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A tentative truce between Israel and Iran appeared to falter.聽Israel vowed to retaliate Tuesday after saying Iran launched missiles into its airspace more than two hours after the ceasefire was supposed to take effect.听State media reported that Iran鈥檚 military denied firing on Israel. Explosions boomed and sirens sounded across northern Israel midmorning.听Earlier, both Israel and Iran had accepted the ceasefire plan to end their 12-day war. 鈥� The Associated Press
Our coverage:聽We look at what the proposed ceasefire means for the war, and the continued risk for American bases in the Middle East.

The Supreme Court allowed the U.S. to deport migrants to third countries. A split court made the ruling Monday, as President Trump continues a sweeping immigration crackdown that has sparked protests, high-profile detentions, and legal challenges. The action lifts for now a court order requiring migrants get a chance to challenge the deportations to countries other than their homelands. 鈥� AP

Putin met with Iran鈥檚 foreign minister. The Russian president hosted Abbas Araqchi in Moscow Monday, two days after the United States struck Iran鈥檚 three main nuclear sites. Mr. Putin called the strikes an 鈥渁bsolutely unprovoked aggression against Iran,鈥� in a televised joint appearance. It was unclear what Russia might do to support Iran, an important ally with which Putin signed a strategic cooperation treaty in January. 鈥� Reuters

Hungary and Slovakia refused to back latest EU sanctions on Russia. They have declined to support the European Union鈥檚 plan for an 18th sanctions package, Hungarian Foreign Minister P茅ter Szijj谩rt贸 said Monday, in response to EU plans to phase out Russian energy imports. Slovakia and Hungary have remained dependent on Russian oil and gas and have kept warm ties with Moscow. Sanctions proposals require bloc unanimity for adoption. 鈥� Reuters

Britain鈥檚 Reform UK party floated a tax-break card. The right-wing party presented plans Monday to offer wealthy, often foreign newcomers a 鈥淏ritannia Card鈥� to gain exemption from tax on international wealth, income, or gains for 10 years for a single 拢250,000 ($336,000) payment. The policy draws a new battle line before the next national election with Britain鈥檚 governing Labour Party. The government has closed exemptions on non-domiciled residents, who have long paid little or no U.K. tax on money earned overseas. 鈥� Reuters

The Trump administration plans to open national forests to logging. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced plans Monday to rescind the 2001 鈥渞oadless rule,鈥� which she said impeded road construction and timber production that would have reduced the risk of major wildfires. The USDA says the rule affects 30% of national forest lands nationwide. Environmental groups criticized the proposed change, calling it an attack on air, water, and habitats. 鈥� AP

The world鈥檚 largest digital camera released its first peek of the cosmos. After over a decade of construction on a mountaintop in the Chilean Andes, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is wowing scientists and citizens alike with its highly detailed images of nebulae and stars over 4,000 light-years away. The observatory, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and Department of Energy, is expected to track 20 billion new galaxies over the next decade and illuminate mysteries of the so-called dark universe. 鈥� Staff

The summit of NATO leaders that opened Tuesday at The Hague began beneath a new cloud of war in Iran. Yet among Europe鈥檚 architects of shared security, a cautious optimism obtains. The gathering is set to confirm progress in resolving two key issues, pivotal to keeping the United States, under President Donald Trump, at the helm of the transatlantic alliance: low defense spending by many NATO member states and the need for a wealthy Europe to do more for its own security.

Even in war, President Donald Trump and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei share an overriding interest: Each for his own reasons wants to prevent the U.S. attack on Iran鈥檚 main nuclear-enrichment complex from spiralling into a conflict neither can fully predict or control. A ceasefire announced late Monday by Mr. Trump, which includes Israel, was due to take hold today. Caution is still in order. But Iran鈥檚 deliberately limited military response yesterday, followed by a conciliatory statement from the U.S. president, suggested awareness on both sides of the importance of choosing diplomacy.

Iran and Israel have reportedly embraced a cease-fire called by President Trump. Even so, in the wake of the U.S. military鈥檚 strikes on Iran early Sunday morning, American troops stationed in the Middle East continue to face higher security risks. On Monday, Iran aimed missiles at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, America鈥檚 largest military installation in the Middle East. There were early indications that the retaliatory barrage was a face-saving measure. Washington continues to assess how to protect U.S. troops abroad from attacks that could yet come from Iranian proxies.

Texas became the latest in a growing number of U.S. states to expand the role of religion in public schools when Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law over the weekend mandating that the Ten Commandments be displayed in classrooms. Proponents argue the biblical code provides invaluable guidance for both the law and moral conduct. Groups and faith leaders opposing the bill say it violates the constitutional separation of church and state, threatens religious liberty, and elevates a specific type of 海角大神ity over other religions.

Cities rise and fall and reinvent themselves. Factories close and Main Streets shutter. But then something 鈥撀燼 citizen initiative, often 鈥� sparks renewal. For nearly a decade, Johannesburg in South Africa has been misruled by an unstable coalition of bickering parties. Seven mayors have come and gone during that time. But thanks to a persistent campaign by residents, the city reopened its grand central library recently after a prolonged closure. The open stacks are opening thought to other revitalizing ideas. 鈥淚f you do one block right, then it encourages the next and the next,鈥� says one happy resident.

Starting with his founding of the conservative magazine National Review in 1955, William F. Buckley Jr.听largely defined the ideas that would dominate Republican politics, at least until recently. Few individuals have had as decisive an impact on a modern-day American political party. A superb new biography, 鈥淏uckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America鈥� by Sam Tanenhaus, traces two threads that cannot be separated: the evolution of the conservative movement and the influence on it that the patrician Buckley wielded 鈥� if not without controversy.听

A new kind of political dialogue opened among the Iranian people during the bombing by Israel and the United States. Social media posts and interviews by journalists indicate that some Iranians welcomed the attacks on security sites of the highly unpopular regime. Others felt a nationalist resentment toward any foreign intervention or a war that might usurp the pro-democracy movement.

Many who were struggling to survive simply did not want to speak out at all. Thousands fled the country.

Yet some see an opening, even a necessity, for individuals to plan for a transition from an Islamic Republic that was faltering long before the bombing and before the regime鈥檚 disastrous support of Hamas鈥� 2023 attack on Israel. After all, in recent days, the supreme leader himself, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, accelerated plans for picking a successor. Six years ago, he called for a 鈥渟econd step鈥� of the revolution that would pass the reins to a younger generation with no memory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Among those seeking support for a new government is Mostafa Tajzadeh, a former deputy interior minister. From his prison cell, the popular dissident has called for a peaceful shift to democracy through a constituent assembly to write a new constitution. One woman interviewed by the BBC said the war 鈥済ives me a strange sense of clarity 鈥� it reminds me that I鈥檓 connected to something beyond myself.鈥� A man whose wife is pregnant hoped the coming birth 鈥渃oincides with the birth of a new Iran 鈥� one that adopts a fresh approach toward both the international system and its domestic affairs.鈥�

鈥淎nd I hope [my children] grow up knowing that surveillance cameras and security forces should be focused on real threats, not on enforcing the hijab [on women],鈥� he added.

One young woman who fled Tehran with her family told the BBC, 鈥淲e were trying to make changes ourselves inside, and I don鈥檛 think a change coming from the US or Israel would be a good change.鈥�

In a new article in Foreign Affairs, three American experts on Iran predicted that another major protest movement will 鈥渦ndoubtedly鈥� now arise like those in 2022 and many times before. 鈥淚ran belongs to the Iranians,鈥� the article stated. 鈥淭hey are the only ones who can in the end determine the direction of their country.鈥�