{"id":201973,"date":"2026-03-01T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T10:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-goes-to-war-again-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T10:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T10:00:14","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-president-goes-to-war-again-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-goes-to-war-again-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: president goes to war again – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

US and Israel strike Iran; supreme leader confirmed killed; fierce domestic criticism of military action \u2013 key US politics stories from 28 February at a glance
The US launched attacks against Iran on Saturday as part of a joint operation with Israel. Hours after the bombs started falling across Iran, Trump claimed the Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been killed, calling it the \u201cgreatest chance\u201d for the Iranian people to \u201ctake back\u201d their country. State media in Iran later confirmed his death.
The announcement came after a joint US and Israeli aerial bombardment that targeted Iranian military and governmental sites. Trump said the \u201cheavy and pinpoint bombing\u201d was to continue through the week or as long as necessary. There was no immediate comment from Iran on Khamenei\u2019s status.
The strikes opened a new chapter in US intervention in Iran, marking the second time in eight months that the Trump administration<\/a> has attacked the country during talks over its nuclear program. At home, there has been fierce domestic criticism of the military action.
Here are the main stories from a momentous day for America, and the world:
Iran\u2019s supreme leader Ali Khamenei has been killed, Iranian state media confirmed early on Sunday, in the opening salvo of a war aimed at regime change that was launched on Saturday by the US and Israel<\/a>.
Khamenei had not been heard from since the strikes began, and satellite imagery showed that his secure compound was heavily damaged in the initial barrage on Saturday.
The confirmation came hours after Donald Trump announced the death of the ayatollah, who has ruled Iran<\/a> as supreme leader since 1989, in a post on Truth Social.
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Donald Trump\u2019s failure to build a case with the US public for striking Iran <\/a>and then going ahead apparently after a last-minute alert<\/a> to Congress\u2019s key national security experts \u2013 the so-called \u201cgang of eight\u201d \u2013 has fuelled fierce domestic criticism of the military action against the Islamic Republic on Saturday.
Belying the gravity of Saturday\u2019s attacks<\/a>, the president spent just three minutes of Tuesday\u2019s record-length one hour and 48 minute State of the Union address trying to explain why the need to act against a regime that had been a strategic foe for decades had suddenly become so urgent and whose nuclear facilities he claimed to have \u201cobliterated\u201d in previous strikes last June.
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As news reports circulated that Iran<\/a>\u2019s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei<\/a>, had been killed in US and Israeli airstrikes on Tehran, anti-war protesters gathered across the United States, including outside the White House and in New York\u2019s Times Square to voice opposition to US military involvement in the region.
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t sanctioned by Congress, so what Trump is doing is on his own terms, it\u2019s making him a fascist and it\u2019s making the country into a fascist state,\u201d said Sue Johnson, a protester.
Trump, she added, \u201cjust couldn\u2019t wait. He\u2019s such an impatient child. He\u2019s like, \u2018Well ICE didn\u2019t work, so let\u2019s go stir things up in the Middle East\u2019. He bombed Iran<\/a> for no specific reason.\u201d
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When he appeared in public for the first time in five years in October 2024, Iran\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei<\/a>, had an uncompromising message: Israel \u201cwon\u2019t last long\u201d, he told tens of thousands of supporters at a mosque in Tehran in a Friday sermon.
\u201cWe must stand up against the enemy while strengthening our unwavering faith,\u201d the then-84-year-old told the gathering.
Seventeen months later, Khamenei might well have faced his final climactic confrontation after decades of bitter struggle against multiple enemies.
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Iran has launched a barrage of retaliatory missiles aimed at Israel<\/a> and US bases across the region, denouncing the two countries\u2019 airstrikes as a breach of the UN charter and an act of flagrant aggression designed to end any possibility of a diplomatic resolution.
Iran\u2019s Red Crescent reported 201 deaths and 747 injuries in daylong attacks across 24 provinces, mainly directed at Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps headquarters and missile launch sites.
Iran\u2019s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, admitted Iran had lost one or two senior commanders in the opening raids, and the Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, said he was not in a position to confirm or deny whether the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was alive. Satellite images showed his compound in Tehran as a charred ruin incinerated by bombs, but Iranian officials said the 86-year-old leader had not been in the building.
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Israeli jets and US missiles struck hundreds of targets across Iran<\/a>, sending residents fleeing in panic from major urban centres. Among the targets were Iran\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khameini, and Iran\u2019s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, as well as weapons facilities across the country.
Israel announced the beginning of what it called Operation Lion\u2019s Roar in tandem with Trump, which an Israeli military official said was aimed at \u201cdegrading the regime\u2019s capabilities\u201d. The Israeli official added that operations would continue for \u201cas long as necessary\u201d.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The war launched by the US and Israel on Iran has quickly escalated, prompting anxiety and concern in the whole region.
Iran struck the world-famous Fairmont Hotel in Dubai, setting the hotel alight. Residents watched in shock as an Iranian missile hit the five-star hotel in Dubai\u2019s luxurious Palm Jumeirah area. Social media videos showed fires breaking out near the entrance of the hotel, which led to four people being injured.
Later Dubai authorities said debris from an intercepted drone caused a fire at the city\u2019s famous luxury hotel the Burj Al Arab. The media office also said that part of Dubai\u2019s international airport \u201csustained minor damage in an incident,\u201d without giving further details.
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The bombs and missiles started falling on Tehran in full daylight, at about 9.15am, after the working day had started and the streets and offices were full.
Bombing campaigns in the modern era usually start at night, to heighten the target\u2019s sense of disorientation and minimise the effectiveness of air defence.
This time was different<\/a>, however. The plumes of smoke that rose from the streets of the Iranian capital came from the buildings in the government zone and villas in the well-to-do districts. As Israeli officials were to confirm later, this initial salvo from Israel and the US was a decapitation strike, aimed at killing Iran\u2019s leadership and eliminating as much as possible of the government apparatus at the same time. For such a consequential goal, it made sense to wait until officials had arrived at their desks.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Donald Trump<\/a> launched attacks against Iran on Saturday in a joint operation with Israel after they developed intelligence that they could simultaneously target the country\u2019s leaders and mullahs, according to two people familiar with deliberations.
The Israelis had been tracking the movements of Iran\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, and determined there was a window of opportunity to launch attacks as they convened, the people said.
The thinking behind decapitating the Iranian regime was a belief that while Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards might be deeply loyal to Khamenei, in the event of his death they would not back any of his successors to the same extent, the people said.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The US president upended half a century of US foreign policy in an eight-minute video with another attempt at Middle Eastern regime change, writes David Smith<\/a>.
Analysis: With few good strategic options, Iran\u2019s best prospect may be to retaliate while it can.<\/a>
In Israel, there is broad political and popular support <\/a>for the country\u2019s second regional war in less than a year.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 27 February<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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