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This was an ambitious Iranian attack on Israel in several respects.It was ambitious in the numbers involved – 185 drones, 36 cruise missiles and 110 ballistic missiles – 331 in all, according to the Israel Defence Forces.And it was ambitious in being a multi-directional attack, targeting the Israeli homeland from 180 degrees – from Iran itself, from Iranian proxies in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, and even from the other end of the Red Sea in Yemen.Follow live: Israeli foreign ministry outlines ‘initial price’ Iran must pay Spreaker This content is provided by Spreaker, which may be using cookies and other…

​​​​​​​Temperatures in some parts of Spain are up to 16C higher than normal for this time of year.People in Bilbao, northwestern Spain, usually spend April facing rain showers but instead this year swapped umbrellas for ice creams. Elsewhere in Spain over the weekend, temperatures tipped 30C at 65 stations across Aemet’s network – Spain’s state forecasting agency – with 33C reached in the Pyrenees, north of Castilla y Leon, south of Galicia and the Canary Islands.It was a similar story in Portugal, where temperatures near Lisbon reached as high as 29C.Aemet said in a post on social media: “Saturday was…

During the night of April 14, 2014, dozens of fighters from the Boko Haram Islamist militant group stormed a school dormitory for girls in the remote town of Chibok, a small Christian enclave in the majority-Muslim north of Nigeria. The 276 schoolgirls, mostly aged between 16 and 18, were herded at gunpoint through the forest to waiting trucks after the militants set fire to the school buildings. Within hours of the abductions, 57 girls managed to escape. Some hid in the bushes, while others jumped out as they drove through the dark night of the Sambisa Forest that had become Boko Haram’s hideout.…

“What next?” It’s a question anxiously asked too many times in the past six months.And no doubt the question formed the crux of the late-night call between President Biden and Prime Minister Netanyahu.Follow live: Iran launches attack on IsraelIran’s spectacular drone and missile assault on Israel is truly unprecedented.A region already reeling from the Hamas attacks and the Israeli retaliation on Gaza is being rocked again.American leadership and leverage, tested repeatedly, is undergoing a bigger strain still.This time though the consequence of President Biden’s test is all-out war, or not, in the Middle East. It is the scenario most feared…

The world’s oldest conjoined twins have died at the age of 62.Lori and George Schappell were born in 1961 in Pennsylvania with partially fused skulls and shared vital blood vessels and 30% of their brain, Guinness World Records reported. The pair died on 7 April, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, according to an obituary posted online by Leibensperger Funeral Homes. The cause of death remains unknown.Having held the title of the world’s oldest living conjoined twins since 2022, they also became the first same-sex conjoined twins to identify as different genders after George came out as transgender…

Australian police say six people have been killed in stabbing attacks at a Sydney shopping mall, with the suspected attacker also shot dead by police. Five of the victims died at the scene, and one died later in hospital, police said. Five of those killed were women, and the sixth fatality a man, they said. The incidents occurred at the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping complex, with hundreds told to evacuate the area.Knife attacker kills six people in Sydney mallTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video What do we know so far? A single…

There have been several moments in the last six months when the feeling of acute geopolitical anxiety from the Middle East could be felt in Washington DC.In the hours after the Hamas attacks of 7 October there was a profound sense of “what now?”Since then, there have been a few anxious inflection points.Follow live: Iran attackBut without question this moment – right now – is the most dangerous yet, by a long way.A direct attack by Iran against Israel is unprecedented. Even if the drones are intercepted, even if casualty numbers are low or zero, Israelis will feel profoundly vulnerable…

Skip next section Ukrainian shelling of Russia-controlled town kills 10, official says04/13/2024April 13, 2024Ukrainian shelling of Russia-controlled town kills 10, official saysTen people were killed during shelling by Ukraine’s army in a Russian-controlled town in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, a Russia-installed official said. Among the dead were three children. Yevgeny Balitsky, the top Moscow-installed official in the Zaporizhzhia region wrote on the Telegram messaging app. He said a further 18 people had been wounded in Friday night’s shelling. “Two people are reported missing. Debris removal and search continues,” he continued. Another local official installed by Russia, Vladimir Rogov, writing on his Telegram channel, said that five houses…

An Israeli teen who went missing in the occupied West Bank was confirmed dead after the discovery of his body, Israeli military officials said on Saturday. Israeli authorities described the boy’s killing as a “terrorist attack.” What do we know about the Israeli teen? Israel’s army said the boy went missing around 6:30 a.m. local time (0330 UTC) Friday from Malachi Hashalom, an Israeli settler outpost near Ramallah, which is the West Bank’s administrative center. Israeli media reported he had left to tend livestock in the area and that a sheep later returned to the outpost without him. Israeli broadcaster…

Israel is preparing to defend its airspace after Iran said it had launched dozens of missiles and drones towards its enemy.The Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRG) said it was responding to an “attack on the consular section of the Iranian embassy in Damascus” on 1 April. Two generals and seven members of the IRG were killed in the strike, which Tehran blamed on Israel.Israel has not publicly commented.Follow live updates here The IDF said on Saturday evening that an Iranian attack had begun, as did the White House.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has convened his war cabinet, his office announced.Dozens of…