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Europeans to hold last-ditch talks with Iran as Trump weighs entering war on.ft.com/4e7EJit

India needs a new foreign policy beyond diplomat Modi Sign up for ⁦Veena⁩’s award-winning India-centric Financial Times newsletter here on.ft.com/44wXl7t

Indian diplomacy has long relied on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal friendships with world leaders. But in the chaotic age of Trump, this strategy no longer works, writes Veena on.ft.com/4e8g1hX

US debate over whether to bomb Iran stirs memories of Iraq war on.ft.com/4e7yYkW

Deadly Russian drones attacked Odesa overnight, injuring 13 people, including rescue workers. More than 10 impact sites were recorded across the city. Rescue efforts are ongoing.

The British broadcaster told the search engine Perplexity to delete stored material used for artificial intelligence training and asked for compensation for alleged IP infringement on.ft.com/3SZp3Es

Pro-Palestinian activists break into UK’s largest RAF base on.ft.com/3FVB3E1

The implosion of Iran’s ‘no war, no peace’ strategy: “Iran totally misjudged the Israeli risk appetite after October 7, reflecting strategic myopia and hubris.” Andrew England ⁦Mehul Srivastava⁩ on.ft.com/4kQ4bfa

⚠️ Update: Iran's internet shutdown has now passed the 48 hour mark; metrics show the nation has been offline for more than two days, leaving loved ones out of touch and citizens ill-informed about the state of conflict with Israel ⏱️

An interesting read: ft.com/content/e0d2ea…

Why Wall Street fears a 33-year-old political outsider on.ft.com/4kSqGA8

My husband Siarhei is free! It’s hard to describe the joy in my heart. Thank you, 🇺🇸 President Donald J. Trump, Gen. Keith Kellogg, @JohnPCoale, DAS Christopher W. Smith, Department of State & our 🇪🇺 allies, for all your efforts. We’re not done. 1150 political prisoners remain behind bars. All must be released.

US launches air strikes against nuclear sites in Iran ft.com/content/cc5f34… via @ft

After bombing its way through Iraq for WMD (not there), Afghanistan for OBL(He was in Pak), Libya for R2P (no mass graves found), now US bombs Iran for its nuclear weapons...more the norm than the exception to strike before proving cause.

Five things to remember about war: 1. Many things reported with confidence in the first hours and days will turn out not to be true 2. Whatever they say, the people who start wars are often thinking chiefly about domestic politics 3. The rationale given for a war will change

"They say with Trump accusation is confession. Having warned during the 2024 campaign that Joe Biden, then Kamala Harris, would trigger “world war three”, Trump is now offering a perilous test of that proposition." My take. ft.com/content/c68949…

“In the long run, it is untenable for a country of 10mn people to dominate a region with a population of several hundred million.” ⁦Gideon Rachman⁩ on what Israel and the US do next in Iran on.ft.com/43SIKUC

The greatest embarrassment for Iran is not Israel’s air dominance or the US’s ability to bomb its nuclear facilities with stealth bombers from Missouri. It’s that threats to close Hormuz are only worth a 4% pop in the oil price. Busted flush ft.com/content/67430f… via @ft