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Middle East crisis live: US and Iranian forces race to recover missing pilot from downed jet; Israel bombards Beirut
Welcome summaryHello and welcome to our continuing live coverage of the US-Israel war on Iran and its impact on the region, the world and the global economy.Iranian and American...
Israel vows to occupy large parts of southern Lebanon to expand buffer zone
Israel said on Tuesday that it will occupy wide swathes of south Lebanon and destroy the homes along the border to prevent the return of some 600,000 residents, prompting...
Israel passes law to give death penalty to Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks
Israel’s parliament has passed a law imposing the death penalty on Palestinians convicted of fatal attacks, a measure sharply criticised as discriminatory by European nations and rights groups.The legislation...
Middle East crisis live: Explosions in Tehran as Yemen’s Houthis launch further attacks on Israel
Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureIran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has condemned Israel’s killing of three journalists in Lebanon on Saturday.On his Telegram,...
Netanyahu claims that victory over Iran would bring peace to Israel. He should look closer to home | Dahlia Scheindlin
An opinion poll conducted in Israeli two weeks into its war on Iran, prosecuted together with the US, demonstrated what looked like euphoria: surveys by thinktanks such as the...
No Israel prosecutions for killing Palestinian civilians in occupied West Bank since start of decade
Israel has not prosecuted its citizens for killing Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank since the start of this decade, , a Guardian analysis of legal data and...
Middle East crisis live: Starmer and Trump discuss ‘essential’ need to open strait of Hormuz as Israel warns war will continue for weeks
Starmer calls emergency meeting on UK economy as risks from war mountBritish prime minister Keir Starmer is set to chair an emergency meeting on the economic fallout from the...
Middle East crisis live: Trump gives Iran 48-hour ultimatum to open strait of Hormuz; 100 injured in Israel
Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureJapan could consider deploying its military for minesweeping in the strait of Hormuz if a ceasefire is reached...
Almost 100 wounded in Iranian missile strikes on southern Israel
Iranian ballistic missile barrages wounded about 100 people in southern Israel on Saturday, striking the cities of Arad and Dimona after air defence systems failed to intercept at least...
Oil and gas prices jump after Iran and Israel attack gasfields
Gas prices jumped to four-year highs and oil prices rose again after an escalation of attacks by Israel and Iran on gasfields heightened fears of prolonged disruption to international...