Monday, June 23, 2025

Six In The Morning Monday 23 June 2025

 

Israel attacks Fordo nuclear site, as Trump floats 'regime change' after US strikes

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What’s the significance of Tehran’s Evin prison?
Ghoncheh Habibiazad
BBC Persian, World Service reporter

Israel says it targeted Tehran’s Evin prison in its fresh wave of attacks today.

Iran is trying to downplay the strikes, with judiciary-affiliated Mizan news agency saying “all necessary measures” have been put in place to “protect the safety of prisoners.”

So what’s the importance of this notorious prison?

Evin holds many political detainees, and is the primary political prison in Iran.



The strait of Hormuz: how could Iran close it and why does it matter to global trade?

Iran’s parliament approved a measure to close the vital global trade route, through which more than a fifth of the world’s oil supply passes through daily

 and Reuters
Mon 23 Jun 2025 13.48 BST

President Donald Trump’s unprecedented decision to bomb three Iranian nuclear sites has deepened fears of a widening conflict in the Middle East.

Joining Israel in the biggest western military action against the Islamic Republic since its 1979 revolution, the world is now bracing for Iran’s response.

One way Iran could retaliate, analysts say, is to close off the strait of Hormuz, a vital trade route, through which more than a fifth of the world’s oil supply, 20m barrels, and much of its liquefied gas, passes each day.

Paris Olympics, Paralympics cost some €6 billion — auditors

Public spending tied to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris last summer reached almost €6 billion, auditors say. France is also due to host the 2030 Winter Olympics in the French Alps.

The 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics held in Paris cost French taxpayers just under €6 billion ($6.9 billion), according to an "initial estimate" by the national auditing body, the Cour de Comptes, released on Monday.

It is the first time actual figures have been announced, with the auditors saying there would be "heightened interest" in them as France prepares to host the Winter Olympics in five years' time.


‘I never expected he would be freed’, wife of Belarus opposition leader tells FRANCE 24

Belarus's key opposition leader Sergei Tikhanovskaya was unexpectedly freed from jail on Saturday alongside more than a dozen other political prisoners in a gesture hailed as a "symbol of hope". 


Okinawa marks 80th anniversary of end of WWII ground battle

Okinawa on Monday pledged to preserve and pass on the lessons of history at a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the end of a fierce World War II ground battle between Japan and the United States that claimed more than 200,000 military and civilian lives.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Okinawa Gov Denny Tamaki attended the ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, where the final stage of the battle was fought. It comes amid fears of rising global tensions and a controversial comment by a lawmaker regarding portrayals of civilian deaths at a local museum.

‘Massive’ Russian air assault kills at least 10 in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv

Missile and drone strikes target residential areas in numerous districts across Kyiv.

A “massive” Russian drone and missile attack has killed at least 10 people in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, and the surrounding region, according to officials.

Officials said the strikes on Monday morning targeted residential areas in numerous districts across the city. The assault, the second huge overnight blitz in a week, suggests Russia is eager to raise the pressure as global attention is dominated by the decision of the United States to join Israel’s escalating air campaign against Iran.






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