The American triumphed 6-4 7-5 in the rain-affected final

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Donald Trump said the strikes were a ‘military success’, but why was the US involved in attacking the nuclear enrichment facility?

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President Donald Trump on Saturday said that a US attack on Iran’s three principal nuclear sites: Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow had led to the “obliteration” of its key enrichment facilities. Later Iranian media acknowledged part of the Fordow site had been “attacked by enemy strikes”.

“Everybody heard those names for years as they built this horrible destructive enterprise. Our objective was the destruction of Iran’s nuclear enrichment facility,” said Trump on Saturday night. “The strikes were a spectacular military success.”

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The US president hailed the ‘monumental’ damage to Iran’s nuclear programme and praised the military’s ‘great skill’ in carrying out the strikes

• Full report: US attacks on Iran inflicted major destruction, Pentagon officials say

We’re also still awaiting reactions from the Democratic leadership in the US.

Trump’s closest supporters have posted their support for the attack on social media.

South Carolina senator Lindsay Graham says:

Good. This was the right call. The regime deserves it. Well done, President @realDonaldTrump

To my fellow citizens: We have the best Air Force in the world. It makes me so proud. Fly, Fight, Win.

The prospect of an Iranian regime acquiring nuclear weapons represents the most acute immediate threat to America and our allies.

President Trump has persistently and unequivocally stated that those threats cannot be countered without dismantling the Iranian regime’s enrichment capacity.

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The individual walk-ons at Club World Cup underline Fifa’s failure to understand that football is a team sport – just ask PSG

It is in the details that the truest picture emerges. Quite aside from the endless politicking, the forever-war with Uefa, the consorting with autocrats and the intriguing broadcast rights and partnership deals, there has been, not a new, but growing sense during the Club World Cup that Fifa doesn’t really get football. There is something cargo-cultish about it, creating outcomes without engaging in processes.

Perhaps that is inevitable with Gianni Infantino’s style of leadership; like all populists, he is big on vision and short on practical reality. It was there in the expansion of the World Cup to 48 teams.

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Authors including Anne Enright, Michael Rosen, Samantha Harvey and Rutger Bregman reveal their books of the summer

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• The 10 best audiobooks for summer
  

Zadie Smith
For me summer reading is about immersion. Three novels fully absorbed me recently. Flesh by David Szalay is a very smart and stylish novel about the 1%, filtered through the life of a Hungarian bodyguard/driver in their midst. Cécé by Emmelie Prophète (out 23 September) vividly depicts the slums of contemporary Haiti via a very online young sex worker who lives her best life on Facebook. Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie features a series of unforgettable women trying to work out what love means. The summer read I’m looking forward to myself is Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, a true original.

David Nicholls
I would recommend two books, 800 pages and a shade under 150, depending on what you can carry. Helen Garner’s collected diaries, How to End a Story, are frank, gripping and revealing about family, marriage and the writing life, while Anthony Shapland’s debut, A Room Above a Shop, is a small, tender love story, almost a poem.

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Boulter had won her last 12 matches at the event.

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Ramprakash says Bethell must wait for his chance to cement his place in the test side much like Lara did for the West Indies

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A U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors is leaving transgender children and their parents uncertain and anxious about its impact

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They haven’t defeated us. Yet.

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Mike Nesbitt said the revelation will do ‘nothing to try and restore public and political confidence’ in the Belfast Trust.

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LeBron James may be daydreaming about Prime Day deals in his new Amazon commercial, but there’s no fantasy when it comes to his real-life focus: getting his knee healthy in time for training camp

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MacIntyre had hopes of becoming the first Scot to win a major since Paul Lawrie in 1999 when he was the clubhouse leader on the final day.

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McIlroy had to battle to make the cut at Oakmont but at least eased some of his recent worries off the tee.

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The American’s stellar finish at Oakmont robbed MacIntyre of the chance to become Scotland’s first major champion since 1999

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The difficulty of the punishing Pennsylvanian course has been a talking point all week.

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The American sank a mammoth 64-foot putt on the 18th green to seal the win.

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McIlroy ended a difficult week at the US Open on a high on Sunday

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Play was suspended after a storm arrived in the Pittsburgh area.

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McIlroy ended a difficult week at the US Open on a high on Sunday.

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“How to Train Your Dragon” took flight at the box office this weekend, proving that some remakes still have teeth

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Hatton, who is five shots off the pace, joked that the brutal Oakmont course has brought everyone down to his level of mental fragility

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The Australian rolled back the years at Oakmont to put himself in contention to win a second major.

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Hatton, who is five shots off the pace, joked that the brutal Oakmont course has brought everyone down to his level of mental fragility.

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The Scot carded a third round 69 at Oakmont.

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The Northern Irishman has had a gruelling US Open.

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McIlroy birdied the last hole at Oakmont to reach the weekend but is nine strokes behind leader Sam Burns.

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Humphries has been given the accolade in the King’s Birthday Honours along with great rival Luke Littler for their achievements in the last 18 months.

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The 2023 Ryder Cup player carded a brilliant five-under-par 65.

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The Frenchman aced the 192-yard par-three sixth.

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Hip-hop legend Slick Rick is proving his creative spark is far from fading

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Masters champion McIlroy shot a four-over-par 74 – eight strokes off the lead of JJ Spaun

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The Masters champion shot a four-over-par 74 – eight strokes off the lead of JJ Spaun.

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