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International efforts to find a diplomatic solution intensified on Friday as the conflict between Israel and Iran entered its second week of open hostilities, but there were no breakthroughs on the horizon.

The Iranian supreme leader faces his biggest threat yet after more than three decades in power

Ministers from UK, France and Germany meet Abbas Araqchi but do not say whether there had been any tangible progress after hours of talks

Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz also said that Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “cannot continue to exist”, as he likened the Iranian leader to a “modern day Hitler” in a post on X.

United Airlines has suspended some flights to Dubai while American Airlines halted flights to Doha, Qatar, on Thursday

The US president said he would decide on military action within the next two weeks

ANALYSIS: Israel’s rhetoric has gone up into the use of the N (azi) word as the battlespace is being shaped for more bloodletting, World affairs editor Sam Kiley reports from Tel Aviv

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