Regime change isn’t what it used to be. Donald Trump himself had talked it up as a reason for attacking Iran.

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that an Iranian official behind an attempt to ​assassinate Donald Trump in 2024 has been killed by the US military.

Nothing puts the so-called “special relationship” between the UK and the United States under strain like the Americans going to war.

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At a time when few seem willing to risk the wrath of the US president, Spain is an outlier.