key aluminium plant in Abu Dhabi, with significant damage reported by operator Emirates Global Aluminium.
Meanwhile, state-controlled Aluminium Bahrain said two employees were wounded by an Iranian attack on one of the world's largest aluminium smelting facilities.
It comes after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis entered the conflict on Saturday, raising fears of further economic disruption should they target shipping in the Red Sea.
The group said it had launched a barrage of missiles against Israel targeting “sensitive” ..

Jeremy Bowen: Trump is waging war based on instinct and it isn't working13 hours agoShareSaveJeremy BowenInternational EditorShareSaveBBCSome old truths about warfare have been knocking on the door of the Oval Office in the month since US President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent US and Israeli warplanes to bomb Iran.
The failure to learn from the past means that Donald Trump now faces a stark choice. If he cannot get a deal with Iran, he can either try to declare a victory that will fool no-one, or escalate the war.
The oldest of the old truths comes from the Prussian military strategist Helmuth von Moltke the Elder: “No plan survives first contact with the enemy.” He was writing in 1871, the year Germany was unified as an empire, a moment that was as consequential for the security of Europe as this war might be for the security of the Middle East.
Maybe Trump prefers the boxer Mike Tyson's modern version: “Everyone has a plan until they..

Gaza peace doubts deepen as attention shifts to Iran7 hours agoShareSaveYolande Knell,Middle East correspondent, in JerusalemandRushdi Abualouf,Gaza correspondent, in IstanbulShareSave'Prices have doubled': Gazans on food shortages affecting familiesNearly six months after a fragile ceasefire came into force in Gaza, Palestinians in this war-torn territory are still struggling.
In the markets, there are again shortages of some goods and rising prices – with merchants saying supplies brought in from Israel have been disrupted by the new war in the region.
“What does the war between Iran and Israel have to do with us? Prices have doubled here. Goods aren't coming in like before,” says a shopper, Hassan Faqawi, despairingly. “In this situation, the whole world is focused on Iran, America and Israel, and Gaza is forgotten.”
While world attention has turned to the Iran war, there is increasing uncertainty about what happens in Gaza at a crucial stage in President Trump's..

Iran war splits older and younger conservatives – as pressure builds for Trump to find exit ramp13 hours agoShareSaveAnthony ZurcherNorth America correspondent, reporting from CPAC in DallasShareSaveWatch: One month in, what do American conservatives make of the war in Iran?A majority of the American public, polls suggest, have been against the ongoing US-Israeli military campaign in Iran from the day it started.
Republicans, however, have largely stuck by their president as the war approaches the end of its fourth week.
But that may be changing.
At the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Texas, some of the party faithful expressed concern about why the US started this war, how Donald Trump is going to end it and whether the effort has been worth the costs.
“I just wish that there was more transparency on why we're doing what we're doing, that way you could send your loved one overseas and be OK with that,” said Samantha Cassell. “I hope it comes to an ..

Marco Rubio joins G7 talks with focus on Iran war2 hours agoShareSaveImogen JamesShareSaveReutersThe G7 ministers were joined by the European Union's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has joined a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in France for talks in which the US-Israeli war with Iran will be the main focus.
Rubio is expected to face pressure to de-escalate the conflict as concerns continue to grow over its impact on the world economy.
The other G7 countries – the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan – are wary of being drawn in militarily. The group will also discuss the war in Ukraine.
As he headed to France, Rubio said it was in the “interest” of G7 nations to “step up” and help with the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has effectively blockaded, causing fuel prices to soar.
“I'm not there to make them happy,” he told reporters. “For all the countries who care about international law, they should be doing something about it.”
As th..

'My daughter is under the rubble': Inside Tehran as civilian toll of strikes rises3 hours agoShareSaveNawal Al-Maghafi,Senior international investigations correspondentandRuzgar Akgun, Ishaan Jhaveri and Emile Costard,BBC EyeShareSaveBBCMilitary experts say the scale and spread of the damage observed in Resalat is consistent with the use of a powerful bomb called the Mark 84A mother stands by the rubble, crying out for her daughter.
For days she has been waiting for rescue workers to dig through the flattened remains of what was once her daughter's flat in Resalat, a residential district in eastern Tehran.
“They don't have the manpower to get her out,” the woman says.
“My daughter is under the rubble… she's afraid of the dark.”
For a month, Iran has been at war with the United States and Israel, who have been carrying out strikes across the country at targets linked to the regime.
But these attacks are also having a devastating impact on civilians living near..