Is the Middle East inching closer to full-blown war?
Israel's Netanyahu says Iran will pay for missile attack, as Tehran threatens a crushing response if Israel hits back.
Beirut’s southern suburbs reduced to rubble by Israeli strikes
Once bustling with busy streets, Beirut's southern suburbs have become a 'ghost town'.
After a fortnight of military triumph, what is Israel’s endgame?
Hawks argue Tehran’s missile assault gives legitimacy to a direct attack on Iran – but would ‘wars and wars and wars’ guarantee greater security?
Israel is enjoying a moment of military and intelligence triumph. Over two weeks, it has killed an “archenemy” in his secret bunker, decimated Hezbollah’s leadership, blown up the militant group’s communications networks and parts of its arsenal and humbled its sponsor, Iran.
As its ground troops marched into Lebanon, Israel fended off a large-scale Iranian ballistic missile attack with backing from the US and other allies.
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Hamas claims responsibility for deadly Israel shooting attack
At least seven killed in attack that took place moments before Iran launched a barrage of rockets at Israel.
Biden says he would not back Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear sites
Any Israeli response to Iran's missile barrage should be 'proportional', says the US president.
‘Western calls for a ceasefire are a mirage’ | #AJOPINION
The split between Western leaders and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is just a mirage, argues Andrew Mitrovica.
Eight Israeli soldiers killed in clashes with Hezbollah in Lebanon
Casualties during heavy fighting in border areas come days after Israel launched ground incursion
Eight Israeli soldiers have been killed and a number of others wounded in three exchanges with Hezbollah in heavy fighting inside Lebanon.
The largest group of soldiers, from the commando brigade and including an officer, was involved in a clash with Hezbollah in a village north of the Israeli border community of Misgav Am, while two other soldiers from the Golani brigade were killed in a separate incident.
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Danish police said on Wednesday morning that they were investigating two blasts in the vicinity of Israel’s embassy in Copenhagen.
“No one has been injured, and we are carrying out initial investigations at the scene,” Copenhagen police said in a statement. They said a “possible connection” to the Israeli embassy, which is located in the area, was being investigated.
Continue reading...Why official register of MPs’ financial interests is now a must-read
Revelations about gifts of clothes and tickets to sporting events have put MPs’ declarations in the spotlight
Revelations that Keir Starmer and his team have accepted donations of clothes, accommodation and sports tickets have focused attention on the official register of MPs’ interests, usually published every couple of weeks.
Here are some highlights from the latest version, published on Wednesday.
Continue reading...Starmer vows to turn page on UK’s relationship with the EU
PM promises ‘constructive’ relations, despite resisting talks with the bloc on a proposed youth mobility scheme
Keir Starmer has vowed to turn the page on the UK’s relationship with the EU, despite differences with Brussels over proposals for a European youth mobility scheme.
The prime minister said: “Of course, there will be challenges” in resetting relations but insisted he was “turning the page on the old way of doing these negotiations” in favour of a more “constructive” approach.
Continue reading...US would not support Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear sites, says Biden
Top Israeli diplomat at UN warns his country’s retaliation for Iranian missile attack will be heavier than Tehran ‘could ever have imagined’
Joe Biden has said he would not support an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear sites, as the US sought to temper Israel’s response to Iran’s missile attack on Tuesday and contain a rapidly escalating regional conflict.
Biden’s comments came after the top Israeli diplomat at the UN warned his country’s retaliation for an Iranian salvo of nearly 200 ballistic missiles would be heavier than Tehran “could ever have imagined”.
Continue reading...Eight Israeli soldiers killed in clashes with Hezbollah in Lebanon – The Guardian
Can Israel turn tactical successes into strategic gains?
Political scientist Stephen Walt says US unconditional support for Israel does not help its long-term future.
Israeli strikes kill 11 in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley
Israeli airstrikes Wednesday killed 11 people in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley.
What would be the cost of a regional war in the Middle East?
Geopolitical tensions in the Middle East are escalating after Iran's major missile attack on Israel.
UK begins evacuating citizens from Lebanon as Israel’s offensive continues
First charter flight has left Beirut, says David Lammy, with officials planning ‘sea and air’ rescues if situation worsens
The UK has laid on a charter flight to evacuate Britons from Lebanon and said it is ready to commission more for the 5,000 nationals and their dependants remaining in the country.
Beirut’s international airport remains open but ministers and officials are preparing contingency plans for sea and air rescues via Cyprus should the security situation in Lebanon deteriorate to the point at which commercial flights are stopped.
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For a year, I have desperately tried to continue my studies to give myself a sense of meaning.
Dozens killed in Israeli strikes and ground operations in southern Gaza
At least 70 dead as Israeli strikes against Hamas continue despite attention shifting to Lebanon and Iran
More than 70 people have been killed in a series of intensive ground operations and airstrikes by the Israel Defense Forces in southern Gaza, Palestinian medical officials said on Wednesday.
Israel has continued to strike what it says are militant targets across Gaza nearly a year after Hamas’s 7 October attack triggered the war in the territory, and even as attention has shifted to Lebanon and Iran.
Continue reading...Exclusive: Iran’s Khamenei warned Nasrallah of Israeli plot to kill him, sources say – Reuters
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