Putin pledges Russian help to end US-led war on Iran

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Turkmenistan that Russia will "do everything" to help end the US-led war on Iran, after offering mediation the day before. The two sanctioned states have a strategic partnership treaty, and Moscow stands accused of passing data to Iran, while Donald Trump says the US will not attack before the 3 November midterms. The report shows a regional war drawing in a nuclear-armed power aligned with Tehran, a widening of alliances that bears on how a Middle East conflict could grow into a wider confrontation.