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UK accuses Israeli ‘terrorists’ of ethnic cleansing in West Bank with government backing
In strongest condemnation ever by UK government, Ed Miliband announces sweeping sanctions on trade with Israeli settlementsUK politics live – latest updatesIsraeli “terrorists” ar…
Houthis strike Saudi Arabian cities in significant expansion of Middle East war
Riyadh says it will retaliate after overnight attacks by Iran-backed Yemen group on oil facilities wound more than 70Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis have attacked four cities in Saudi…
Hijacking pirates exploit regional chaos to return to seas off Somalia
US-Israel war on Iran and political instability in Somalia lead to pirates targeting cargo ships off Horn of AfricaThe scourge of Somali piracy targeting cargo ships and smaller d…
UK to adopt tougher stance on Israel with illegal settlements trade ban
Ed Miliband to reassert support for Palestinian rights and a two-state solution in move likely to draw fierce criticism from US and IsraelEd Miliband will announce what he has des…
Saudi deal offers a revenue boost for Exeter University that will save jobs | Letter
The partnership is not funded by ‘dirty money’, as the Exeter branch of the University and College Union claims, says Prof Anthony KingThe University of Exeter’s proposed partners…
‘This is what I have to do to survive’: the Sudan refugees forced into sex work
They fled a brutal civil war to reach safety in Egypt, but now many Sudanese women and girls are falling prey to sexual exploitationSudanese women who fled to Egypt to escape the …
Israeli ministers keep telling everyone their brutal plans – so why doesn’t the world take them seriously? | Nesrine Malik
Schemes to forcibly remove Palestinians from Gaza are not being promoted by fringe voices. But the international community continues to avert its eyesThe gap between what is being…
UN expert Francesca Albanese calls for ‘true paradigm shift’ as Miliband resets policy on Israel
Exclusive: UN special rapporteur on occupied territories says ban on goods from settlements ‘important’ but must go further if it is to amount to more than a ‘press release’The UK…
The US now has access to more than half Australia’s military bases – could it drag the country unwillingly into war?
Exclusive: US-controlled weapons corporations and forces have control or access to more than 100 facilities across the continent, which some analysts describe as a ‘colonisation’ …
Energy secretary says US might not reach nuclear agreement with Iran
Chris Wright tells ABC there ‘may not’ be an agreement that would prevent Iran from having nuclear weaponsUS energy secretary Chris Wright said on Sunday morning that the US may n…
Iran war likely to drag on for another six months, ex-US defense secretary warns
Leon Panetta tells Guardian US is risking ‘forever war’ and says Pentagon ‘turmoil’ sending message of weaknessDonald Trump’s war with Iran is likely to drag on for another six mo…
Broken feet, ripped-out hair and now a death sentence: the fate of twin sisters jailed over Iran protests
Taraneh Rahimi was told prison guards would rape her sister, Romina, if she did not sign a confessionThe twins were 19 and still in high school when they were taken from their bed…
The world is being driven to the brink by thugs and dictators, but there is a route to a brighter future | Simon Tisdall
It’s no surprise some analysts say we are already in the midst of the third world war, but ordinary people have more power than we think Don’t look up! The world is a mess. The sk…
Egyptian TV presenter among 12 sentenced to death for drug crime
Sarah Khalifa, 39, charged with forming organised criminal gang to manufacture and traffick drugsAn Egyptian court sentenced a well-known television presenter and 11 others to dea…
Civilians among at least 60 killed in Yemen as ground fighting escalates
Houthi rebel offensive against government forces on west coast leads to some of deadliest clashes in yearsClashes between Yemen’s Saudi-backed government forces and the Iran-align…
Death on the road to Rafah: the night the IDF targeted World Central Kitchen aid workers
The Israeli army had helped plan the delivery of food aid on 1 April 2024, but things went wrong from the beginning and ended in seven deaths• Exclusive: why seven international a…
‘Guilt by association’: why seven international aid workers were killed in Israeli airstrike
Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals targeting of World Central Kitchen convoy was result of widely used military tactic• Death on the road to Rafah: the night the IDF target…
The week around the world in 20 pictures
The Nepal-Tibet flood disaster, Russian strikes in Kyiv, the Plaskett Fire in California and the Notting Hill carnival – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading pho…
Seeds of hope: how a local farming project is offering a lifeline to Gaza
Family-run Al-Qarara Seed Bank is striving to help Palestinians gain sovereignty over their food securitySalama Ayesh Muhanna still remembers the first seeds he planted on his fam…
‘Many of us in Israel live in a state of shock at the savagery’: veteran director Amos Gitai returns to Gaza
The writer-director once called Israel’s ‘one-man New Wave’ is in Venice with The Road to Jericho, a new and poetic attempt to highlight the plight of those in the occupied West B…
Iranian town mourns after deadly strike on wedding
Mourning turns to anger as residents of Kuhestak say Baloch communities are being placed in path of conflictPeople in Kuhestak, a predominantly Baloch city in Iran’s southern Horm…
Israelis shoot dead two Palestinian teenagers after settlers encircle village
Troops escort settlers into al-Mughayyir and raze village outside Hebron as ethnic cleansing of West Bank continuesIsraelis have shot dead two teenagers in a Palestinian village e…
Far-right Israeli minister outlines plan for removal of all Palestinians from Gaza
Itamar Ben-Gvir claims proposal for illegal forced displacement of 2 million people is ‘realistic’ and ‘concrete’Israel’s far-right national security minister has set out a plan f…
US commerce secretary erroneously said no Americans have died in Iran war, Trump claims
President said Howard Lutnick had Venezuela operation on his mind when he was discussing Iran war on CNBCDonald Trump has claimed his commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, erroneous…
Iran targets US bases as Israel warns sanctions could drive Tehran to ‘desperate steps’
Air bases used by US in the UAE and Kuwait hit as the Israeli defence chief says Iran’s regime fears collapse due to economic pressuresIran has continued to demonstrate an ability…
The Ceuta border breach was leapt on by Europe’s right. That doesn’t absolve Spain | María Ramírez
The government’s sluggish response has been disastrous for everyone involved – and for Sánchez’s message on immigrationMore than a month after an estimated 72,000 people suddenly …
Spain’s PM says no evidence ‘whatsoever’ Morocco behind Ceuta border breach
Pedro Sánchez continues to defend Rabat after police report claiming border forces helped 70,000 cross borderEurope live – latest updatesSpain has seen no evidence “whatsoever” th…
The wars in Ukraine and Iran are becoming dangerously enmeshed | Christopher S Chivvis
As the Trump administration refuses to end its war in Iran, it is steering into the storm, not out of itRussia hasn’t yet killed large numbers of Europeans outside Ukraine, but it…
Israel ‘seeking Trump’s support for plan to expel Palestinians from Gaza’
Defence minister says he believes US backing could tip regional balance in favour of forced resettlementIsrael’s defence minister has said his country is seeking Donald Trump’s su…
The Guardian view on Israeli settlements: Britain can no longer look away | Editorial
International law, European action and UK public opinion point the same way. Britain should stop helping to sustain Israeli settlements economicallyIn the Commons this week, the f…