LiveLive Updates June 25, 2026Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeJune 25, 2026UpdatesColombia's outgoing president condemns right-wing successor's pledge to restore Israel tiesColombian President Gustavo Petro criticized President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella for pledging to restore diplomatic relations with Israel, warning that doing so would mean "forgetting the Palestinian genocide.""Starting relations with Israel and forgetting the Palestinian genocide as one forgets the Colombian genocide is an invitation to repeat it," Petro wrote on social media on Thursday.Ac
Abrir relaciones con Israel y olvidar el genocidio palestino como se olvida el genocidio colombiano es una invitación a repetirlo.#Genocidio | Mientras el presidente electo Abelardo de la Espriella anuncia el restablecimiento de relaciones con Israel, una comisión internacional creada por el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU concluyó que existen motivos razonables para afirmar que Israel ha cometidoPetro: 'Opening relations with Israel and forgetting the Palestinian genocide, just as we forget the Colombian genocide, is an invitation to repeat it.'Petro, a vocal critic of Israel's war in Gaza, severed diplomatic ties with Israel in 2024, a month after Colombia joined South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.De la Espriella, a far-right lawyer who won Colombia's presidential election, has said he intends to reestablish relations with Israel after taking office.Trump says it may never be known who was at fault for strike on girls' school in IranThe Minab school that was damaged in a strike on February 28, 2026. Credit: Majid-Asgaripour/WANA/REUTERSThe Minab school that was damaged in a strike on February 28, 2026. Credit: Majid-Asgaripour/WANA/REUTERSU.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday it may never be known who was at fault for a deadly strike on a girls' school in Iran on February 28, the first day of the Iran war, that killed scores of children.Reuters first reported in March that an initial internal U.S. military investigation showed U.S. forces were likely responsible for the fatal strike in Minab in southern Iran. The Pentagon has since elevated the probe but it has not acknowledged any preliminary findings."I don't know that they are ever going to solve that problem," Trump told reporters."I don't know that they are ever going to solve that problem in terms of whose fault was it because there were missiles flying all over the place, and it's horrible what happened but there were missiles flying all over the place," he said."Somebody said it was our missile, maybe it wasn't our missile but I have seen nothing to lead me to believe it was," Trump remarked, adding: "I don't think it was us."6 hours agoTrump says he asked Erdoğan to keep Turkey out of Iran war, signals possible F-35 saleU.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Turkey stayed out of the recent U.S.-Iran war after he personally asked President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan not to intervene."I like him, he's a friend of mine. He stayed out of the war… I asked him to stay out and he stayed out," Trump said, adding that Erdoğan "was a prime candidate to go into the war – maybe on the Iran side because he's not a friend of Israel."Trump praised Erdoğan as a "respected leader" and a "strong man," saying, "Everything I've ever asked from him he has done."Trump also signaled he could move ahead with a potential sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, a NATO member. "He's a member of NATO. I'm probably going to do something that's going to make him very happy… people don't know how big Turkey is in terms of the military," Trump said.He added that he plans to travel to Turkey next month for a NATO summit following an invitation from Erdoğan. "He called me up and said please you've got to be there, so I'm going out of respect to President Erdoğan," Trump said.In the NewsIsraeli Soldier Killed in Southern Lebanon Operational Accident, IDF SaysThe Map and 'The Territories': Why Israeli Election Coverage Has No MapsIsrael Police Raid Northern Community Over Suspected Illegal Child MarriagesIDF Lawyer: Israeli Army Randomly, Unlawfully Restricts West Bank PalestiniansRubio to the Rescue: The Gulf, Like Israel, Feels Trump Sold It Out on IranRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIAs the World Watched Gaza, Israeli Settlers Charged Ahead in the West Bank. A Clash Is ImminentWhere Does Andy Burnham Stand on Israel and Palestine?Israel Is Conducting a Systematic Campaign of Ethnic Cleansing in the West BankIsrael Is Bleeding Support in U.S. and Pouring Tens of Millions to Change ThatTrump's Iran Deal Castrates Netanyahu, but It's Still Catastrophic for IsraelReport: Netanyahu 'Likely' to Sabotage Iran Deal, U.S. Officials Tell Trump
