Will Europe be pulled into the Iran war?
Europe is under pressure as Trump pushes allies to support the Iran war. How are they responding?
‘Cowards’: Trump slams NATO over lack of support in US–Israel war on Iran – Al Jazeera
- ‘Cowards’: Trump slams NATO over lack of support in US–Israel war on Iran Al Jazeera
- Live updates: Iran war; Trump calls NATO allies ‘cowards’ for failing to help open Strait of Hormuz CNN
- Seven U.S. allies back potential Strait of Hormuz coalition Axios
- Trump Urges NATO, Asian Countries to Help Open Strait of Hormuz WSJ
- Trump calls NATO "cowards" over lack of support in Iran war Reuters
What are the risks of turning energy sites into battlefields?
Oil and gas facilities in the Gulf have been attacked since early in the war on Iran.
Home Office investigates firm linked to religious sect over immigration visas
Officials understood to be investigating use of visas by company linked to Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light
The Home Office is investigating a company linked to a religious sect based in Cheshire over its use of immigration visas.
The company under investigation is linked to the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (AROPL), a sect that blends tenets of Islam with conspiracy theories about the Illuminati and aliens controlling US presidents. Followers believe the sect’s leader, Abdullah Hashem, can cure the sick and make the moon disappear. About 100 of his followers live in a former orphanage in Crewe, in the north-west of England.
Continue reading...How the Iran war threatens global food supply – NPR
- How the Iran war threatens global food supply NPR
- American farmers are feeling the squeeze The Economist
- Food prices likely to rise due to Iran war, farmers' union says BBC
- Fertilizer Shock Escalates as New Supply Risks Emerge Bloomberg.com
- Iran war-induced fertilizer shortage threatens Republicans in farm states ahead of midterms CNBC
QatarEnergy CEO says warned US, industry officials against attack on energy
QatarEnergy CEO Saad al-Kaabi says he warned US of 'consequences' of attacking Iranian energy infrastructure.
Trump: No Iranian leaders left to talk to, says war going ‘extremely well’
US President Donald Trump said that Iranian leaders are “all gone” and that the White House has “nobody left to talk to.
Sri Lanka says it denied US request to land two aircraft at Mattala airport
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says request made on February 26, two days before US and Israel launched war on Iran.
Walker, Texas Ranger star and martial arts icon Chuck Norris dies at 86
A six-time karate champion and action film star, Norris was hospitalised in Hawaii on Thursday for unknown causes.
Israeli strike next to British journalist is not AI-generated
The video of the strike, hitting just metres from RT's Steve Sweeney and his crew, was recorded on Thursday in southern Lebanon.
‘It makes me feel more British’: Muslims say religious diversity in the UK part of identity
Eid al-Fitr celebrated amid political furore over claims public Ramadan prayers an ‘act of domination’
On Friday morning, little space remained in Baitul Futuh mosque as thousands of people poured in to mark the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
The south London mosque, one of the largest in Europe, offered a glimpse of the Eid al-Fitr festivities being celebrated by millions of Muslims across the UK. This year, however, a political furore around one of the most important holidays in the Islamic calendar has divided UK party leaders, drawn warnings of bigotry and left members of the community feeling disturbed and disappointed.
Continue reading...Is it time for the UK to acknowledge the ‘rhetoric to reality gap’ on its military power?
Forces have been stripped back since the cold war but political stasis is dangerous in the face of growing global threats
• Middle East crisis – live updates
It will have been more than three weeks since the US and Israel first attacked Iran when the first British warship finally arrives off the coast of Cyprus, a belated defensive deployment that has highlighted the lack of military capacity available to the UK.
Nominally, HMS Dragon was one of three destroyers available out of six. In reality the warship has had to be hauled out of dry dock, prepared and then, after launch, tested for several days in the Channel. Its arrival date is still unconfirmed.
Continue reading...Iranians celebrate Persian New Year in first wartime Nowruz in decades
Residents of Tehran exchange new year's wishes as US and Israeli attacks continue through the spring equinox.
Iran: From Khamenei to Khamenei
How Iran’s power structure was built, and how it survives its architect.
Trump administration seeks billions from Harvard in anti-Semitism lawsuit
Harvard University has rejected the complaint as 'another pretextual and retaliatory action' from the Trump White House.
Explosion hits Jerusalem’s Old City after Iran missile alert
An explosion struck Jerusalem’s Old City seconds after sirens warned of an incoming Iranian missile.
Cuba ‘categorically’ rejects prospect of removing Diaz-Canel in US talks
Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio says he is open to US trade talks but refused to entertain a leadership shake-up.
Canadian mother and daughter ‘traumatized’ by ICE detainment, husband says
Tania Warner and Ayla, her seven-year-old with autism, sent to notorious Texas detention center and told to ‘self-deport’
A Canadian woman and her seven-year-old daughter with autism who have been held by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for nearly a week have been transferred to a notorious detention center and asked to “self-deport”, according to her husband, who said the pair had been “traumatized” by the experience.
Tania Warner and her daughter Ayla Luca, originally from British Columbia, moved to the US five years ago, when Warner married Edward Warner, a US citizen.
Continue reading...Hamas Considering Disarmament Plan From Trump’s Board of Peace, Officials Say – The New York Times
- Hamas Considering Disarmament Plan From Trump’s Board of Peace, Officials Say The New York Times
- Trump's mediators offer Hamas formal proposal to give up its weapons in Gaza NPR
- Hamas given proposal for gradual weapon handover in months-long process — officials The Times of Israel
- Trump's Board of Peace presents Hamas with new written disarmament proposal The Jerusalem Post
- Trump's peace board hands Hamas disarmament proposal, sources say Reuters
Mexico’s monarch butterfly population jumps 64%, offering hope for at-risk species
The insects covered its largest area since 2018, despite threats from habitat loss, climate crisis and pesticides
The population of monarch butterflies in Mexico increased 64% this winter, compared with the same period in 2025, offering a glimmer of hope for an insect considered at risk of extinction.
The figures, released this week by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Mexico, showed that the area occupied by monarchs expanded to 2.93 hectares (7.24 acres) of forest from 1.79 hectares (4.42 acres) the previous winter, the largest coverage since 2018.
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