Overview

• The US struck Iran’s nuclear facilities with 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs after Israeli jets hit Iranian infrastructure, deepening regional tensions.
• Russia’s UN ambassador Vassily Nebenzia warned that Washington has opened a “Pandora’s box” with potentially disastrous global security consequences.
• Both Israel and the US accuse Iran of ceasefire violations while Tehran denies any breaches, prompting UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to urge a return to the fragile truce.
• Experts from the International Commission on Radiological Protection advise that the safest shelter in a nuclear blast is at the centre of a building or in a basement.
• Analysts point to Antarctica, Iceland, New Zealand and Switzerland as top global safe havens and identify remote UK locations like Foula and Cornwall as the likeliest domestic refuges.