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  • Gaza humanitarian aid ship bombed by drones in waters off Malta – video

    Freedom Flotilla Coalition claims Israel to blame for attack on unarmed civilian vessel in international waters
  • A woman wearing a scarf surrounded by four children

    Gaza blockade: a Palestinian widow, her children and a cupboard that is almost bare

    Ibtisam Ghalia and her four children are just one of the families living on brink of starvation with no sign of an end to blockade
  • Paul Rogers

    Militarily cosying up to Trump in Yemen cannot end well for the UK

    Paul Rogers
    US foreign policy is turning it into a global pariah – yet Labour’s strike on the Houthis represents a new level of support, says professor of peace studies Paul Rogers
  • A firefighter at work near Latrun with flames visible in the background

    Israel declares national emergency as wildfires force evacuations

    Firefighters have rushed to control wildfires that have injured several people and prompted the military to deploy troops to help
  • Motorists abandon cars as 'worst wildfire in decades' rages near Jerusalem – video

    Thousands were evacuated and several were taken to hospital
  • People displaced by RSF attacks on Zamzam camp shelter in the town of Tawila

    Today in Focus
    The attack on Zamzam refugee camp and what it means for the Sudan war - podcast

    Guardian journalist Kaamil Ahmed reports on the devastating assault by the Rapid Support Forces on the camp in Darfur and what it tells us about the group’s plans in Sudan’s civil war
  • David Lammy’s comments mark the first time the UK has acknowledged discussions with France about recognising a Palestinian state
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    UK foreign secretary says France and UK in talks to recognise Palestinian state – video

  • David Lammy talking to Emmanuel Macron

    Lammy confirms UK and France in talks over Palestine recognition

  • Mourners holding posters of the Revolutionary Guards colonel Hassan Sayyad Khodaei, who was shot by gunmen outside his home in Tehran in 2022.

    Iran executes man accused of helping Israel kill Revolutionary Guards colonel

  • Armed members of Syria's Druze community walk along a street

    Deadly Syria clashes continue for second day outside Damascus

  • Middle East crisis live
    US claims there are ‘serious concerns’ over Unrwa as agency says Israel has abused detained staff – as it happened

  • US backs Israel's ban on Unrwa Gaza aid in international court of justice hearing – video

  • Before and after: images by Sudan’s accidental war photographer show loss of everyday life

  • UK launches Yemen airstrikes, joining US campaign against Houthi rebels

  • IRAN-EXPLOSION<br>A handout picture provided by the Iranian Red Crescent (IRCS) on April 28, 2025, shows rescuers at the scene of a massive explosion that took place two days earlier at the Shahid Rajaee port dock southwest of Bandar Abbas in the Iranian province of Hormozgan. Firefighters still battled raging fires on April 28 at the country's largest commercial port, two days after the massive explosion that killed at least 40 people, state TV reported. (Photo by Iranian Red Crescent / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / IRANIAN RED CRESCENT SOCIETY (IRCS)" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by -/Iranian Red Crescent/AFP via Getty Images)

    Iranian journalists say they are being muzzled over reporting port explosion

  • A woman carries a cardboard box bearing the Unrwa logo on her head

    Unrwa says Israel has abused detained staff and used some as human shields

  • a fighter jet taking off

    US fighter jet rolls off aircraft carrier as ship reportedly swerves Houthi fire

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    Trump 100 days: from cornerstone of the west to unreliable ally

  • I used to run Israel’s security agency – now I’m sounding the alarm about our extremist government

    Ami Ayalon
  • Trump’s first 100 days supercharged a global ‘freefall of rights’, says Amnesty

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