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More than 100,000 Britons stranded in Gulf, with airspace closed to most flights
UK considering all evacuation options, including charter and military flights and bus trips across land bordersMore than 100,000 Britons were stranded in the Gulf on Monday, with airspace in the region still closed to most...
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Our 20 favourite pieces of in-depth reporting, essays and profiles from the yearVictor Pelevin made his name in 90s Russia with scathing satires of authoritarianism. But while his literary peers have faced censorship and fled...
Read MoreWhy Trump’s lavish Saudi courtship leaves Israel on the backfoot
Pageantry and trillion-dollar promises reveal how Washington’s loyalties may be tilting toward the GulfThe White House welcome bestowed on the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, was the most lavish of the Trump...
Read MoreTrump’s retreat from Nato was priced in. But his humiliation of Qatar and India spells total chaos | Nesrine Malik
Allies indulged the US president on the basis they wouldn’t be bombed or suffer economic damage. So much for that ideaSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect...
Read MoreTrump is no ‘strongman’ when it comes to Russia or Israel. If other democracies don’t step up, anarchy awaits | Simon Tisdall
Putin and Netanyahu are creating chaos in the vacuum left by a weak US president. But there are still ways to foil themIt is too easy to blame Donald Trump for everything that goes wrong in the world. The ability of any US...
Read MoreStarmer condemns Israel airstrike on Qatar as No 10 denies prior knowledge of attack
‘Immediate ceasefire, the release of hostages and a huge surge in aid into Gaza’ only route to peace, says PMKeir Starmer has condemned Israel’s strike on Qatar before a meeting with the Israeli president in...
Read MoreThe go-between: how Qatar became the global capital of diplomacy
The tiny, astonishingly wealthy country has become a major player on the world stage, trying to solve some of the most intractable conflicts. What’s driving this project?On the morning of Friday 13 June, a few hours after...
Read More‘This is the looting of America’: Trump and Co’s extraordinary conflicts of interest in his second term
Bitcoin, internet, EVs, private dinners for hire – the list of pay-for-play and quid quo pro goes on, and on … and onThe South Lawn of the White House had never seen anything like it. The president of the United...
Read MoreUK-Gulf trade deal worth £1.6bn lacks human rights provisions, groups warn
Exclusive: Trade unions and human rights organisations fear environment and human rights being pushed asideThe UK is on the brink of signing a £1.6bn trade agreement with Gulf states, amid warnings from rights groups that...
Read MoreUK suspends trade talks with Israel as Lammy calls Gaza blockade ‘morally wrong’ and ‘unjustifiable’ – UK politics live
Foreign secretary tells parliament that the Israeli government’s ‘egregious actions and rhetoric’ are isolating the country from its friends and partnersThe Scottish secretary has said the new UK-EU trade deal...
Read MoreUK not rejoining the EU with new deal, says minister – UK politics live
Industry minister Sarah Jones says economic benefits will outweigh costs amid Tory attacksThe shadow foreign secretary, Priti Patel, has said that the government’s deal with the EU is a betrayal of Brexit, and accused the...
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