Category: The Gaurdian

Iranian parliament speaker says ‘no negotiations’ held with US, as Trump postpones energy strikes for five days; European Commission chief says war must come to negotiated end Trump claims ‘productive’ talks with Iran but Tehran denies contact Israel launches new strikes on Tehran as Trump pauses Iran energy attacks Vietnam’s ...

Donald Trump has delayed his deadline for Iran to open the strait of Hormuz, saying he is postponing strikes on Iranian power plants for a five-day period. The US president had threatened to ‘obliterate’ the regime’s power plants, while Tehran said in return it would ‘irreversibly destroy’ essential infrastructure across ...

Israeli military says it will continue operations in line with Israeli government directives until told otherwise Middle East crisis – live updates The Israeli military said it had launched a new wave of strikes on Tehran, after Donald Trump signalled a pause in US attacks against energy infrastructure after what ...

Iranian parliament speaker says ‘no negotiations’ were held with US, as Trump postpones strikes on power plants for five days Israel launches new strikes on Tehran as Trump pauses Iran energy attacks British prime minister Keir Starmer is set to chair an emergency meeting on the economic fallout from the ...

Some inside Iran believe Trump’s threat designed to divert attention from Trump’s desire to seize islands in strait of Hormuz Middle East crisis – live updates A wave of temporary relief, and some jubilation swept through Iran as Donald Trump announced he was postponing his attack on Iran’s energy infrastructure ...

The Trump administration is embracing violence for the sake of violence It appears that members of Trump’s cabinet get chosen not despite their endorsements of violence, but because of them. Pete Hegseth was primarily known as a dapper TV host willing to defend war crimes. Markwayne Mullin is apparently still ...

The whole ecosystem inside a cave feeds off guano, dead bats, or any dead animals on the ground. It’s not for the faint-hearted It can be daunting entering a cave. It is an underground world that possibly hasn’t been explored before. The first smell that hits you is guano (or ...

Lucia Osborne-Crowley on what we should learn from Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes Lucia Osborne-Crowley, journalist and author of The Lasting Harm, explains the grooming tactics of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. “People talk about Jeffrey Epstein as though he’s special or as though he’s mysterious in some way,” Lucia tells Annie ...

Mid-range handset gets chip, storage and MagSafe upgrades to offer more essential iOS features for less The cheapest new iPhone has been upgraded for this year with a faster chip, double the storage, automatic portraits and MagSafe, providing even more of the core Apple smartphone experience for less. The iPhone ...

How have the rich and powerful convinced so many voters that the reason they are struggling is the poor and powerless? The American historian talks about the weaponising of divisiveness ‘I think I’ve had at least seven books that have been banned in the United States,” says Ibram X Kendi, ...