Manipulated or recycled photos and videos frequently circulate during wars and crises — sometimes to deceive, sometimes simply to generate clicks. During the ongoing US‑Israel war with Iran, the problem has reached a new level. Photo agencies themselves were supplied with manipulated or fake images, which then ended up in newsrooms across Europe.
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European powers have warned Israel against a ground offensive in Lebanon as Israel's military admitted that it was carrying out "limited and targeted ground operations" in the south of the country against Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militia and political group.
Iranian tanker docking at the platform of the oil facility in the Kharg Island, on the shore of the Persian Gulf. The island is responsible for 90% of Iran's oil exports, making it a lifeline for its economy. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images The U.S.
The sums invested in different countries around the world by oil-rich Gulf states are astronomical. Sovereign wealth funds belonging to countries like Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and other Gulf countries manage around $5 trillion (€4.35 trillion) worth of investments.
Iran's supreme national security council confirmed the death of its chief, Ali Larijani, on Tuesday evening. Israel said earlier that it had killed Larijani in an airstrike. Larijani was the most senior Iranian figure killed since Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei died in an Israeli strike on February 28.
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Joe Kent, director of the US National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), resigned from his post Tuesday, citing President Donald Trump's decision to go to war with Iran as the reason. "I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran.
Eighteen days after the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in the first hours of the war, and eliminating other political and military leaders, it would have been safe to assume the power center of the Islamic Republic had been fatally destabilized.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday that international attention must stay on Ukraine despite the ongoing US-Israeli war with Iran.
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AFP via Getty Images and U.S. Air Force/Collage by Emily Bogle/NPR Wladimir van Wilgenburg stands in a residential neighborhood in Erbil, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, and points out incoming drones high in the sky. "The U.S.