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War in the Middle East risks escalation yet again as Israel bombed targets in Iran in a spiraling pattern of attack and retaliation inflaming the region.

Trump, who had been impeached twice and was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in New York earlier this year, has a documented history of inflaming his base through violent rhetoric.

On the same trip, Harris laughed off questions in a nationally televised interview about why she had not yet visited the border as vice president, inflaming critics on the right.

The escalation comes even as U.S. officials crisscross the region imploring leaders to avoid inflaming tensions — a plea evidently ignored.

Further inflaming the risk is the destabilisation of the local landscape caused by fast-retreating glaciers, leading to more landslides and avalanches that can pour into the lakes and cause them to rupture.