All it’s essential know as UK joins Middle East warfare and Trump’s 4 week Iran plan
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The US and Israeli onslaught against Iran – which wiped out Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei – has sparked a ferocious response with tit for tat missile and drone strikes. As the world watches on, we look at what happens next
Plumes of smoke seen in the skies above Tehran(Image: AFP via Getty Images)
Need to know: Trump’s Iran blitz sparks global war fears as Britain gets dragged in
- Donald Trump has launched a devastating military blitz on Iran, claiming the conflict will last “four weeks” after taking out Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
- The 79-year-old US President’s aerial assault has left Iran in chaos, with many celebrating Khamenei’s death after his 37-year iron-fisted rule. A temporary three-person leadership council now governs the country while a new supreme leader is chosen.
- Trump urged Iranians to “seize this moment to be brave, be bold, be heroic and take back your country” after claiming 48 senior regime figures were killed. However, the regime’s 180,000-strong revolutionary guard remains loyal and continues firing missiles across the Middle East.
- Iran has retaliated by attacking Saudi Arabia’s massive Ras Tanura oil refinery, sending global oil prices soaring. Experts warn this could drag Gulf states into joining the US-Israeli military operations.
- Britain has been dragged into the conflict after Sir Keir Starmer allowed the US to use British airbases for “defensive” strikes. The PM insisted the UK “will not join offensive action” but warned Iran was “putting British people at risk”.
- Government officials are now planning the potential evacuation of over 100,000 Britons registered in the Middle East as tensions escalate.
- READ THE FULL STORY: What happens next in Middle East war as UK joins blitz and Trump reveals four week Iran plan
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