🔻The New York Times reports that the United States and Israel are planning an attack on Iran that would be “short but intense” after the U.S. midterm elections. At the same time, Israel’s prime minister denied a Financial Times report claiming that Donald Trump prevented Israel’s attack on Iran this month. Meanwhile, Axios reported that dozens of Israeli fighter jets conducted a drill near Iranian airspace.

Interview with Ziar Gol, BBC’s senior international affairs correspondent