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Israel-Iran conflict LIVE updates: Trump says US knows where ‘easy target’ Khamenei is hiding; Chaos in Tehran as US president says ‘everyone should evacuate’; Israel ‘in control’ of Iranian airspace

The world waits to see what – if anything – US President Donald Trump will do to intervene in the conflict between Iran and Israel. Follow along for all the latest developments.

  • Lachlan Abbott and Anthony Segaert

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Damaged buildings following a missile strike in Tel Aviv.

Khamenei won’t be hunted ‘for now’: Trump issues veiled threat, calls for Iran’s surrender

President Donald Trump said the US knew exactly where Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was “hiding”, but he would not be killed – for now.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
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Trump loves to talk big and do little, but this time he has to act – and the world is watching

As leaders of the world’s most powerful nations spend the night in Alberta, their fate rests with a man heading back to Washington, phone in hand, instinct for drama undiminished.

  • Michael Koziol

Why have some missiles penetrated Israel’s Iron Dome?

As conflict between Israel and Iran escalates, the damage is clear on the ground in both countries. How are Iran’s missiles evading Israeli defences?

  • Jackson Graham and Angus Holland
TEHRAN, IRAN - JUNE 15: Fire and smoke rise into the sky after an Israeli attack on the Shahran oil depot on June 15, 2025 in Tehran, Iran. Iran’s foreign minister said the country would respond decisively and proportionally to a wave of attacks that Israel launched beginning in the early hours of June 13. The attacks targeted multiple military, scientific and residential locations, as well as senior government officials. (Photo by Stringer/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

It has been five days since Israel first struck Iran. What we know so far

Donald Trump has cancelled his meeting with Anthony Albanese to focus on the escalating situation. But how did we get here, and what happens next?

  • Jon Gambrell, Josef Federman, Bronte Gossling and Josefine Ganko
Iranian state broadcaster IRIB was struck by an Israeli missile.

TV station vows to report ‘until the end’ after missile hit live on air

An Iranian anchor was forced to flee the set amid explosions. Soon after, the station head appeared on camera clutching a bloodied piece of paper to deliver a message of resilience.

  • Adrian Blomfield
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Donald Trump in the Oval Office in April.

Trump faces three excruciating choices in a war only he can end

Donald Trump promised to end the wars in the Middle East. Instead, America’s president finds himself supervising a new one.

Israeli soldiers search through the rubble of residential buildings destroyed by an Iranian missile in Bat Yam.

The 500-kilogram missile that wreaked havoc in Israeli coastal town

The Iranian strike is responsible for the worst civilian loss of life in Israel since the latest conflict broke out, and rescue workers say they have never seen anything like it.

  • Melanie Swan
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday,, April 7, 2025, in Washington. (Pool via AP)

Trump vetoed Israeli plan to kill Iran’s supreme leader, according to US official

Israel informed the Trump administration that it had developed a plan to kill Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Trump rejected it.

  • Aamer Madhani
Iranians participate in an Eid al-Ghadir ceremony and a protest march on Saturday against the Israeli attacks.

Celebration, trepidation and anger: Iranians have conflicting emotions over Israeli airstrikes

While some Iranians view the attacks as a means to salvation, others are terrified of the unpredictable consequences of war.

  • Yeganeh Torbati

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