Monday Briefing: A newly aggressive Iran

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We’re covering hostilities from Iran and the latest from the war in Ukraine. Plus: Eddie Izzard’s route to Parliament. [An Iranian flag with buildings in the background.] The Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran.  Atta Kenare/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The threat of a broader conflict with Iran Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks in Israel and Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip have [emboldened a newly aggressive Iran](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnfhSSP0T6aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMS8wNy91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9pcmFuLXVzLWlzcmFlbC1jb25mbGljdC5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUxJmVtYz1lZGl0X21iZV8yMDI0MDEwOCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTE5NTgmbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyUzQS1ldXJvcGUtZWRpdGlvbiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTU0NTQwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgplmJOPm2XCoGWIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~). After launching scores of attacks across the region, Iranian proxy groups have come into direct conflict with U.S. forces twice in the past week, and Washington is openly threatening airstrikes if the violence does not abate. The Iranian nuclear program has dramatically ramped up. International inspectors announced last month that Iran initiated a threefold increase in its enrichment of near-bomb-grade uranium. Iran is now estimated to have the fuel for at least three atomic weapons. U.S. intelligence officials believe that the enrichment needed to turn that fuel into bomb-grade material would take weeks. U.S. and European intelligence officials say they do not believe the Iranians want a direct conflict with the U.S. or Israel, a scenario the officials suspect would not end well. But Tehran seems more than willing to push the envelope. A new power dynamic: Since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, Iran no longer finds itself isolated. It is suddenly in an alliance of sorts with both Russia and China, two members of the U.N. Security Council that, in a past era, supported Washington in trying to limit Iran’s nuclear program. In other news from the region: - Israel said it had [broken up Hamas’s command structure](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnfhSSP0T4aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMS8wNy93b3JsZC9taWRkbGVlYXN0L2lzcmFlbC1nYXphLXdhci0uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9tYmVfMjAyNDAxMDgmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTExOTU4Jm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmclM0EtZXVyb3BlLWVkaXRpb24mcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE1NDU0MCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZZiTj5tlwqBliFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) in northern Gaza and signaled that it was committed to dismantling the group. - In Gaza, [two journalists were killed](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnfhSSP4QfAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjQvMDEvMDcvd29ybGQvbWlkZGxlZWFzdC9qb3VybmFsaXN0cy1nYXphLWFsLWphemVlcmEtcmVwb3J0ZXItc29uLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfbWJlXzIwMjQwMTA4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExMTk1OCZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJTNBLWV1cm9wZS1lZGl0aW9uJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTQ1NDAmc21pZD11cmwtc2hhcmUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmWYk4-bZcKgZYhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) in an Israeli drone strike, according to the official Palestinian news agency, Wafa. - [An uptick in violence](~/AAAAAQA~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) in the Israeli-occupied West Bank left at least 11 people dead, including a 3-year-old Palestinian girl, officials said. [Rescue workers in red jackets on top of a rubble pile.] A photo provided by the Ukrainian government said to show one of the areas reported struck on Saturday.  State Emergency Service of Ukraine, via Reuters Russian attacks killed 11 civilians in Ukraine Ukrainian officials said on Saturday that a barrage of Russian missile strikes on a city and a village close to the eastern frontline had [killed at least 11 people](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnfhSSP4QKAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjQvMDEvMDYvd29ybGQvZXVyb3BlL3VrcmFpbmUtcnVzc2lhLW1pc3NpbGUtc3RyaWtlcy1kb25ldHNrLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfbWJlXzIwMjQwMTA4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExMTk1OCZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJTNBLWV1cm9wZS1lZGl0aW9uJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTQ1NDAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmWYk4-bZcKgZYhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~), including five children, and injured 10. The Russian government did not immediately comment on the reports. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said in a statement that rescue operations were underway. “The Russian strike quite simply targeted ordinary, private homes,” Mr. Zelensky said. Russia and Ukraine have been locked in an escalating cycle of air assaults. Moscow has struck Ukrainian territory with some of the largest attacks since the war began nearly two years ago, killing 90 civilians and wounding more than 400 over five days, according to the U.N. Kyiv, in apparent retaliation, has targeted the Russian region of Belgorod. On the ground: Ukrainian combat medics are the first line of treatment for soldiers wounded on the battlefield, [racing against time](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnfhSSP0T9aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMS8wNy93b3JsZC9ldXJvcGUvdWtyYWluZS1tZWRpY3Mtd2FyLXJ1c3NpYS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUxJmVtYz1lZGl0X21iZV8yMDI0MDEwOCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTE5NTgmbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyUzQS1ldXJvcGUtZWRpdGlvbiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTU0NTQwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgplmJOPm2XCoGWIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) to try to save lives. [A woman in a head scarf and glasses walks ahead of several men, some in military uniforms.] Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh. Altaf Qadri/Associated Press Voters go to the polls in Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh was nearly guaranteed a fourth consecutive term in office, after [voting ended yesterday](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnfhSSP0T1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMS8wNy93b3JsZC9hc2lhL2JhbmdsYWRlc2gtZWxlY3Rpb24uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9tYmVfMjAyNDAxMDgmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTExOTU4Jm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmclM0EtZXVyb3BlLWVkaXRpb24mcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE1NDU0MCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZZiTj5tlwqBliFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) in a low-turnout election that has been marred by a crackdown on the opposition. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the main opposition, has boycotted the election as unfair and pushed for a nationwide strike. The situation had remained tense in the days leading up to the vote, with episodes of violence — including arson on a train in Dhaka that killed four people, and the torching of polling stations — reported across the country. 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They face a Jan. 19 deadline to pass it. - Tensions are [rising among top Republicans](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnfhSSP0T8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMS8wNy91cy9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcC1oYWxleS1pb3dhLWNhdWN1c2VzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfbWJlXzIwMjQwMTA4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExMTk1OCZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJTNBLWV1cm9wZS1lZGl0aW9uJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTQ1NDAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmWYk4-bZcKgZYhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) — in particular, Donald Trump — in the last week of campaigning before the party’s first balloting takes place on Jan. 15. - The authorities have [grounded a Boeing passenger jet model](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnfhSSP0T1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMS8wNy9idXNpbmVzcy9ib2VpbmctbWF4LTktZ3JvdW5kZWQuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9tYmVfMjAyNDAxMDgmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTExOTU4Jm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmclM0EtZXVyb3BlLWVkaXRpb24mcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE1NDU0MCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZZiTj5tlwqBliFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD), the 737 Max 9, two days after a portion of a 737 Max 9 fuselage blew out in midair during an Alaska Airlines flight. - Lloyd Austin, the U.S. secretary of defense, [kept the White House in the dark for days](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnfhSSP0T_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMS8wNi91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9sbG95ZC1hdXN0aW4taG9zcGl0YWxpemF0aW9uLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfbWJlXzIwMjQwMTA4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExMTk1OCZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJTNBLWV1cm9wZS1lZGl0aW9uJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTQ1NDAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmWYk4-bZcKgZYhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) about his recent admission to an intensive care unit. - Marijuana buyers from Texas have transformed a New Mexico community into one of the nation’s [cannabis boom towns](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnfhSSP0T7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMS8wNy91cy9tYXJpanVhbmEtbmV3LW1leGljby1zdW5sYW5kLXBhcmsuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9tYmVfMjAyNDAxMDgmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTExOTU4Jm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmclM0EtZXVyb3BlLWVkaXRpb24mcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE1NDU0MCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZZiTj5tlwqBliFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD). What Else Is Happening [Margot Robbie, wearing a pink dress and holding a pink purse, stands near a round table surrounded by chairs. ] Sinna Nasseri for The New York Times - See results and [the best outfits](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnfhSSP0T8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMS8wNy9zdHlsZS9nb2xkZW4tZ2xvYmVzLXJlZC1jYXJwZXQtcGhvdG9zLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfbWJlXzIwMjQwMTA4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExMTk1OCZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJTNBLWV1cm9wZS1lZGl0aW9uJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTQ1NDAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmWYk4-bZcKgZYhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) from [the Golden Globes](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnfhSSP0TraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vbGl2ZS8yMDI0LzAxLzA3L21vdmllcy9nb2xkZW4tZ2xvYmVzP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUxJmVtYz1lZGl0X21iZV8yMDI0MDEwOCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTE5NTgmbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyUzQS1ldXJvcGUtZWRpdGlvbiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTU0NTQwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgplmJOPm2XCoGWIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~). - In Britain, the Royal Mail is issuing stamps to [celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Spice Girls](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnfhSSP0T2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMS8wNS93b3JsZC9ldXJvcGUvc3BpY2UtZ2lybHMtc3RhbXBzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfbWJlXzIwMjQwMTA4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExMTk1OCZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJTNBLWV1cm9wZS1lZGl0aW9uJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTQ1NDAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmWYk4-bZcKgZYhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~). - The mayor of London announced that a planned strike on the city’s underground Tube system this week [had been suspended](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnfhSSP4QBAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjQvMDEvMDcvd29ybGQvZXVyb3BlL2xvbmRvbi10dWJlLXN0cmlrZS1jYWxsZWQtb2ZmLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfbWJlXzIwMjQwMTA4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExMTk1OCZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJTNBLWV1cm9wZS1lZGl0aW9uJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTQ1NDAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmWYk4-bZcKgZYhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~). A Morning Read [A path bisects a graveyard near a white house on a sunny day.] Sarah Blesener for The New York Times She had no next of kin, no funeral and no further instructions: simply that her ashes be interred at Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, just north of New York City. But who was this woman who had died more than 2,000 miles away? And why would she be [laid to rest at a pet cemetery](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnfhSSP0T5aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMS8wNy9ueXJlZ2lvbi9odW1hbi1idXJpYWwtcGV0LWNlbWV0ZXJ5Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfbWJlXzIwMjQwMTA4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExMTk1OCZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJTNBLWV1cm9wZS1lZGl0aW9uJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTQ1NDAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmWYk4-bZcKgZYhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~), all alone? Lives Lived Maj. 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Allez les Canadiens: Officials have been trying to bring back Quebec’s hockey team, a nationalist symbol, [for almost 30 years](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnfhSSP0T7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMS8wNi93b3JsZC9jYW5hZGEvcXVlYmVjLW5vcmRpcXVlcy1ob2NrZXkuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9tYmVfMjAyNDAxMDgmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTExOTU4Jm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmclM0EtZXVyb3BlLWVkaXRpb24mcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE1NDU0MCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZZiTj5tlwqBliFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD). 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Some people say, “Oh, you’re going to do comedy.” I say: “No, Glenda Jackson: very serious. She didn’t act her way through her years in Parliament.” I know that once I get through, I will be good. If you look through the history of people getting into Parliament, it usually takes a number of elections. It’s not unusual. 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