Category: The Gaurdian

A government that openly embraces violence against Palestinians has now enshrined into law a policy of lethal force Yuli Novak is the executive director of B’Tselem, an Israeli human rights group This week, Israel passed a law that institutionalises the execution of Palestinians. The country’s courts can now impose death ...

Deep divisions on Israel mean the union has failed to act over Lebanon, Gaza, or settler violence in the West Bank The human costs of Israel’s attacks on Lebanon were plain to see when the Irish MEP Barry Andrews visited Beirut last month. He met people who had fled Israeli ...

Saunas and cold plunge pools are popping up everywhere in the UK, bringing fiery heat and icy cold to a beach, city farm or park near you. Their users will be ready with all the reasons why it’s good for both the mind and the body. But what’s the evidence ...

Endo Kazutoshi spent decades climbing to the top of the culinary world, only for a devastating fire to threaten it all. I joined him in the aftermath as he travelled around his homeland, visiting the people that helped make him Endo Kazutoshi was on the train to Paris when he ...

President says ‘little journey’ to Iran close to achieving US aims but offers few details on plan to wind down conflict Middle East crisis – live updates Donald Trump used a primetime address to the nation on Wednesday evening to declare the month-long war in Iran a success “nearing completion”, ...

President used speech to justify the war and offer a timeline for its completion, as he faces falling poll numbers and a global energy crisis ‘We have all the cards’: Trump says US war on Iran ‘nearing completion’ Israel hits Iran with waves of attacks and says it killed top ...

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As the world’s attention is drawn to the Middle East, Donald Trump’s assault on Iran has had damaging knock-on consequences for Kyiv After meeting European Union foreign ministers this week, Volodymyr Zelenskyy voiced exasperation over the continued blocking of a €90bn EU loan to Kyiv by Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor ...

War shows little sign of easing despite Donald Trump claiming Iranian leadership ‘just asked’ for ceasefire Middle East crisis – live updates Israel unleashed two waves of attacks on Tehran and said it had killed a senior Hezbollah commander on Wednesday with little sign of the war easing up despite ...

American journalist Shelly Kittleson has been kidnapped in Baghdad by a suspected Iranian-backed Iraqi armed group, the US has said, as regional security deteriorates after the US-Israeli attacks on Iran. Police officials in Iraq said Kittleson was seized by four men in civilian clothes and taken in a vehicle. A surveillance ...