Iran attacks overshadow NATO summit on new defence spending deal
At the NATO summit US President Trump claimed Iran’s nuclear sites were “obliterated,” contradicting a leaked US intelligence report. NATO allies have agreed to raise defence spending to 5% of GDP by 2035. Al Jazeera’s James Bays reports.
Trump compares Iran strikes to Hiroshima and Nagasaki
US President Donald Trump has compared the US strikes in Iran to the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, telling reporters at the NATO summit in The Hague the attacks “ended the war” and prevented further conflict.
Trump with NATO ‘all the way’ on Article 5 as leaders gather at summit
President Donald Trump previously said the US commitment to mutual defence guarantees ‘depends on your definition’.
Trump’s budget demands, Iran to split NATO summit focus
NATO leaders gather Tuesday in The Hague for what could be a historic summit, or one marred by divisions.
UK to ban Palestine Action, police clash with group’s supporters in London
British government will use antiterrorism laws to ban campaign organisation in the wake of damage to planes by activists.
US attacks on Iran risk global conflict, Russia and China warn
Russia called the US strikes on Iran ‘unjustified’ and ‘unprovoked’, while China warned they ‘set a bad precedent’.
As Israel-Iran war escalates, Ukraine fears ‘more losses’ to Russia
Washington’s support for Kyiv, already in doubt under President Trump, is set to decline further, analysts say.
Japan protests to China after ‘dangerous’ moves by warplanes over Pacific
Japan said J-15 warplanes operating from two Chinese aircraft carriers in the Pacific carried out risky manouvres around patrol planes.
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