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  • Iran is months from the bomb – stopping it may not be easy

    Following Iran’s Tuesday-night attack on Israel – which saw the Islamic Republic launch nearly 200 missiles at Israeli territory – the question is not whether Israel will retaliate but how.

  • Trump at a rally talks up strike on Iranian nuclear facilities

    STORY: :: October 4, 2024:: Fayetteville, North Carolina:: Trump criticizes Biden, says he should have struck Iran's nuclear facilities"They asked him (President Biden) What do you think about, what do you think about Iran? Would you hit Iran? And he goes, 'as long as they don't hit the nuclear stuff.' That's the thing you want to hit, right? I said, I think he's got that one wrong. Isn't that what you're supposed to hit? I mean, it's the biggest risk we have, nuclear weapons, the power of nuclear weapons, the power of weaponry. You know, I rebuilt the entire military jets, everything I built it including nuclear and I hated to build a nuclear but I got to know firsthand the power of that stuff. And I'll tell you what, we have to be totally prepared. We have to be absolutely prepared. But when they asked him that question, the answer should have been 'hit the nuclear first and worry about the rest later'. And that's why they should, if they're going to do it."Israel has been weighing options in its response to Iran's ballistic missile attack this week, which Iran had carried out in response to Israel's military action in Lebanon.Also at the North Carolina rally, Trump accused the Biden administration of mishandling hurricane response. Once-in-a-generation floods triggered by Hurricane Helene killed dozens in the state's western mountains, and Trump likened the response to the one following hurricane Katrina.

  • North Korea will use nuclear weapons if attacked, says leader Kim Jong Un

    North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, ramped up the rhetoric that has increasingly soured relations between South Korea, promising it would use "all the offensive forces it has possessed, including nuclear weapons". South Korea responded that its US-backed response would be "overwhelming" and result in the "end of the North Korean regime." Kim Jong Un said his forces would use nuclear weapons "without hesitation" if Pyongyang's territory was attacked by the South and its ally the United States, sta

  • North Korea's Kim threatens to destroy South Korea with nuclear strikes if provoked

    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to use nuclear weapons and destroy South Korea permanently if provoked, state media reported Friday, after the South’s leader warned that Kim’s regime would collapse if he attempted to use nuclear arms. The exchange of such rhetoric between the rival Koreas is nothing new, but the latest comments come during heightened animosities over the North’s recent disclosure of a nuclear facility and its continuation of missile tests. Next week, observers say North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament is expected to constitutionally declare a hostile “two-state” system on the Korean Peninsula to formally reject reconciliation with South Korea and codify new national borders. During a visit to a special operation forces unit on Wednesday, Kim said his military “would use without hesitation all the offensive forces it possesses, including nuclear weapons,” if South Korea attempts to use armed forces encroaching upon the sovereignty of North Korea, according to the North’s official Korean Central News Agency.

  • Should Israel attack Iran’s nuclear facilities? Biden, GOP disagree

    The debate over whether Israel should attack Iran’s nuclear facilities is roiling Washington as the Biden administration seeks to temper its ally’s response to Tehran’s missile attack. President Biden came out against an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear sites Wednesday, as his administration seeks to avoid a wider war in the Middle East. “They have…

  • Israel may not be able to take down Iran's nuclear sites on its own

    Attacking Iran's sprawling and well-defended nuclear program would be a formidable challenge for Israel.

  • North Korea's Kim threatens to use nukes if attacked

    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would use nuclear weapons "without hesitation" if attacked by the South and ally the United States, state media reported Friday, sparking condemnation from Seoul.If an enemy's forces were "encroaching upon the sovereignty" of the North, Pyongyang would "use without hesitation all the offensive forces it has possessed, including nuclear weapons," Kim said, according to the official Korean Central News Agency.

  • Billionaire Mulberry owner charged in corruption investigation

    Mulberry’s billionaire owner has been charged in Singapore for his role in a scandal involving thousands of pounds’ worth of gifts he gave to a former government minister.

  • Teacher struck off for having sex with pupil complains about stigma caused by offence

    A teacher who was struck off for having sex with a pupil has complained of being stigmatised because of her offence.

  • Woman died of heart attack caused by stranger repeatedly raping her, court told

    Natalie Shotter, 37, had been on a night out before she was sexually assaulted and killed on a park bench in London in July 2021, jurors have heard.

  • Revealed: The real reason why people are leaving Donald Trump’s rallies as he is still on stage

    Over the past months the former president has seemingly become more and more obsessed with attendance – amid claims that his fans are leaving early ‘out of frustration and boredom’

  • ‘America will be furious and Beijing delighted’: How Starmer handed Chagos to China

    Nigel Farage has claimed that “our American allies will be furious and Beijing delighted” after Sir Keir Starmer gave up the Chagos Islands.

  • IDF assassinates right-hand man of Hamas leader Sinwar

    Israel has said it has assassinated the “right-hand man” of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.

  • Nicola Peltz Beckham goes full femme fatale in red corset

    The Lola star added another Victorian-inspired piece to her Y2K archive - see more

  • Iran’s supreme leader swears Israel ‘won’t last long’

    Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has sworn that Israel will not “last long” in a defiant sermon in Tehran on Friday.

  • The C919 is China’s answer to the A320. But what is it like onboard?

    CNN’s Beijing bureau chief shares his experience flying on China’s first homegrown mainline passenger plane.

  • Anderson Cooper Struggles To Speak After Watching Weird Melania Trump Clip Live On Air

    "Sorry, it’s the first time I’m seeing that. That’s the weirdest promo I’ve ever seen," the CNN anchor said.

  • Ben Affleck's Longtime Friend Kevin Smith Is Out Here Spilling About His Divorce from J.Lo

    Kevin Smith did an interview and spilled about Ben Affleck and J.Lo's divorce—check out his quotes.

  • Dire Matthijs de Ligt was bullied and bamboozled – he must be taken out of the firing line

    It was last month that Ronald Koeman revealed he substituted Matthijs de Ligt for his own good. At fault for both of Germany’s goals in a 2-2 draw, the Netherlands defender was taken off at half-time to spare him any more humiliation, just days after an unconvincing showing against Bosnia & Herzegovina.

  • Trump Made Crass Jokes About Death of Rally Attendee in Leaked Recording

    Donald Trump was reportedly caught on tape turning the grieving widow of a man who died at one of his rallies into a source of amusement for his super-wealthy dinner guests.The recording, obtained by The Guardian, apparently comes from a private meal Trump held Aug. 10 in Aspen, Colorado. In it, the Republican presidential nominee reportedly recalled a meeting with the wife of Corey Comperatore, the man who was killed by shots fired at Trump by Thomas Crooks at a Pennsylvania rally in July.“So t