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Group convening in resort area of Kananaskis in Canadian Rockies until Tuesday

G7 leaders began gathering in the Canadian Rockies on Sunday; Trump says he hopes there is going to be a deal

Traders have shrugged off escalation of Israel-Iran conflict amid lack of disruption to exports from region

Taoiseach criticises Tehran and Tel Aviv, warning of risk to regional and global stability

Brent crude prices soared 5.5% in early trading as countries strike at each other but quickly pared most of that increase

Tánaiste warns against travel to either country as Irish embassy staff work with citizens actively seeking to leave them

Official says leaders plan to issue joint statement on Iran calling for de-escalation

What makes this attack all the more significant is not just its scale, but the geopolitical context

Air defence systems firing in Iranian cities, signalling possible start of another Israeli attack, according to state television

Micheál Martin urges return to ‘rules-based international order’

Research and medical services set back due to delay by Department of Justice in processing visas

Iran’s regime may feel a more urgent need to protect itself after Israeli attacks, saying the world now understands its need for enrichment and missile power

Israel indicated it would next set its sights on the enrichment facility known as Fordo, Iran’s second-largest and most fortified nuclear complex

New Revolutionary Guards’ chief warns Tehran would open ‘gates of hell … upon this child-killing regime’

Israel warns strikes are just start of its campaign, while Donald Trump says Iran could halt attacks by ending its nuclear programme

Binyamin Netanyahu’s willingness to escalate should concern the international community

Irish index falls 1.6% as food, banking and travel hit

Global stock markets fall and gold, a haven asset, jumps

Iranian residents brace for escalation as some say they plan to leave for neighbouring Turkey

Already speculation that a successful outcome for Israel could prompt Binyamin Netanyahu to call early election

Saudi Arabia sets tone by referring to ‘brotherly Islamic Republic of Iran’ while condemning ‘heinous attacks’

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The Natanz facility is where Iran has produced the vast majority of its nuclear fuel

Israel says it has struck Iranian nuclear targets to hurt that country’s military capabilities

US pulls embassy staff from Middle East as threats emerge over potential Israel attack on Iran

Mainstream television coverage took the story more seriously than mocking statements by the Netanyahu government

Tehran urges international community to press for Israeli nuclear disarmament

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Five rounds of nuclear talks have not bridged gaps as Iran’s leaders grapple with multiple crises

US demands Iran end all uranium-enrichment activities, including those relating to power generation and medical treatment

UN nuclear agency reiterates urgent call for co-operation

At the core of the tension between Netanyahu and Trump is their differing views of how best to exploit Iranian weakness

Deliberate starvation of an entire people is a monstrous strategy, openly endorsed by cabinet members - horrifying, illegal and counter to Jewish morality and collective memory

Uranium enrichment remains a core issue of contention between the sides

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Harry Lighton’s Pillion, produced by Dublin-based Element Pictures, takes award for best screenplay in the Un Certain Regard section

Differences over uranium enrichment put fate of negotiations in the balance

US president unhappy at plight of Afrikaners, Pretoria’s court case against Israel and its ties with ‘rogue’ states like Iran

Iranian foreign minister says US envoy Steve Witkoff is ‘at a distance from reality of negotiations’

Hadi Matar stabbed author 15 times at 2022 literary gathering in New York, causing severe injuries to his right eye, liver and intestines