Emma Graham-Harrison

England

Senior International Affairs Correspondent at The Guardian

Senior International Affairs Correspondent at The Observer

Senior International Affairs Correspondent for The Guardian & The Observer. London via Kabul, Beijing & Madrid. Lately in Ukraine. Opinions all my own.

Articles

Trump announces ‘complete and total ceasefire’ between Israel and Iran to start in coming hours - live updates

4 days ago | theguardian.com | Helen Livingstone |Daniel Lavelle |Jane Clinton |Tom Ambrose |Kate Lamb |Lucy Campbell | +15 more

President Trump claims a ceasefire between Israel and Iran has been agreed toIn a post on Truth Social, president Trump claims a 12-hr ceasefire between Israel and Iran has been reached. The ceasefire, he says, will begin in 6 hours.
Trump sets deadline of two weeks to decide if US will join Israel’s war on Iran

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Emma Graham-Harrison |Julian Borger

US President Donald Trump has set a two-week deadline to decide whether the US will join Israel’s war with Iran, allowing time to seek a negotiated end to the conflict, the White House has said. The decision to leave a window for diplomacy came after Israel’s defence minister openly embraced regime change in Tehran as a war aim.
Israel attacks Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor as Iran hits Israeli hospital

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Emma Graham-Harrison

Israel attacked Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor on Thursday morning, as Iranian missiles evaded Israeli air defences to hit a hospital in the country’s south and sites around Tel Aviv. Iran had evacuated the Arak facility before the attack and there was “no radiation danger”, state TV said in a report on the bombing. Israel authorities reported 28 people had been injured in the attacks across the country, three of them seriously.
What Israel’s new war means for Gaza - podcast

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Nosheen Iqbal |Emma Graham-Harrison |Eli Block |Natalie Ktena |Olivia Lee |Joel Cox | +1 more

Israel faced growing international pressure earlier this month as hundreds of starving people in Gaza were killed as they tried to reach aid distribution sites. Since Israel launched its attacks on Iran on Friday, however, that diplomatic outcry has largely disappeared.
Donald Trump says ‘nobody knows what I’m going to do’ when asked if US plans to strike Iran - Israel-Iran conflict live

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Kate Lamb |Amy Sedghi |Jane Clinton |Cecilia Nowell |Tom Ambrose |Peter Beaumont | +2 more

'Nobody knows what I'm going to do,' says Trump when asked about potential of US strikes on IranPresident Donald Trump has declined to answer reporters’ questions on whether the US is planning to strike Iran or its nuclear facilities. He said the Iranians had reached out but he felt “it’s very late to be talking … there’s a big difference between now and a week ago. Nobody knows what I’m going to do”.
Iran threatens US with ‘irreparable damage’ if Trump joins war

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Emma Graham-Harrison

Iran’s supreme leader rejected US calls for surrender and warned that joining the war would lead to “irreparable damage”, as Israel ramped up rhetoric about regime change and ordered civilians to evacuate a district in Tehran. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also said Israel made a “huge mistake” by launching the war, in his first comments since Friday.
Israel’s gamble on force could push Iran to accelerate nuclear plans

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Emma Graham-Harrison

In just a few days of war, Israel has killed more than a dozen of Iran’s top nuclear scientists, taken out much of its top military hierarchy and attacked key parts of its nuclear programme. It has been a powerful display of Israeli military and intelligence dominance, but has not critically damaged Iran’s widely dispersed and heavily protected nuclear programme, Israeli military commanders and international nuclear proliferation experts agree.
Israelis remain stoic amid Iran strikes

1 week ago | msn.com | Emma Graham-Harrison

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‘This is not our first rodeo’: Israelis remain stoic amid Iran strikes

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Emma Graham-Harrison

The Iranian missile blew the door off the White City museum celebrating Bauhaus Tel Aviv, and shattered the windows of the Quick coffee shop down the road, where cinnamon buns and salads sat in the display case ready for a relaxed summer day that would never come. In the ultra-orthodox neighbourhood of Bnei Bark another missile collapsed a school, killing an 80-year-old man.
Israel and Iran broaden strikes during third day of escalating war

1 week ago | msn.com | Emma Graham-Harrison

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