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Explosion hits base of Iranian-aligned Iraqi army unit
Officials report casualties with some citing air strike on former anti-Isis unit known as Hashed al-Shaabi, which is now part of Iraq’s regular military. An explosion has hit an Iraqi military base housing pro-Iranian paramilitaries, according to ...World - Iran -
Middle East crisis live: Blinken calls for calm as Iran official says no plan for immediate retaliation to reported Israeli missile strike
US secretary of state condemns airstrike in Iran; discussion ‘leans more towards infiltration than attack’ says anonymous Iranian official. Israel has mounted strikes on Iran, US says, as Tehran plays down attackWhat we know so far about Israel’s ...World - Iran -
Israel has mounted airstrikes on Iran, US confirms, as Tehran plays down attack
Iranian official indicates no ‘immediate’ plan for retaliation after explosions reported in sky over Isfahan and Tabriz. Middle East crisis: live updatesWhat’s in Isfahan? The city home to Iranian nuclear facilitiesUS officials have confirmed that ...World - Israel -
US vetoes Palestinian request for full UN membership
Washington blocks security council resolution supported by 12 member countries, with two abstentions including UK. The US has vetoed a Palestinian request to the United Nations security council for full UN membership, blocking the world body’s ...World - United Nations -
Israel still plans to launch Rafah assault, Netanyahu tells western diplomats
Prime minister also seeks to assure allies Israel’s response to Iran will be measured, as officials urge him to focus on ceasefire deal. Benjamin Netanyahu has told western diplomats that he will go ahead with a ground offensive on Rafah in ...World - Israel -
Middle East crisis live: Israel will ‘make its own decision’ on Iran after UK and Germany call for restraint
Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments came after UK foreign minister David Cameron and his German counterpart travelled to Israel for talks. See all our Middle East crisis coverageHere are some more pictures sent over the news wires from Rafah showing the ...World - United Kingdom -
US to impose new sanctions against Iran after its air attack on Israel
National security adviser Jake Sullivan made the announcement as EU considers similar moves. See all our updates on the Israel-Gaza war and wider Middle East crisisThe US has said it will impose sanctions aimed at Iran’s missile and drone ...World - Iran -
UN demands end to Israeli forces’ support of settler attacks on West Bank Palestinians
UN human rights office expresses concern over escalating violence after deaths near Nablus over weekend. Middle East crisis – live updatesThe United Nations has voiced grave concern over escalating violence in the West Bank, demanding that Israeli ...World - Israel -
Middle East crisis live: Israel violated international law with attack on Iranian consulate in Syria, says UN expert report
UN expert report says ‘retaliatory military attacks between Israel and Iran violate the right to life and must cease immediately’. Full report: IDF chief of staff says Israel will respondExplainer: how will Israel respond to Iran’s attackA senior ...World -
IDF chief of staff says Israel will respond to Iran missile attack
General gives clearest confirmation yet that Israel will hit back but it is unclear what form response will take. Israel’s top general has said the country will respond to Iran’s missile and drone attack, but it remains unclear what form that ...World - Iran -
Middle East crisis live: France joins western allies in calling for Israel to avoid escalation after Iran attack
Emmanuel Macron says Iran should face international isolation and reasserts his country’s support for Israel. It’s being reported that Turkish, Jordanian and Iraqi officials say that Iran gave wide notice days before its drone and missile attack ...World - Iran -
Sydney stabbing live updates: Westfield Bondi Junction attack leaves seven dead, including attacker shot by police, and multiple people in critical condition
Six people killed by attacker in shopping centre in Australia, while others remain in critical condition in hospital. What we know so farFull report: seven people dead in Sydney stabbing, including attacker shot by policeAttacker had ‘big blade’, ...World -
Iranian attack on Israel expected ‘sooner rather than later’, says Joe Biden
President said US are ‘devoted to the defence of Israel’ as he urged Tehran to show restraint . Joe Biden has said he expects an Iranian attack on Israel “sooner rather than later” and issued a last-ditch message to Tehran: “Don’t.”. “We are ...World - Joe Biden -
Middle East crisis live: threat of Iranian attack on Israel ‘still viable’, says White House
White House spokesperson says US and Israel in ‘constant communication’ amid threat from Tehran. An assessment conducted by a UN team in Khan Younis after the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the area, has reported “widespread destruction”.. In ...World - Israel -
Aid ‘still not reaching Gaza’, as top US official warns famine has started
Samantha Power becomes first US official to confirm famine, while aid workers decry continuing lack of help . ‘Man-made starvation’: the obstacles to Gaza aid deliveries – visual guideA promised surge in aid into Gaza that Benjamin Netanyahu ...World -
US seeking to deter Iran from strike on Israel, officials say
US declaring commitment to Israeli security while also working to prevent regional war, say officials. The US is seeking to deter Iran from carrying out a retaliatory strike against Israel with concerted declarations of commitment to Israeli ...World - Iran -
Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine passes controversial bill to broaden civilian mobilisation in attempt to boost military
Scrapping of demobilisation date for soldiers who have spent long periods on frontlines among changes passed by parliament. Here are some of the latest images coming through from photo agencies:. We’ve got a bit more on Ukraine’s new mobilisation ...World - Ukraine -
Europe live: ‘history made’ as EU parliament passes major migration and asylum reforms
MEPs voted on more than 10 different bills aiming at reforming migration laws across bloc, amid criticism from far right, far left and greens. Malin Björk from the Swedish Left Party said the vote will not resolve problems, and that the Left group ...World - European Union -
Middle East crisis live: Israel threatens to strike Iran directly
Israel’s foreign minister says Israel will attack Iran directly if Tehran launches an attack from its territory. The commander of the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (Unifil), Aroldo Lazaro, said on Wednesday the danger of escalation on the ...World - Iran -
US defense secretary rejects Israel genocide accusations; Blinken and Cameron urge US House to pass Ukraine aid - live
Lloyd Austin says no evidence of genocide; UK foreign secretary says pending US aid is crucial for Ukraine’s success against Russia. Ken Buck was one of eight Republicans who voted to eject the previous speaker, Kevin McCarthy, last October. But ...World - Ukraine -
Israel’s security at core of German foreign policy due to Holocaust, ICJ hears
Nicaragua asks UN’s highest court to halt German weapons sales to Israel, alleging it is breaching obligation to prevent genocide. Germany has said Israel’s security is at “the core” of its foreign policy because of the history of the Holocaust, ...World - Israel -
Unrwa vital to avert starvation in Gaza, says agency official
Comments by Sam Rose, of the UN body for Palestinian refugees, come amid fears Israel plans to squeeze agency out of Gaza. Middle East crisis – live updatesThe UN agency for Palestinian refugees must remain “the backbone of any humanitarian ...World -
Middle East crisis live: pressure grows on Israel as France suggests sanctions and Turkey restricts exports
France’s foreign minister says they will continue to pressure Israel to obtain the opening for humanitarian aid to Gaza. Recent tragedies in Gaza are not a reason to “walk away from Israel”, the former British home secretary, Suella Braverman, ...World - Israel -
Rafah hospitals in danger of being overwhelmed, say Gaza doctors
Patients said to have been moved on donkey carts from evacuated hospital, in situation described as ‘catastrophic’ . Hospitals in Rafah risk being overwhelmed by a wave of sick and injured if the fighting there intensifies and routes into Gaza ...World -
Russia-Ukraine war live: UK to expel Russian defence attache, who it claims is ‘undeclared military intelligence officer’
Several Russian diplomatic premises that UK believes have been used by Russian intelligence also closed. The Kremlin also said that it valued its relations with North Korea, when asked about a report that Russia has been shipping refined petroleum ...World - Russia -
Stormy Daniels tells court she ‘hates’ Trump and wants him ‘held accountable’ – live
Adult film star cross-examined by defense; judge denies Trump attorney’s motion for mistrial. Stormy Daniels describes being ‘startled’ by sexual encounterWho are the key players in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial?Trump attorney Susan Necheles ...World - Donald Trump -
Former Trump accountant tells hush-money trial ex-president ‘personally signed’ checks to Cohen – live
Deb Tarasoff, former Trump Organization accounts supervisor, also says payments to Cohen were coming from Trump personally, not from his trust. Trial resumes with judge warning of jail time for more gag order violationsHere’s a look at Juan ...World - Donald Trump -
Xi Jinping arrives in France with Ukraine and EU trade row at top of agenda
On his first visit to Europe since 2019, Xi is set to meet with Emmanuel Macron before heading to Serbia and Hungary. Xi Jinping has lauded China’s ties with France as a model for the international community as he arrived in Paris amid threats of ...World - Ukraine -
Braverman tells Sunak to ‘own’ dismal election results and ‘fix it’ but says it’s too late for Tories to change leader– UK politics live
Former home secretary says Tory voters are ‘on strike’ and are ‘not coming out to support us’ in wake of dire local and mayoral election results. Labour triumphs in London and West MidlandsBraverman says no time to oust Sunak so he must ‘own this ...World - United Kingdom -
Suella Braverman says no time to oust Sunak so he must ‘own this and fix it’
Former home secretary says PM’s ‘plan is not working’ and he needs to change course after local elections drubbing. Suella Braverman has said the Conservatives have run out of time to oust Rishi Sunak but he needs to “own this and fix it”, after ...World -
Labour’s Richard Parker defeats Andy Street in tight West Midlands mayoral race after Sadiq Khan wins third term in London – live
Labour has secured mayoral victories in London, Greater Manchester, Salford, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Liverpool today. Local elections 2024: full council results for EnglandRishi Sunak is braced for the result of key mayoral elections ...World -
Sadiq Khan elected London mayor for third term in further boost for Labour
Labour incumbent beat Tory candidate Susan Hall, despite inaccurate claims by ‘excited Tories’ that she might run him close. UK politics – latest updatesSadiq Khan has been elected mayor of London, winning a historic third term after a dramatic ...World -
Israelis voice sadness and defiance over Gaza protests on US campuses
People in Jerusalem express little sympathy with anti-war demonstrators, with some accusing them of hatred for Israel. At the Jerusalem theatre on Thursday night, concertgoers and staff expressed a mixture of anger, sadness and defiance as weeks ...World - Israel -
Rebuilding homes in Gaza will cost $40bn and take 16 years, UN finds
Agency pushing to raise funds as research shows 44 years of development in health and education could be erased by the war. Rebuilding homes in Gaza destroyed during Israel’s seven-month military offensive could take until 2040 in the most ...World -
Middle East crisis live: Rebuilding Gaza will cost $30bn to $40bn, UN says as scale of distruction is ‘huge and unprecedented’
UN agency says reconstruction will require effort on a scale unseen since second world war. The EU has offered Lebanon a financial package of €1bn (£855m / $1.07bn), European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said in Beirut on Thursday.. ...World -
Israel under pressure to let more aid into Gaza as hostage talks continue
Antony Blinken holds two-hour meeting with Netanyahu while Hamas considers ceasefire proposal. Israel’s leaders were under renewed pressure to allow more aid into Gaza on Wednesday after the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, told Benjamin ...World - Israel -
‘Enough with the gaslighting’: Harris responds to Trump’s insistence that he doesn’t back national abortion ban – live
Vice-president calls abortion access a ‘fundamental freedom’ in Florida as state’s six-week ban takes effect. Florida’s six-week abortion ban takes effectArizona Democrats to make final push to repeal near-total abortion banGreene wrapped up the ...World - Abortion -
Middle East crisis live: Jordan says some Israeli settlers attacked aid convoys on way to Gaza
Two convoys on the way to Gaza attacked by some Israeli settlers, reports Jordan’s state news agency. See all our Middle East crisis coverageReporting for Al Jazeera from Rafah, Tareq Abu Azzoum has said that Israel appears to have “ramped up ...World - Israel -
Netanyahu vows to raid Rafah ‘with or without’ hostage deal
Mediators renew efforts to secure a truce ahead of invasion of city, where more than 1 million people are sheltering. . . Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Israel will proceed with an offensive on the southern Gaza city of Rafah even if renewed ...World -
Pro-Palestine protesters at Columbia ignore ultimatum to clear encampment
University begins suspensions early on Monday evening ‘to ensure safety on campus’ after talks to reach compromise fail. Columbia University’s pro-Palestinian protesters ignored an ultimatum on Monday to abandon their encampment or risk ...World