Iran warns move would breach ceasefire as US president also repeats threats to strike critical infrastructure Middle East crisis – live updates Donald Trump has said the US will begin blockading the strait of Hormuz in an attempt to take control of the strategic waterway from Iran in the aftermath ...
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The Guardian view on US-Iran talks: Trump’s diplomacy falters as risk of war grows | EditorialThe Guardian view on US-Iran talks: Trump’s diplomacy falters as risk of war grows | Editorial
An American blockade in the strait of Hormuz raises energy-market dangers after failed negotiations – pushing a fragile ceasefire closer to collapse As the US vice-president, JD Vance, took to a podium in Pakistan after 21 hours of diplomacy and said no deal had been reached to end the war ...
Dr TikTok: patients diagnose chronic illnesses with anonymous commenters’ helpDr TikTok: patients diagnose chronic illnesses with anonymous commenters’ help
TikTok users increasingly say the app has steered them toward diagnosing medical problems not yet identified Malina Lee, a 31-year-old wedding baker based in San Antonio, Texas, joined TikTok during the Covid pandemic lockdowns in 2020. Like many people at the time, she was bored and began using the platform ...
Planeloads of negotiators and too little time: US and Iran’s 21 hours of talksPlaneloads of negotiators and too little time: US and Iran’s 21 hours of talks
The two sides turned up to test one another’s resolve. It was probably unrealistic to expect a dispute that has taken up years of discussion to be settled in one marathon session Middle East crisis – live updates It was if the two delegations in the Iran-US peace talks in ...
JD Vance says talks failed due to Iran’s refusal to give up nuclear programmeJD Vance says talks failed due to Iran’s refusal to give up nuclear programme
Iranian sources, however, blame ‘excessive’ demands from Washington for breakdown of talks in Islamabad to resolve US-Iran conflict Middle East crisis – live The US vice-president, JD Vance, has blamed the failure of marathon negotiations with Iran on the country’s refusal to abandon its nuclear weapons programme, while Iranian sources ...
‘We waited 12 years’: escapees from Syria’s camps face an uncertain future‘We waited 12 years’: escapees from Syria’s camps face an uncertain future
A young Albanian woman’s escape from al-Hawl offers rare hope – but as the camp empties many are left stranded, prompting urgent calls for repatriation For weeks he hovered near Turkey’s border with Syria hoping for good news. In early February, Xhetan Ndregjoni got word of what he was waiting ...
Too hot to handle? Why it’s time for straight male authors to rediscover sexToo hot to handle? Why it’s time for straight male authors to rediscover sex
It’s a high-wire act and the risk of an embarrassing failure can weigh heavily – but that’s no reason to avoid writing about sex, argues Black Bag author Luke Kennard Are straight male writers scared of writing about sex? If you read modern fiction it’s hard to conclude otherwise. Maybe we’re worried ...
The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca SolnitThe United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit
The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment The United States is being murdered, and it’s an inside job. Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled. All this ...
‘Everything is gone’: Israel destroys entire villages in Lebanon‘Everything is gone’: Israel destroys entire villages in Lebanon
Rights groups fear tactic of ‘domicide’ trialled in Gaza, where entire areas are made uninhabitable, is being used again The Israeli military has demolished entire villages as part of its invasion of south Lebanon, rigging homes with explosives and razing them to the ground in massive remote detonations. The Guardian ...
‘They’re all junk, and should be banned’: the trouble with at-home food intolerance tests‘They’re all junk, and should be banned’: the trouble with at-home food intolerance tests
A multimillion-pound industry has sprung up promising it can detect sensitivities to certain ingredients with a simple remote finger prick test. But the results can be misleading – and even dangerous My kitchen table is littered with tiny test tubes, envelopes and plastic lancets. At one end of the table, ...