The British prime minister has called for restraint and a return to diplomacy - but an Iranian strike on an Israeli hospital has only escalated the crisis

Foreign minister Israel Katz said Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has made the ‘destruction of Israel his mission’

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are experts at insurgency and may be relishing the prospect of conflict, says world affairs editor Sam Kiley

Blaise Metreweli takes over at a dangerous time when Britain’s allies are among its biggest problems, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

Israel’s attack on Iran’s nuclear programme is good for the UK – but helping Israel now is not, and here’s why, explains world affairs editor Sam Kiley

Israel’s real aim in Iran is regime change – and that suits the West just fine, writes World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley

Netanyahu will defend the attack on Tehran as an ‘existential’ defensive measure but we will all pay the price, says world affairs editor Sam Kiley

Israel may bomb Iran. Putin and Netanyahu will gain but that suits Trump, says world affairs editor Sam Kiley

Years of covering power struggles and civil wars leads world affairs editor Sam Kiley to question whether Trump is intentionally taking the establishment apart on his own home turf

Mark Rutte’s demands for a huge increase in defence spending are a necessary evil, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley