Israel’s rhetoric has gone up into the use of the N (azi) word as the battlespace is being shaped for more bloodletting, World affairs editor Sam Kiley reports from Tel Aviv

British PM calls for restraint and a return to diplomacy as Trump delays decision for at least two weeks

Donald Trump said there was a ‘substantial chance of negotiations’ with Iran over nuclear facilities

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