Israeli strikes reported in Iranian capital as IDF warns people in parts of Tehran to evacuate
Summary
More Israeli air strikes are reported in Tehran, as the Israeli military warns people in parts of the Iranian capital to evacuate
The IDF says people in parts of Tehran's District 3 should leave as it targets "military infrastructure" in the area
Earlier, Israel said it had "full aerial operational control" over Tehran, four days after launching strikes on the country
Israel's claim of aerial control appears to be true, writes our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale - but air superiority isn't everything
Iran accuses Israel of hitting a hospital in the west of the country, and Iran's health ministry says at least 224 people have been killed by Israeli strikes since Friday
Overnight, Iranian missiles again penetrated Israel's Iron Dome defence system overnight - the number killed in Israel since Friday has risen to 24
Iranian state TV says it has been attacked by Israel
The Islamic Republic of Iran News Network, part of Iran's state TV broadcaster, says it has been attacked by Israel, according to reports in Reuters.
It follows threats earlier today from the Israeli defence minister, who said the state broadcaster was "about to disappear".
Air India plane crash: investigators to examine pilots’ voice recordings
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Investigators are preparing to study the pilots’ last words for clues as to the cause of last week’s Air India plane crash after recovering the cockpit voice recorder from the wreckage.
The voice recorder was in the Boeing 787 aircraft’s second black box, which the Indian authorities said they had found on Sunday. The first, containing the flight data recorder, was located within 28 hours of Thursday’s disaster in Ahmedabad, in which at least 279 people died.
Jailed Istanbul mayor in court over prosecutor 'threat'
Istanbul's jailed mayor has appeared in court charged with threatening the city's public prosecutor. Ekrem Imamoglu — the leading political rival to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — faces several investigations.
Ekrem Imamoglu, the imprisoned mayor of Istanbul and leading rival to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, appeared in court Monday on charges of threatening and insulting a top judicial official.
Prosecutors have charged the 54-year-old mayor with threatening, insulting, and targeting a public official — serious allegations in Turkey's increasingly politicized judiciary.
German court sentences Syrian ‘torture’ doctor to life in prison
A German court on Monday sentenced a Syrian doctor to life imprisonment for torture and war crimes in his Syrian homeland for killing two people and torturing nine between 2011 and 2012, under the Assad regime.
A German court on Monday sentenced a Syrian doctor to life in prison for crimes against humanity for torturing detainees at military hospitals under former ruler Bashar al-Assad.
The crimes committed by Alaa Mousa, 40, during the Syrian civil war were "part of a brutal reaction by Assad's dictatorial, unjust regime", said the presiding judge at the higher regional court in Frankfurt, Christoph Koller.
Trump administration offers some details of how it would control U.S. Steel, but union raises concerns
By JOSH BOAK and MARC LEVY
President Donald Trump would have unique influence over the operations of U.S. Steel under the terms of what the White House calls an “investment” being made by Japan-based Nippon Steel in the iconic American steelmaker.
Administration officials over the past few days provided additional insight into the “golden share” arrangement that the federal government made as a condition for supporting the deal.
The Pittsburgh-based steel maker and Nippon Steel plan $11 billion in new investments by 2028 after indicating that they plan to move forward with the deal under the terms of a national security agreement that has the White House's approval.
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