Breaking : War has begun. US/Israel vs Iran. Iran confirms Ayatollah Ali Khamenei killed in air strikes.

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Shiok...the whole Middle East is on fireworks!

 

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A whole weekend of fireworks ahead

Yep, dumbshit Trump is starting wars to distract from the Epstein files. Yet again! He can start as many wars as he wants, but he can't escape his ultimate fate.

 

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"Dozens" of ballistic missiles launched toward Israel, Iranian media reports​

By Mostafa Salem and Adam Pourahmadi

“Dozens” of ballistic missiles have been launched towards Israel, Nour News, an outlet affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said.

Another state affiliated news agency, Mehr News Agency, said the missiles were targeting the “whole of Palestine,” referring to Israel.

Iran’s English-language state news outlet Press TV reported that “30 to 75” missiles were “coming out of Iran right now.”

 

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Yep, dumbshit Trump is starting wars to distract from the Epstein files. Yet again! He can start as many wars as he wants, but he can't escape his ultimate fate.

Meidas Touch is already renaming this as Operation Epstein Distraction.

 

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Meidas Touch is already renaming this as Operation Epstein Distraction.

That's what it is! He also knows his presidency is in peril. Come nov 3, he will be a lame duck president, if a president at all.

 

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That's what it is! He also knows his presidency is in peril. Come nov 3, he will be a lame duck president, if a president at all.

Senate Democrat praises US strikes in Iran​

By Logan Schiciano

Sen. John Fettermanwalks to vote at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on October 8, 2025.
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/File


Democratic Sen. John Fetterman, who supported the US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities last year, praised the joint strikes carried out today by the US and Israel.

“President Trump has been willing to do what’s right and necessary to produce real peace in the region. God bless the United States, our great military, and Israel,” Fetterman said in a post on X.

 

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'Near-total' internet blackout in Iran​

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By Merlyn Thomas

Iran is now under a near-total internet blackout, according to NetBlocks, an internet monitoring agency, as the US and Israel carry out strikes on Iran.

This isn’t the first time the country’s internet has been shut down.

Just last month, the country was plunged into a near-total internet blackout during nationwide protests that swept across the country, which were brutally crushed by the government.

Some people briefly managed to access the internet using methods such as SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet and virtual private networks (VPNs). It's likely those who have access will try to use these same methods again.

At BBC Verify we’re continuing to monitor and verify footage of these strikes across the region. We’ll have more on that for you soon.

Image source,NetBlocks

 

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It's time for China to retake Taiwan by force!

 

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Tel Aviv tio hoot liao!

 

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Tel Aviv tio hoot liao!

Iran is launching an unprecedented attack across the Middle East​

From CNN staff

Smoke rises in the sky after blasts were heard in Manama, Bahrain on Saturday.
Stringer/Reuters
We have not seen strikes like these across the Middle East before. Iran appears to be striking US targets in several countries at once, with blasts heard from the beaches of Dubai to the streets of Doha.

Things are moving fast. It’s not clear if those explosions were the sound of missiles being intercepted, or hitting their targets.

What is clear, however, is that the Iranian regime views this as an existential moment. They are going fast and aggressively. When the United States and Israel last struck Iran in June, they targeted the regime’s stockpile of ballistic missiles, hampering its ability to retaliate. Iran could be trying to make use of its arsenal while it still has it.

What is also clear is that the regime is not thinking about its relationships with its neighbors and wants to punish the US at any cost. Any country that hosts a US military base appears to be a target – the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait. There may be more.

 

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Bye bye aiyatohlah

 

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One person killed in UAE after Iranian strikes​

By Mostafa Salem

One person was killed by falling debris after air defenses intercepted Iranian missiles targeting sites in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, state-run WAM news agency said, citing the UAE defense ministry.

The defense ministry said an Asian national was killed after the debris fell on a residential area of Abu Dhabi.

The UAE said in the statement that it had intercepted “a number” of ballistic missiles fired by Iran, describing the attack as “a dangerous escalation and a cowardly act.”

 

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Israeli strikes targeted Iranian supreme leader and president, among others, sources say​

By Tal Shalev and Jeremy Diamond
Israel’s strikes on Iran Saturday morning targeted senior Iranian figures, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, armed forces Chief of Staff Sayyid Abdolrahim Mousavi, and President Masoud Pezeshkian, among others, two Israeli sources familiar with the operation told CNN.

Other targets included the secretary of Iran’s newly established Defence Council, Ali Shamkhani, and the secretary of Iran’s National Security Council, Ali Larijani, according to the Israeli sources.

It is unclear if any senior Iranian figures were hit in the attack.

 

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Netanyahu: Iranian regime 'must not be armed with nuclear weapons'​

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Image source,EPA/Shutterstock
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just issued a statement.

"My brothers and sisters, citizens of Israel, a short time ago, Israel and the United States embarked on an operation to remove the existential threat posed by the terrorist regime in Iran.

"I thank our great friend, President Donald Trump, for his historic leadership. For 47 years, the Ayatollah regime has been shouting 'Death to Israel,' 'Death to America.'

"It has spilled our blood, murdered many Americans, and massacred its own people. This murderous terrorist regime must not be armed with nuclear weapons that would allow it to threaten all of humanity. Our joint action will create the conditions for the courageous Iranian people to take their destiny into their own hands.

"The time has come for all segments of the Iranian people - the Persians, the Kurds, the Azeris, the Baluchis, and the Ahwazis - to throw off the yoke of tyranny and bring about a free and peaceful Iran.

"I appeal to you, the citizens of Israel, to listen to the instructions of the Home Front Command. In the coming days, in Operation 'The Roar of the Lion,' we will all be required to have endurance and fortitude.

"Together we will stand, together we will fight, and together we will ensure the eternity of Israel."

Israel realise it cannot defeat uran by itself so uses US to sucker punch Iran. Hoping half the missiles will go towards US Targets and not israel.

 

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One person killed in UAE after Iranian strikes​

By Mostafa Salem

One person was killed by falling debris after air defenses intercepted Iranian missiles targeting sites in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, state-run WAM news agency said, citing the UAE defense ministry.

The defense ministry said an Asian national was killed after the debris fell on a residential area of Abu Dhabi.

The UAE said in the statement that it had intercepted “a number” of ballistic missiles fired by Iran, describing the attack as “a dangerous escalation and a cowardly act.”

Why would iran waste its missiles on Abu Dhabi?

 

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Trump told the IRGC to surrender or face "certain death." What to know about the elite wing of Iran's military​

By Christian Edwards

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) soldiers march in formation during the annual military parade in Tehran, Iran, on September 21, 2024.
Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

“To the members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, the armed forces, and all of the police, I say tonight that you must lay down your weapons and have complete immunity or, in the alternative, face certain death,” President Donald Trump said in his address, announcing a “major” operation in Iran.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), the elite wing of the Iranian military, has propped up the Iranian regime for decades. It is tasked both with combating enemies abroad and stamping out protests at home. Here’s what to know about it.

What is the IRGC and how did it start?

The IRGC exists to “guard” the theocracy. After Iran’s last monarch was deposed in 1979, various paramilitary groups that helped hasten his downfall coalesced into the IRGC. It resisted initial attempts to be incorporated into the regular army and cemented its power during its deployment in the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s.

Today, it is the most powerful branch of Iran’s military, independent of the regular army. Comprising between 150,000 and 190,000 troops, it has an army, navy, air force and intelligence wing, and has also become enmeshed throughout Iran’s civilian economy.

What is the Quds Force?

The Quds Force is an expeditionary unit made up of the IRGC’s most elite fighters. It was originally tasked with foreign operations, starting with Hezbollah in Lebanon. The force has since supported several non-state actors in the Middle East, from Hamas in Gaza to the Houthis in Yemen and even the Taliban in Afghanistan during the 1990s.

What is the Basij?

The Basij – another of the IRGC’s five branches – operates like the police: visible, street-level, domestic. Meaning “mobilization” in Farsi, the Basij is a volunteer group which plucks members from across the country, often from poorer, more conservative backgrounds. It is tasked with propping up the regime at home and enforcing Islamic morality among the public.

 

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Airlines halt flights to Middle East​

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Marc Ashdown
Business correspondent

All the major airlines have diverted or cancelled flights to the region, citing safety, and apologising to customers.

Virgin Atlantic said it had cancelled its VS400 service from London Heathrow to Dubai and warned that flights to the Maldives, India and Saudi Arabia might experience longer flight times due to re-routing.

British Airways has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv and Bahrain until Wednesday, and today's service to Amman is grounded too.

The BA123 service from Heathrow to Doha, which took off on time at 8pm last night, was also ordered to turn around a third of the way into the trip. A few hours later the 200 plus passengers found themselves back on the tarmac in London.

Wizz Air confirmed that it has suspended all flights to and from Israel, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Amman with immediate effect up until and including next Saturday. Flights to and from Saudi Arabia will be cancelled until Tuesday.

Emirates has temporarily suspended its operations. Lufthansa, Air India and Turkish Airlines are other carriers to have announced cancellations for the region.