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Live updates: Spy boss Tulsi Gabbard denies Trump rift as Israel, Iran trade blows amid warning of ‘prolonged’ war
US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has backed Donald Trump’s claim Iran was ‘weeks’ away from a nuclear bomb; Top Israeli general warns of lengthy campaign as Israel launches new strikes on missile storage and launch sites.
Welcome to The Australian’s live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East.
Overnight, talks with Iran in Geneva failed to break the impasse as a series of blasts were heard in Tehran, with Donald Trump saying Israel was winning and would be ‘very hard to stop’.
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