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Who Could Take Over for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-02-28T23:45:58+00:00

President Trump has declared that Iran’s supreme leader was dead. If that is true, the next question is which of his possible successors might carry on his work.

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News live: Australia not told in advance of Israel and US strikes on Iran; Penny Wong says allies should explain ‘legal basis for attacks’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-28T23:34:22+00:00

Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe foreign minister, Penny Wong, says Australia was not told in advance about the bombing of Iran but won’t say whether intelligence facilities here were used.“We weren’t told advance. You wouldn’t expect us to be but you would see there’s obviously been a lot of discussion,” she siad. Continue reading...

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Source: Washington Post - World · Published: 2026-02-28T23:28:49+00:00
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Explained: How Khamenei shaped Iran and what his reported death could mean

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-28T23:26:41+00:00

Over nearly four decades, he crushed reform movements, oversaw bloody crackdowns on nationwide protests and expanded Iran’s missile and nuclear programmes while building a network of regional proxies

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Inside Trump’s decision to attack Iran: ‘a window of opportunity’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-28T23:19:43+00:00

The US joined an Israeli assault after intel suggested Iran’s top clerics and commanders could be hit at onceDonald Trump launched attacks against Iran on Saturday as part of a joint operation with Israel after they developed intelligence that they could simultaneously target the country’s leaders and mullahs, according to two people familiar with deliberations.The Israelis had been tracking the movements of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, and determined there was a window of opportunity to launch attacks as they convened, the people said. Continue reading...

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Pilot ‘crawls out’ after plane crashes on to beach in Gosport

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-28T23:16:55+00:00

Bystander describes ‘loud crashing sound from the rocks’ as light aircraft goes into sea at Lee-on-the-SolentA pilot survived after a light aircraft crashed on to a beach in Hampshire on Saturday.The pilot had exited the aircraft before firefighters arrived and was subsequently assessed by the ambulance service, Hampshire and Isle of Wight fire and rescue service said. Continue reading...

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Explosions rock Dubai, Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait as war spreads across Middle East

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-28T23:11:48+00:00

War launched by US and Israel on Iran has quickly escalated prompting anxiety and concern in whole regionFull reportUS-Israeli attack on Iran – live updatesIran struck the world-famous Fairmont hotel in Dubai, setting the hotel alight, as the war launched by the US and Israel on Iran quickly spread to the rest of the Middle East on Saturday.Residents watched in shock as an Iranian missile hit the five-star hotel in Dubai’s luxurious Palm Jumeirah area. Social media videos showed fires breaking out near the entrance of the hotel, which led to four people being injured. Continue reading...

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News live: Penny Wong says Australia not told in advance of Israel and US strikes on Iran, and says allies should explain ‘legal basis for attacks’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-28T23:09:43+00:00

Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe foreign minister, Penny Wong, says Australia was not told in advance about the bombing of Iran but won’t say whether intelligence facilities here were used.“We weren’t told advance. You wouldn’t expect us to be but you would see there’s obviously been a lot of discussion,” she siad. Continue reading...

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Ayatollah Khamenei's iron grip on power in Iran

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-02-28T23:07:05+00:00

The supreme leader of Iran embraced hardline policies against increasing pressure for reform.

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Olivia Dean sweeps the board at 2026 Brit awards, winning four including artist, song and album of the year

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-28T23:06:26+00:00

The 26-year-old dominates in Manchester, landing the night’s biggest prizes as Rosé, Wolf Alice and Mark Ronson also take top honoursOlivia Dean was the big winner at the 2026 Brit awards, taking home awards for artist of the year, pop act, song of the year for her Sam Fender duet Rein Me In, and album of the year for The Art of Loving.In less than a year, Dean has leaped to the forefront of British pop thanks to The Art of Loving, her second album. With songs that get to the heart of the joys and frustrations of casual modern dating, she is enormously relatable, while her sophisticated and co

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‘The most bitter news’: Iran reels as more than 100 children reportedly killed in school bombing

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-28T23:03:49+00:00

The building appears to be among many devastated in Trump’s ‘major combat operations’ as long expected attacks arriveUS-Israeli attack on Iran – live updatesUS and Israel strikes on Iran: what we know so farIran’s parents had just dropped their children off for class on Saturday morning when they found themselves racing back to school gates, as bombs began to fall across the country in a joint US-Israel attack.At one elementary school, according to Iran’s state-controlled media, they arrived to find devastation. At least 100 children had been killed in the strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ sc

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Why did the US and Israel attack Iran and what happens next?

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-28T23:01:25+00:00

US-Israel strikes on Iran have sharply escalated Middle East tensions, with reports of top leadership casualties and swift Iranian retaliation. Here’s a clear breakdown of why it happened and what it means for the region

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Trump: Khamenei dead after US strikes Iran

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-02-28T22:56:24+00:00

US President Donald Trump says Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in joint US-Israeli strikes.

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei killed by missile strike on Iran, says Donald Trump

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-28T22:25:46+00:00

US president posts on Truth Social that Iran’s supreme leader, ‘one of the most evil people in History, is dead’Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei has been killed in the opening salvo of a regime change war launched on Saturday by the US and Israel, Donald Trump has claimed. The US president announced the death of the ayatollah, who has ruled Iran as supreme leader since 1989, in a post on Truth Social. “Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead,” Trump wrote.“He was unable to avoid our Intelligence and Highly Sophisticated Tracking Systems and, working closely with Israel,

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Israel y EE UU dan por muerto en los bombardeos al líder supremo de Irán, Alí Jameneí

Source: El País - Internacional · Published: 2026-02-28T22:22:39+00:00

Su cadáver ha sido hallado, según una fuente oficial israelí. Trump: “Jameneí, una de las personas más malvadas de la historia, está muerto”. Irán acusa al Gobierno de Netanyahu de confundir con una “guerra psicológica” y dice que el mandatario sigue “al mando”

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Shia LaBeouf surrenders to New Orleans police after new warrant adds third battery charge

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-28T22:16:36+00:00

Actor, originally charged on two counts, also accused of shouting homophobic slurs during attacks on 17 February Shia LaBeouf surrendered to New Orleans police after they obtained a new warrant Friday to arrest him again in connection with a case that had already left him facing two counts of battery.The new warrant brought the number of people whom the Transformers film franchise star is accused of battering to three. He turned himself over to police in advance of a bail hearing on Saturday afternoon, after which he posted a $5,000 bond to continue out of authorities’ custody while awaiting t

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