EU urges Ukraine to allow access to pipeline carrying Russian oil. Putin is the Iran war’s one sure winner

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The Iran war spiraled on Tuesday as the US and Israel launched a fresh bombing raid on the capital Tehran amid growing disquiet over Donald Trump’s shifting objectives.

Israel warned civilians in Persian to evacuate the Hakimiya Industrial Zone and the area around Payam Airport in Karaj, where they were striking military targets. The announcement followed an overnight barrage the Israelis said had destroyed key government and security compounds in Tehran.

Multiple US embassies across the region were on high alert after attacks on consulates in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The State Department ordered the evacuation of non-emergency personnel and family in Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Qatar, Jordan and the UAE.

No senior member of the administration appeared publicly over the weekend as Trump addressed the nation on two separate occasions, outlining the mission to wipe out Iran’s leadership and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as he encouraged regime change.

The President initially stated that the war would last four to five weeks, but he’s since warned it could go on ‘far longer’, striking a more maximalist position than before, saying that ‘the big wave hasn’t even happened’ and swatting away Iran’s requests for peace talks. ‘Too late,’ he posted on Truth Social.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in an astonishing statement on Capitol Hill after briefing lawmakers, appeared to admit that Israel had forced America’s hand.

‘We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action. We knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces. And we knew that if we didn’t preemptively go after them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties,’ he told reporters on Monday.

JD Vance said in an interview on Fox News on Monday night that the aim was to ensure ‘Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon’. He claimed that there is ‘just no way that Donald Trump is going to allow this country to get into a multiyear conflict with no clear end in sight and no clear objective.’

Further clouding the picture, a White House official told the Daily Mail on Tuesday that there were three aims: destroy the threat posed by Iran’s ballistic missiles, its missile industry, and its Navy. The official mentioned neither Iran’s nuclear facilities nor regime change.

Trump is facing a growing backlash from top conservative pundits including Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson.

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