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‘Sit back and relax’: Trump insists Iran deal close despite strikes – The Latest
As Israel bombs Beirut and the US and Iran trade missile strikes, Donald Trump insists it will ‘all work out well in the end’ and urges his critics to ‘sit back and relax’. So are…
‘A shock to all Lebanese’: Israel sends a message as it takes ancient fort
Conquering of Beaufort Castle for first time in 26 years bring back memories of occupation of southMiddle East crisis – live updatesWhen Hussain Alawieh used to take tourists to B…
The Guest review – the risks of protecting refugees in the Poland-Belarus danger zone
Zvika Gregory Portnoy and Zuzanna Solakiewicz’s documentary lays bare the problems faced by refugees and the compassion of good samaritansIt all begins with a knock. In a small Po…
Iran targets American base in region after US strikes Iranian air defences
Attacks reported in Kuwait – home to a US military base – and around the strait of Hormuz in latest exchange of fire as peace negotiations continueMiddle East live – latest update…
‘My 15-year-old relative was killed for refusing to marry her cousin. My family celebrated by dancing in the street’
Horrified by the recent murder of Kawthar al-Husayjawi, one of her female relatives describes what happened – and her fears for other women and girls forced into early marriage in…
Middle East crisis live: Kuwait reports missile and drone attack; US says it struck Iran radar sites over weekend
Kuwaiti state media report sirens sounding across the country, as officials say air defences active over the countryEuropean leaders condemn Israel’s deepening incursion into Leba…
European leaders condemn Israel’s deepening incursion into Lebanon
France has requested an emergency meeting of the UN security council, after the Israeli military captured the medieval Beaufort castleEuropean leaders have condemned Israel’s expa…
The Guardian view on the splinternet: where China led, Iran and others are eagerly following | Editorial
Authoritarian states are increasingly shutting off or throttling access to the internet, creating separate spheres in a realm built on connectionChina boasts of having the world’s…
Could Trump’s Iran ‘excursion’ be a bigger global turning point than Vietnam?
The far shorter Middle East war has rapidly revealed the strategic weakness of US firepower in an interconnected worldIn a 1965 speech justifying the war in Vietnam, Lyndon B John…
