The US and Saudi Arabia are expected to announce a deal that will allow the Gulf kingdom to develop a civilian nuclear programme, according to US media reports. An announcement is expected from US President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday, US officials were cited as saying. The agreement could be …
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After 10 days of exchanging strikes with the US over control of the vital Strait of Hormuz waterway, Iran’s leaders may appear to have three choices. None offer a clear route to victory. The first is to accept much of what Washington wants: guarantee free and safe passage through the …
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The Bab al-Mandab Strait, a 32km-wide (20-mile) waterway located between south-western Yemen and the Horn of Africa. It connects the Gulf of Aden with the Red Sea, which is linked to the Mediterranean by the Suez canal. Soon after the start of the Gaza war in October 2023, the Houthis …
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Hamas is going through one of the most difficult periods in its history. The group – which is designated as a terrorist organisation by Israel, the UK, the US and many other countries – has been severely weakened by the Gaza war, during which much of its senior military and …
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President Donald Trump says the latest strikes by the US hit Iran “very hard”, adding that the attacks were “in honour” of three US soldiers killed in recent days – two in Jordan, one in Iraq. In the early hours of Monday local time, US Central Command (Centcom) said it …
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Belma, which had previously been sanctioned by the US under a former name for links with Iran, entered the Gulf on Tuesday after passing through the Strait of Hormuz, according to ship-tracking data from MarineTraffic. It was reporting no cargo on board and last broadcast its location about 100km (63 …
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An Israeli air strike on a post belonging to Gaza’s Hamas-run police force has killed at least seven people, including a senior officer, health and police officials say. Witnesses told the BBC that an Israeli drone fired four missiles at the post near a busy market in the Jabalia area …
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The BBC’s chief international correspondent looks at how Iran’s new leadership will respond to several issues affecting the country BBC News
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US Central Command says it attacked military targets in Iran and at sea. BBC News
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The threats came after an exchange of strikes between the US and Iran earlier this week, sparked by attacks on three commercial tankers, purportedly by Iran. The exchanges have raised tensions between the two sides, prompting Trump to declare the ceasefire over, though he said talks aimed at ending the …
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“Upon their arrival, the troops dispersed the Israeli civilians and allowed the vehicles to continue on their way,” the IDF said. Khanna was visiting the ruins of Khirbet Zanuta, on a fact-finding visit to look at the impact of Israeli occupation of the area. The politician, a father-of-two, is mulling …
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The initiative aimed to offer families, particularly children, a brief escape from the realities of war. Egypt’s matches attracted large crowds, reflecting the long-standing popularity of the team among many Palestinians in Gaza who have long shared cultural, emotional and political ties with their neighbours. Videos of children and families …
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Khamenei was born in Mashhad, Iran’s second-largest city located in the northeast of the country, and studied at seminaries in the city before moving to Qom, the centre of Iran’s Shia clerical establishment. He was appointed supreme leader in 1989 after the death of the Islamic Republic’s founding father, Ayatollah …
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Donald Trump’s latest pronouncements on Iran and the chances of a negotiated agreement have to be taken seriously, as he is after all the president of the United States. This is what he said at the Nato summit in Turkey. “I don’t want to deal with them anymore, they’re scum. …
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Hundreds of football fans in Gaza watched Tuesday’s Argentina v Egypt World Cup game amongst the ruins of shattered buildings in Nuseirat. Many waved flags for Egypt, which shares a border with the war-torn enclave and has been one of the mediators in ceasefire negotiations between Hamas and Israel. The …
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The US has launched strikes on Iranian IRGC small boats and targets in the country in response to attacks on three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz A fire was filmed burning in Bandar Abbas, Iran, after the US Central Command (CentCom) reported that it had launched “powerful” strikes. …
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Abu Safiya was director of Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza, treating patients and leading the hospital as the area was under “near total siege” by Israeli forces, according to the UN. He was detained in December 2024, when the Israeli military forced patients and medical staff to leave the …
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An Israeli drone strike on a car in southern Lebanon has killed four people, including a headteacher, Lebanese state media say. Israel’s military said the car had approached a security zone and had been deemed a threat. It is the deadliest Israeli attack since the announcement of a ceasefire in …
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Israeli police have opened an investigation after CCTV emerged of a Border Police officer throwing a stun grenade into a car in the occupied West Bank. The footage, external shows the officer approaching the car in the Palestinian refugee camp Qalandia and shouting at those inside. After a brief exchange, …
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A former Syrian intelligence chief in the city of Raqqa has been found guilty of torture and sexual abuse of opponents of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, at a court in Vienna, Austria. A second Syrian official, the former police chief in Raqqa, was also found guilty of abusing …
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