Vali Nasr, a political scientist, warns that Iran’s “no regime change option” is available to the US.
According to Vali Nasr, a professor of international affairs and Middle Eastern history at Johns Hopkins University, direct US involvement in Israel’s unprovoked attack on Iran was a risky choice.
Nasr told host Steve Clemons that the US should be wary of humiliating Tehran, which would have long-term effects, hours before a ceasefire was announced between the US, Israel, and Iran.
Lando Norris has held off a race-long challenge from his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri to win the Austrian Grand Prix and lift his Formula 1 title hopes.
Norris and Piastri battled for the lead in the early stages of the race on Sunday with the Australian briefly in the lead before Norris took the position back. A rash lunge by Piastri nearly caused a collision soon after.
Piastri lost ground at the pit stops and was run wide onto the grass by Alpine’s Franco Colapinto while cutting through traffic. He soon made up ground on Norris but wasn’t quite close enough to try overtaking.
Over the radio, Norris called it a “beautiful one-two” finish for the team.
“We had a great battle, that’s for sure,” he added later. “A lot of stress but a lot of fun. A nice battle, so well done to Oscar.”
More than ever this season, the title fight focuses on the two McLarens after defending champion Max Verstappen was hit by Kimi Antonelli on the opening lap, ending his race. Antonelli was later handed a three-place grid penalty for the next race.
Overall leader Piastri leads second-placed Norris by 15 points with Verstappen still third but now 61 off the lead.
Piastri apologised to McLaren for the near-collision between the two, which came one race after Norris collided with him in Canada. The Australian said he regretted not making more of his few seconds in the lead earlier in the race.
“I hope it was good watching because it was pretty hard work from the car,” Piastri said. “I tried my absolute best and probably could have done a better job when I just got ahead momentarily. It was a good battle, a bit on the edge at times.”
Charles Leclerc was third for his third podium finish in four races, and his Ferrari teammate Lewis Hamilton was fourth.
George Russell, who won the last race in Canada, was fifth for Mercedes and Liam Lawson sixth for Racing Bulls in his best result of the season.
Fernando Alonso of Aston Martin held off Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto for seventh. The second Sauber of Nico Hulkenberg was ninth, and Esteban Ocon finished 10th for Haas.
McLaren are 207 points clear of Ferrari – who moved back up to second in the absence of team boss Fred Vasseur, who had to return home for personal reasons – in the constructors championship.
Round 12 of the F1 World Championship takes place next weekend at the British Grand Prix.
Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip have killed dozens of Palestinians, including people seeking food at aid distribution hubs, as the already catastrophic humanitarian situation in the besieged enclave deteriorates by the day.
Medical sources told Al Jazeera on Sunday that at least 47 people were killed in Israeli strikes targeting multiple locations across Gaza, including 29 in Gaza City and the north of the territory.
Among them were at least five Palestinian aid seekers killed near food distribution centres run by the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) north of Rafah, according to local emergency workers quoted by an Al Jazeera correspondent on the ground.
Since the United States- and Israel-backed GHF took over limited aid deliveries in Gaza in late May amid a punishing Israeli blockade, Israeli soldiers have regularly shot at Palestinians near distribution centres, killing more than 580 people, and wounding more than 4,000, according to the Gaza Government Media Office.
A recent report by Israel’s Haaretz newspaper quoted unnamed Israeli soldiers as saying they had received orders to fire at crowds of unarmed aid seekers to disperse them.
“Heavy bombardment continues across the Gaza Strip, as we continue to get reports of a series of deadly incidents since dawn today,” said Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum, reporting from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza.
Azzoum said casualties included two children killed in an Israeli strike on a residential house in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood. And multiple rockets also struck southern Khan Younis, where Israeli forces hit a makeshift tent in the coastal area of al-Mawasi, killing five people, he said.
“Witnesses report that booby-trapped explosives have been used to blow up entire residential neighbourhoods, as the Israeli military says it is concentrating operations in Khan Younis to defeat Hamas battalions there,” Azzoum added.
Meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis is worsening, with babies and toddlers dying due to a lack of nutrients.
Christy Black, an Australian nurse volunteering in Gaza City for four weeks now, says the hospital she’s based in is short of medical supplies, including formula for pregnant women who require nasogastric feeding. That leaves many without the nutrients needed to lactate – as well as baby formula, she said.
“Our most vulnerable are dying,” Black told Al Jazeera. “We’ve seen a couple of babies die over the last couple of days in Gaza City. It’s really desperate here.”
Malnourishment also makes it difficult to heal from wounds, she said, adding that there is a significant uptick in respiratory illnesses due to the number of bombs being dropped on Gaza.
“We’re seeing children going through the rubbish trying to find something to eat … Children who might be nine or 10 years old that look like two-year-olds,” she added.
With Israeli bombardment of the besieged enclave relentless, there are indications of a fresh impetus to end the war in the wake of the US and Israeli bombings of Iran’s nuclear facilities and the ensuing ceasefire between Israel and Iran.
On Sunday, US President Donald Trump seemed determined to seal a truce. “MAKE THE DEAL IN GAZA. GET THE HOSTAGES BACK!!” he said in a Social Truth post. His comments came after he said he believed a ceasefire could be reached within a week. “I think it’s close. I just spoke to some of the people involved,” Trump said on Saturday.
While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not comment on the push for a truce, he said in the past week that behind-the-scenes talks have been taking place to try and secure a 60-day pause in fighting.
Negotiations revolve around a proposal put forward by the US back in March to extend phase one of a ceasefire that Israel violated by resuming its bombing of Gaza.
Netanyahu is scheduled to meet on Sunday evening with security officials to discuss Israel’s war on Gaza and map out the next moves. The army has said it is closer to achieving its military objectives in Gaza.
Al Jazeera’s Hamdah Salhut, reporting from Amman, Jordan, said, “Netanyahu is under a lot of pressure as Trump has been quite outspoken for some time that he wants to see a ceasefire in Gaza.”
And prior to Israel’s attacks on Iran, just about two weeks ago, there was a lot of pressure from European allies because of the Israeli military’s conduct in the Gaza Strip,” she said.
In the meantime, the Jerusalem District Court cancelled this week’s hearings in Netanyahu’s long-running corruption trial, accepting a request that the Israeli leader made, citing classified diplomatic and security grounds.
It was unclear whether a social media post by Trump – one suggesting the trial could interfere with Netanyahu’s ability to join negotiations with Hamas and Iran – influenced the court’s decision.
The ruling, seen by Reuters, said that new reasons provided by Netanyahu, the head of Israel’s spy agency Mossad and the military intelligence chief justified cancelling the hearings.
Netanyahu was indicted in 2019 on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust – all of which he denies. He has cast the trial against him as an orchestrated left-wing witch-hunt meant to topple a democratically elected right-wing leader.
On Friday, the court rejected a request by Netanyahu to delay his testimony for the next two weeks because of diplomatic and security matters following the 12-day conflict between Israel and Iran, which ended last Tuesday.
He was due to take the stand on Monday for cross-examination.
“It is INSANITY doing what the out-of-control prosecutors are doing to Bibi Netanyahu,” Trump said in a Truth Social post. He said Washington, having given billions of dollars worth of aid to Israel, was not going to “stand for this”.
A spokesperson for the Israeli prosecution declined to comment on Trump’s post. Netanyahu reposted Trump’s comments on X and added: “Thank you again, @realDonaldTrump. Together, we will make the Middle East Great Again!”
What does George’s tale reveal about the African-American justice system in the United States and how it continues to deceive African-Americans?
After a trial that lasted just one day, George Stinney Jr., 14, was strapped into South Carolina’s electric chair amid the harsh glare of Jim Crow. He was found guilty of murdering two white girls despite having no physical evidence, no defense witnesses, and a 10-minute all-white jury. A judge overturned the decision almost seven decades later.
Sudanese refugeese and a UN official speak to Al Jazeera from Chad, where aid is disappearing and camps are becoming increasingly depressed.
A bus and a minibus collided in Tanzania, igniting a fire that engulfed both vehicles, killing nearly 40 people.
The driver lost control of the vehicle in Sabasaba, in the Kilimanjaro region, on Saturday evening after one of the bus’s tires was punctured, causing the collision.
In total, 38 people died in the collision, including two women, according to a presidency statement released on Sunday. “Sixty bodies remain unidentified because of the extent of the burns.”
The victims’ nationalities were not immediately known.
The presidency added that there were 280 injuries, six of whom were still receiving care in hospitals.
President Samia Suluhu Hassan expressed “heartfelt condolences” to the injured families and wished for a “quick recovery.”
She also demanded more strict road safety standards because Tanzania’s roads frequently have deadly vehicle crashes.
Despite numerous road safety campaigns, the government has repeatedly called for the stoppage of road accidents in recent years.