$37.5bn cost of Iran war revealed as senator warns of ‘another forever war’

Pete Hegseth reveals costs so far as Trump administration seeks more funding. Plus, rediscovered plane wreck that changed flying for ever Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has told the Senate that the US-Israel war on…

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