- When the Strait of Hormuz fully reopens, this will be crucial to global oil markets MarketWatch
- A Long Gulf War Can Starve the World. A Hormuz Transit Deal Could Save Millions. Time Magazine
- The nightmare scenario for global trade The Economist
- Hormuz disruption deepens global economic strain across trade, prices and finance UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
- After Trump's claim of a "present," data show most ships getting through Strait of Hormuz are linked to Iran CBS News
Coalition of countries discuss ‘every possible measure’ to pressure Iran into reopening strait of Hormuz
Yvette Cooper hosts virtual summit of more than 40 countries to consider coordinated action in face of closure of vital shipping lane
More than 40 countries gathered to discuss “every possible diplomatic, economic and coordinated measure” to pressurise Iran into reopening the strait of Hormuz, the UK foreign secretary has said.
After chairing a virtual summit on Thursday, Yvette Cooper said coordinated action was needed as Iran’s “reckless strikes” on international shipping and efforts to “hijack the global economy” were hitting nations from across the globe “who played no part in this conflict”.
Continue reading...Ros Atkins on…the cost of the Iran war
The BBC's Analysis Editor Ros Atkins takes a closer look at US costs as it continues its war with with Iran.
Sadiq Khan warns of ‘zero-tolerance approach’ to any repeat of Clapham disorder
London mayor says more arrests will be made after young people stormed into shops as part of social media trend
Sadiq Khan has warned against any repeat of “utterly unacceptable” scenes of disorder in Clapham earlier this week, saying culprits who assault and intimidate shop workers will face the full force of the law.
The mayor of London said more arrests would be made in the coming days, and urged anyone considering more violence over the Easter weekend to think again.
Continue reading...Priceless golden helmet from Romania stolen from Dutch museum found – Euronews.com
- Priceless golden helmet from Romania stolen from Dutch museum found Euronews.com
- Ancient golden helmet recovered more than a year after Dutch heist BBC
- Priceless ancient golden helmet stolen from Dutch museum is recovered New York Post
- ‘A wow moment’: ancient Romanian gold helmet returned in plea deal with theft suspects The Guardian
- Ancient Artifacts Stolen in Dutch Museum Heist Are Recovered nytimes.com
‘You have to be serious’: Macron criticises Trump’s mixed messages about Nato and Iran
Speaking in South Korea, the French president defended the transatlantic alliance and called for return to peace
Emmanuel Macron has sharply criticised Donald Trump’s inconsistent and often contradictory pronouncements on the Iran war and Nato, saying if “you want to be serious” it was better not to come out with something different every day.
“There is too much talk … and it’s all over the place,” the French president said on Thursday during a state visit to South Korea. “We all need stability, calm, a return to peace – this isn’t a show!”
Continue reading...Man dies in storm near Athens as Saharan dust shrouds Crete
Several regions are flooded in mainland Greece, while a Saharan dust storm envelopes the island of Crete.
Pope Leo XIV revives the Holy Thursday foot-washing of priests after Francis’s inclusive tradition – AP News
- Pope Leo XIV revives the Holy Thursday foot-washing of priests after Francis's inclusive tradition AP News
- Pope Leo Returns to Tradition, Washing Priests’ Feet nytimes.com
- Jesus shows how to give life and freedom, not dominate and destroy, pope says usccb
- Pope Leo: 'We are called to serve the People of God with our whole lives' Vatican News
- Pope Leo's Holy Thursday marks return to pre-Francis era practice National Catholic Reporter
Trump says Pam Bondi out as Attorney General
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Watch: Trump’s shifting deadlines for ending Iran war
The BBC's chief international correspondent analyses the US President's latest White House address.
Jewish diaspora leaders urge Israeli president to stop West Bank settler violence
Former UK foreign secretary among 3,000 signatories of open letter to Isaac Herzog after spate of killings
The former British foreign secretary Malcolm Rifkind is among leading members of the Jewish diaspora urging the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, to intervene to stop “attacks by Jewish extremists” on Palestinians in the West Bank.
An open letter to Herzog facilitated by the London Initiative – a liberal Zionist network of 360 people, including eminent Jewish, Israeli and Israeli Palestinian figures – has attracted more than 3,000 signatories, including diplomats, philanthropists, rabbis and academics from Australia, Canada, across Europe, South Africa the UK and US. It follows a spate of killings and arson attacks by settlers on Palestinian civilians in March.
Continue reading...Argentina expels Iranian diplomat amid rift over blacklisting IRGC
Buenos Aires accuses Tehran of making 'offensive' accusations against Argentina after it labeled IRGC as 'terror' group.
Iran’s two largest steel plants shut down due to air strikes, companies say
The strikes, which Iran says were first launched by Israel in co-ordination with the US last week, could cause major damage to the Iranian economy.
As Iran war rages, Europe gears up for energy crisis – dw.com
- As Iran war rages, Europe gears up for energy crisis dw.com
- Oil and gas prices won't immediately return to normal even if the Iran war ends, the EU warns PBS
- ‘Beyond what we could imagine’: Europe’s coming energy crunch politico.eu
- EU may revive 2022 energy crisis measures in response to Iran war Reuters
- Will the Iran war threaten the EU's green transition? Euronews.com
World Cup 2026: Iran and Infantino talks progressing as war darkens US trip
Iranian football officials hold first face-to-face meeting with FIFA's president since start of US-Israel war on Iran.
US-Israeli strike hits newly opened B1 bridge near Tehran, killing two
A US-Israeli strike targeted the B1 bridge in Karaj, west of Tehran, killing at least two people.
Uganda receives first US deportation flight under third-country agreement
Dozen people arrive under new deal but legal challenges expected with scheme criticised as ‘dehumanising process’
A flight carrying people being deported from the US has landed in Uganda, as Donald Trump’s administration pushes on with its strategy of expelling migrants to countries they have no ties to.
The deported people would stay in the east African country as “a transition phase for potential onward transmission to other countries”, an unnamed senior Ugandan government official told Reuters.
Continue reading...America Lost. Iran Won. Trump Shat the Bed. – thebulwark.com
- America Lost. Iran Won. Trump Shat the Bed. thebulwark.com
- America Is Now a Rogue Superpower The Atlantic
- Losing a catastrophic war is no way for America to celebrate its 250th birthday The Independent
- Trump’s Iran Speech: The moment he became America, forever, in the eyes of the world truthdig.com
- Iran war tests U.S. strength and resolve Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Video: Protests in Gaza against Israel’s Palestinian death penalty law
Palestinians in Gaza joined protests against the Israeli govt approval of a death penalty law on Palestinian prisoners.
Republican senators McConnell and Tillis break with Trump on Nato withdrawal – The Guardian
- Republican senators McConnell and Tillis break with Trump on Nato withdrawal The Guardian
- Trump's anger over Iran thrusts NATO into fresh crisis Reuters
- Trump suggests in new interviews he is ‘absolutely’ considering withdrawing US from ‘paper tiger’ NATO cnn.com
- Trump says he might withdraw the U.S. from NATO, even though the law says he can't without Congress' approval CBS News
- McConnell joins Democrats to defend US NATO membership The Hill