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CNN  —  Shortly before sunrise in Iran on Friday, Israel launched the first strikes of its operation against the regime’s nuclear program. That operation, called “Rising Lion,” had two prongs: Heavy airstrikes against at least one of Iran’s enrichment sites, and more targeted strikes in Tehran to decapitate the regime’s military leadership. It aimed to halt what Israel said was Tehran’s rapid progress in developing nuclear weapons. Israel’s attack came after years of threats and days of heightened speculation – but without the United States’ blessing. The Trump administration stressed that Israel acted unilaterally and that Washington was “not involved.”…

CNN  —  Global air traffic has been disrupted following Israel’s strikes on Iran Friday, with several major airlines suspending flights to and from locations in the Middle East and rerouting their planes to avoid much of the region’s airspace. The airspace above Iran and Israel as well as Jordan, Syria and Iraq emptied of commercial flights on Friday, according to flight-tracking site Flightradar24. Israel, Iran and Jordan all closed their airspace in the wake of the attack, while Iran suspended all domestic and international flights, the country’s state-affiliated Fars news agency reported on Friday, citing the civil aviation authority. Tehran’s…

Jun 13, 2025, 06:09 AM ETThe Club World Cup transfer window may have closed, but the Premier League’s main window is open from Monday with the rest of Europe to follow shortly afterwards as business starts to get done. But what are ESPN’s reporters hearing about possible deals?Every Friday until September, we’ll bring you the latest updates and insights on the biggest transfer news.Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s summer window gradesAre Man United really in contention for Gyökeres?Nothing is advanced with Viktor Gyökeres, but Manchester United aren’t ruling it out. They will stay informed of developments throughout the…

Beth LindopJun 13, 2025, 05:57 AM ETCloseFollow on XEmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsLiverpool have agreed to sign Bayer Leverkusen playmaker Florian Wirtz in a deal that could rise to a British transfer record fee of £116 million (€136m), sources told ESPN.Liverpool saw two bids rejected by Leverkusen — who had initially wanted £126m for Wirtz — before accepting an initial £100m payment, plus bonuses of up to £16m.Sources told ESPN that should those add-ons be triggered, Wirtz’s transfer fee would surpass that of Moisés Caicedo, who joined Chelsea from Brighton & Hove Albion in the summer of 2023.Wirtzm who was No. 2…

Beth LindopJun 13, 2025, 05:57 AM ETCloseFollow on XEmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsLiverpool have agreed to sign Bayer Leverkusen playmaker Florian Wirtz in a deal that could rise to a British transfer record fee of £116 million (€136m), sources told ESPN.Liverpool saw two bids rejected by Leverkusen — who had initially wanted £126m for Wirtz — before accepting an initial £100m payment, plus bonuses of up to £16m.Sources told ESPN that should those add-ons be triggered, Wirtz’s transfer fee would surpass that of Moisés Caicedo, who joined Chelsea from Brighton & Hove Albion in the summer of 2023.Wirtz, who was No. 2…

Liverpool have agreed a British-record fee of £116.5m to sign Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen.The total package is £116.5m (€137.5m), made up of a £100m plus £16.5m in potential add-ons. Wirtz is now free to speak to Liverpool, where personal terms are not expected to be a problem.The medical will happen next week when the player returns from his holiday.Wirtz only wanted Liverpool during this window. Image: GRAPHIC Wirtz was one of the Bundesliga’s most impressive performers last season. The 22-year-old, who has spent his entire senior career at Leverkusen, scored 10 goals and registered 12 assists in 25 starts…

Jun 13, 2025, 05:33 AM ETKyle Walker has said that he would give up one of his Premier League titles to be able to say he won a trophy at Tottenham.Spurs broke a 17-year trophy drought with their 1-0 win over Manchester United in the Europa League final in Bilbao this May.Speaking on the Kyle Walker Podcast, the 35 year-old — who spent eight years in North London — spoke in glowing terms of Spurs’ victory.”I’d probably give up one Premier League to win that [the Europa League] with Tottenham,” Walker said. “I would, if I could change it, just…

CNN  —  Don’t be surprised if you see Dua Lipa “Levitating” with happiness. The singer confirmed during an interview with British Vogue that she is engaged to actor Callum Turner, telling the publication “It’s very exciting” and expressing her pleasure with the ring he had made “after consulting her best friends and her sister.” “I’m obsessed with it. It’s so me,” she said. “It’s nice to know the person that you’re going to spend the rest of your life with knows you very well.” Don’t look for any wedding photos anytime soon, however. “I want to finish my tour, Callum’s…

Iran fired more than 100 drones towards Israel on Friday, hours after Israel bombed “dozens” of sites in the country, including its nuclear facilities, and killed senior military commanders and scientists. Israeli army spokesperson Effie Defrin said in a statement that “all [aerial] defence arrays have been operating to intercept the threats. “This is a different event to what we’ve experienced thus far, and we’re expecting difficult hours,” he added. Jordan’s state news agency reported that it was intercepting a number of missiles and drones that had entered its airspace. Meanwhile, Israel’s public broadcaster reported that Israel began intercepting drones over Syria, while the country’s…

Denial of the Palestinian genocide should be made a criminal offence around the world, just like denial of the Holocaust or the Armenian genocide is criminalised in some countries.   During World War I, more than one million Armenians were murdered by the Ottomans. Generations of scholarship have documented this atrocity and made it clearly accessible to the wider public, including Peter Balakian’s The Burning Tigris and Taner Akcam’s A Shameful Act.   During World War II, the government of Nazi Germany deliberately and systematically slaughtered six million European Jews. This is a horrid historical fact predicated on a long history of…