🇬🇧🪦 U.K. lawmakers approve assisted-dying law

British lawmakers voted Friday to legalize assisted dying — a final step in the House of Commons that means the practice will almost certainly be permitted in England and Wales in the coming years, marking a pivotal societal change.

Lawmakers voted 314 to 291 for legalization following an impassioned, four-hour debate. Modeled on a law in Oregon, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will allow terminally ill people to choose to die. Those with less than six months to live will be permitted to seek lethal medication from the National Health Service, subject to approval of two doctors and a panel of experts.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/06/20/britain-assisted-dying-law/

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🇺🇸🤝🇮🇱 The U.S. is replenishing its stockpile of THAAD interceptor missiles deployed in Israel – WSJ

1 THAAD system = 6 truck-mounted launchers, with 8 interceptors on each launcher = 48 interceptors, each interceptor costs $12.6 million.

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🇮🇱❌🇮🇷 — Another drone struck a road near Jordan valley in Israel.

🇮🇱❌🇮🇷 — Footage taken from Syria shows the impact of an Iranian drone in occupied Syrian golan heights.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale is “really excited to invest in Iran” after the anti-Zionist government is toppled, saying that America should’ve pursued regime change in Iran instead of Iraq in 2003.

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🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 JD Vance stated, “We’re running out of time” for diplomacy and argued that bombing Iran would be “America First,” if Trump chooses to pursue it.

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🇺🇸🇮🇱 The most powerful man on Earth, U.S. president Donald Trump: "It's too difficult to tell the Israelis to stop bombing Iran"

President Trump said Friday it would be difficult for Israel to stop strikes on Iran at this point, a week into the intense conflict between the two nations and two weeks out from the president’s decision on U.S. involvement.

“I think it’s very hard to make that request right now,” he said when pressed about the Iranian foreign minister saying that the U.S. would call on Israel to stop airstrikes if Trump is serious about negotiations.

“If somebody is winning, it’s a little bit harder to do than if somebody is losing, but we’re ready, willing and able, and we’ve been speaking to Iran, and we’ll see what happens. We’ll see what happens,” Trump added.

The president also said he might support a ceasefire but continued, “it’s very hard to stop when you look at it — Israel’s doing well in terms of war, and I think you would say that Iran is doing less well.”

🔗 https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5361295-trump-israel-iran-strikes/amp/

🇺🇸 Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, backtracked on her report from March about Iran's inability to build an atom bomb.

In what stands as her "Collin Powell WMD moment" Gabbard testified in Congress claiming that Iran is a "threat" to the U.S. and its allies and that the U.S. must act now to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon because Israel's behaviour has convinced the Iranians that getting a nuclear bomb is the only option securing their survival.

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🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 Donald Trump's "two week deadline" term is a deception tactic to lull Iranian leaders into believing that Trump hasn't decided to join Israel in bombing them yet.

Several Israeli military sources told CNN they believe Trump's talk of "waiting for a change in attitude" from Tehran is "smoke and mirrors" to keep the Iranians guessing as to when the American attack may come.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱 Oliver Alexander on X: Summary of the significant evidence that the B-2s currently airborne are a strike package heading directly for Iran:

1. Immediate refueling after departing from Whiteman Air Force Base indicates that the aircraft are carry close to their maximum payload.

If not an immediate strike, it is highly likely that the ordnance would have be pre-positioned at Guam or Diego Garcia with C-5 or C-17 transport aircraft in order to save the logistical headache of the additional aerial refueling and airframe stress.

2. If the B-2s continue onward to Iran they will arrive on target a few hours prior to opening of the Futures market at 6PM ET Sunday. This will give the Trump administration time to host a press briefing to calm the markets before they open.

3. KC-135 and KC-46 aircraft have been pre-positioned around the world at the exact bases that would enable the world’s longest (and first circumnavigation) bombing mission. I fully suspect this record would be something that would appeal to Trump.

4. Not launching from Diego Garcia means that the U.S. is not legally required to inform Mauritius of the strike as part of their lease agreement.

https://x.com/OAlexanderDK/status/1936443057555280374

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