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Live Updates: Israel, Expanding Targets, Strikes Iranian State TV

With No Clear Off-Ramp, Israel’s War With Iran May Last Weeks, Not Days

Damage from an Iranian missile attack in Rehovot, Israel, on Sunday morning.

Sahel Crisis Goes Coastal as Insurgents Push Toward the Atlantic

U.S. Investigators Arrive at Scene of Plane Crash in India

The crash site in Ahmedabad, India, on Friday. The recorders could hold information about what happened leading up to the disaster.

Owner of Dominican Republic Nightclub Where Roof Collapsed Knew About Structural Issues

The roof of the Jet Set nightclub that collapsed in the Dominican Republic in April. An owner has been charged with involuntary manslaughter.

France’s Macron Faces Dilemma With Intention to Recognize Palestinian State

In recent months, President Emmanuel Macron of France has spoken of “a moral duty and political requirement” to recognize a Palestinian state.

Can Labubu, This Ugly Elf, Make China Cool?

Ukraine Takes First Step Toward Carrying Out Minerals Deal With U.S.

In a handout image from Ukraine’s government, Scott Bessent, the U.S. Treasury secretary, and Yulia Svyrydenko, the Ukrainian economy minister, signed the minerals deal in Washington in April.

Turning a Page, Germans Try Celebrating Their Recent Veterans

Taking a selfie at Germany’s first Veterans Day celebration in Berlin on Sunday.

UK Spy Agency MI6 Appoints First Female Chief in 116-Year History

Blaise Metreweli, named the next chief of MI6, in a photograph supplied by the British Foreign Office. She will lead the organization where she has worked for more than 25 years.

What to Know About the G7 Summit in Canada: Who Attends, Agenda Items and More

President Trump with Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain and other leaders during the G7 Summit on Monday in Kananaskis, Canada.

In Mexico, Thousands Ran for Office, Few Voted and One Party Dominated It All

Mexico’s Supreme Court building in Mexico City. Mexico’s shift away from an appointment-based system to the election of judges has, at least for now, amounted to a crucial step in Morena’s consolidation of power.

Why Eight Mennonite Families Left Mexico for Angola

Trump’s Iran Choice: Last-Chance Diplomacy or a Bunker-Busting Bomb

Iranians lined up at gas stations as they fled Tehran on Monday.

Iran’s Best-Protected Nuclear Site Is Deep Underground

Israel Strikes Iran State Broadcaster, Widening Attacks

Smoke rising after an Israeli strike on Tehran, the capital of Iran.

Tuesday Briefing: Israel Attacked Iranian State TV

Tehran, after an Israeli airstrike yesterday.

Trump Will Not Sign G7 Statement on Iran and Israel, Official Says

From left, Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada, President Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain on Monday at the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta.

As Iran Fires at Israel, Palestinians Get Caught in the Crossfire

Missiles in the sky above the West Bank on Monday. Since the confrontation between Israel and Iran began, debris from them has fallen in Palestinian communities.

Democrat Seeks to Limit Trump’s War Powers Amid Middle East Escalation

Senator Tim Kaine introduced a resolution that would require explicit congressional authorization or a formal declaration of war before U.S. forces could engage in hostilities against Iran.

Israel attacks Iran’s state television, live on the air.

Iranians Weigh Escaping Tehran as Israeli Strikes Continue

Iranians waiting in traffic as they sought to leave Tehran on Sunday.

How Tough Is Iran? A String of Military Losses Raises Questions.

Business Lobbyists Scramble to Kill $100 Billion ‘Revenge Tax’

Legislation being advanced by Republicans in Congress would substantially increase the tax bills for many foreign companies that operate in the United States, raising more than $100 billion over a decade.

Walls Are Put Up Walls Around Israeli Displays at French Weapons Show

The closed Elbit Systems stand at the Paris Air Show on Monday.

Iran’s nuclear sites have not been damaged further, the U.N.’s atomic agency says.

A satellite image of the Natanz nuclear enrichment site in central Iran on Sunday after multiple buildings were destroyed by Israeli airstrikes.

‘We couldn’t breathe’: An Israeli city wakes up to carnage.

Petah Tikva, in central Israel, sustained some of the worst damage in an Iranian missile attack early on Monday.

Pangolins Should Receive Endangered Protections, U.S. Officials Say

A pangolin looking for food on a private property in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2019.

What Is Iran’s Quds Force?

Gen. Esmail Ghaani, the commander of Iran’s Quds Force, in Tehran in October.

Israel Closed its Airspace After Attacking Iran, Leaving Thousands of Israelis Stranded Abroad

The Ben Gurion airport, which serves Tel Aviv, was largely empty on Friday after flights were canceled following Israel’s attack on Iran.

Here’s the latest.

Iranian Strikes Kill at Least 8 in Israel, Including 4 in Petah Tikva

Monday Briefing: Iran-Israel Conflict Continues

Smoke rising in Tehran yesterday after Israeli strikes.

Iranians turn to one another amid a dearth of official guidance.

Iranians in traffic as they leave Tehran.

Israel appears to have destroyed a refueling plane in Iran’s far east, satellite imagery and video shows.

The smaller plane, seen on the right, is a Boeing 707, parked where a large fire was seen a few hours after this image was captured.

As Trump Returns to G7, Rift With Allies Is Even Deeper

White House officials have said little about goals for the summit, but they are facing a self-imposed deadline of early July to reach trade deals.

Monday Briefing: Israel and Iran Traded Missile Strikes

After an attack on an oil refinery in Tehran yesterday.

Israel and Iran Trade Attacks as Toll From Conflict Mounts

Smoke rising from explosions in Tehran on Sunday after Israeli strikes.

‘Golden Share’ in U.S. Steel Gives Trump Extraordinary Control

Israel Diminished Iran’s Air Defenses in Rounds of Strikes

Israeli strikes in Tehran on Sunday. The attacks have highlighted Iran’s lack of preparedness for war.

As Israel and Iran Continue to Bomb Each Other, New Yorkers Fear for Their Loved Ones

Smoke rising from an oil refinery, as seen from Tehran on Sunday.

Tehran Residents Describe Fear, Uncertainty

Some residents of Tehran worried about how the conflict would intensify.

Syrian General Questioned in Case of Austin Tice, Missing American Journalist

The parents of the American journalist Austin Tice during a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon, in 2018.

Heat of Air India Crash Hinders DNA Identification, Agonizing Relatives

Family members mourned at the funeral on Sunday for Shubham Modi and Shagun Modi, who were killed in the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

Israel Wakes Up to More Casualties After Second Night of Fighting

A building damaged by an Iranian missile attack in Bat Yam, Israel, on Sunday.

What to Know About the New Head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps

Brig. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi speaking in Tehran last year. He has served as defense and interior minister, and the United States and others have imposed sanctions on him for human rights violations.

Israel bombs Yemen, targeting a top Houthi military leader.

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Diplomacy With Iran Is Damaged, Not Dead

Photographs of some of the officials and military leaders killed during Israel’s attack on Iran, in Tehran on Friday.

A Takeoff, a Mayday Call, and 2 Air India Pilots Who Never Made it Home

The Air India flight crashed into a building moments after taking off from the airport in Ahmedabad, a city in western India. On Saturday, workers tried to extract the plane tail from the wreckage.

Israel’s Attack in Iran Echoes Its Strategy Against Hezbollah

A rally in Tehran in support of the Iranian government on Saturday following attacks by Israel.

Can Canada Beef Up Its Military After Decades of Atrophy?

Canadian soldiers during a training exercise in March. Prime Minister Mark Carney has not specified where the money for increased military spending would come from.

Here’s what happened.

What to Know About Iran’s Ballistic Missiles and the Attacks on Israel

Missiles fired from Iran in the sky over Jerusalem, on Saturday.

Two Major Energy Facilities in Tehran Hit in Israeli Strikes

Putin condemns Israel’s attack in call with Trump and offers to mediate.

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, seen here in photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, told President Trump that he feared the conflict between Israel and Iran could escalate unpredictably, according to a Kremlin aide.

Britain Agrees to Open New Inquiry Into Child Sex Abuse

Prime Minister Keir Starmer had faced criticism for refusing to set up a comprehensive national investigation with wide-ranging powers into the abuse by so-called grooming gangs of men.

‘I Was Afraid I’d Die’: Iran’s Missiles Rained Down on Tel Aviv

Rescue workers at the site of an Iranian attack in Rishon LeZion, Israel, on Saturday.

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