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Israel-Iran conflict LIVE updates: US bases in Middle East set to be targeted if Trump joins war; Ali Khamenei’s location known, US President says

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.

  • Lynette Eyb, Lachlan Abbott and Olivia Ireland

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

How Trump shifted on Iran under pressure from Israel

The US president spent the first months of his term holding back Israel’s push for an assault on Iran’s nuclear program. With the war under way, his posture has gyrated as he weighs sending in the US military.

  • Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, Mark Mazzetti and Ronen Bergman
President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Calgary International Airport.

Phone in hand, weapons at the ready, Trump must act on his instinct for drama

Donald Trump faces a real-world crisis with real-world, high-stakes consequences, one in which he must be closely involved.

  • Michael Koziol
Smoke rises from the building of Iran’s state-run television after an Israeli strike in Tehran.

There’s a smart way for Trump to end this war

Donald Trump has a chance to create the best opportunity for stabilising the Middle East in decades — if he is up to it.

  • Thomas L. Friedman
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
Smoke rises after a reported Israeli strike on a building used by Islamic Republic of Iran News Network, part of Iran’s state TV broadcaster.

As it happened Israel-Iran conflict: Trump denies Macron’s ceasefire deal claims before returning to Washington; queues in Tehran after US president issues evacuation warning

A look back at the latest news out of the Middle East with our coverage on June 17.

  • Cindy Yin, Liam Mannix, Anthony Segaert, Angus Delaney and Cassandra Morgan
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Iranian generals and nuclear scientists killed in Israeli strikes.

They led Iran’s military and hid its nuclear secrets. Israel annihilated them

Israel has struck a deep blow to Iran’s military and scientific elite, with a string of major generals and scientists killed.

  • Tom Housden and Matthew Absalom-Wong
Leon Zwier in Tel Aviv last year.

‘We had to beat the drones’: The race for Australians caught in Israel-Iran conflict

More than 1200 Australians are trying to get out of Israel and Iran as the conflict between the two nations escalates.

  • Sherryn Groch and Patrick Begley
US President Donald Trump.

Albanese’s meeting with Trump cancelled because of Iran-Israel war

Donald Trump departs the G7 summit early, leaving Anthony Albanese waiting for his first face-to-face meeting with the US president.

  • James Massola and Michael Koziol
Israeli border police officers at the entrance of a residential building in Petah Tikva, Israel, hit by a missile launched from Iran.

Bunker-busting missile strike shakes Israelis’ faith in their safety

Residents of an apartment block attacked by Iran fear reinforced concrete shelters “don’t protect us any more”.

  • Henry Bodkin

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