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Donald Trump speaks and gestures with papers at a lectern in the White House press briefing room, amid his Trump bomb Oman threat over Iran shipping deal.

Trump threatens to bomb Oman

Trump threatened to bomb Oman, the Gulf state that brokered the ceasefire ending the Iran war, over a shipping deal…

Yvette Cooper, who defended RAF strikes Iran in her Commons statement, smiling in an official cabinet portrait, wearing a maroon jacket against a grey backdrop.

Fourteen dead from RAF-joined Iran strikes

Cooper told MPs the RAF flew 115 combat missions in Iran as the ceasefire collapsed and British food prices climbed.

Two women lean on a ship's railing near Irish, Cypriot, UK and Palestinian flags, port cranes behind them, as the Strait Hormuz Iran oil Britain standoff plays out.

Iranian fishermen killed as Trump tears up Iran ceasefire

Iranian fishermen were killed as Washington tore up its ceasefire, and the Hormuz standoff triggered by the escalation…

Senior Shia cleric surrounded by mourners, security officers and camera crews at an Iranian memorial gathering.

Firefighter killed as US bombs Iran

US strikes killed a firefighter and Iranian servicemen this week after Washington scrapped its own truce and pulled…