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Middle East crisis live: Trump says US considering ‘winding down’ war; Iran fired missiles at UK-US base on Diego Garcia

March 21, 2026 · 7:19 PM Marina Dunbar (now); Harry Taylor, Hamish Mackay and Adam Fulton (earlier)

President says US ‘getting very close to meeting our objectives’; missiles fired at joint US-UK military base in...

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Trump hints at wind down of war as US prepares to send more troops to Gulf

March 21, 2026 · 7:44 AM Peter Beaumont Senior international correspondent

Washington considers Kharg Island takeover as Donald Trump calls Nato allies ‘cowards’ for refusal to ‘help...

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Israel deliberately targeting medical facilities in south Lebanon, say health workers

March 21, 2026 · 6:00 AM William Christou and Abbas Abdelkarim in south Lebanon

Medics and officials say there is systematic use of double-tap strikes in campaign to make the south uninhabitable

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Israel launches fresh strikes on Tehran and Beirut - as it happened

March 21, 2026 · 3:40 AM Adam Fulton (now); Kyriakos Petrakos, Lucy Campbell, Tom Ambrose, Yohannes Lowe, Kate Lamb and Callum Jones (earlier)

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Behind the bombast, Trump will be worried: when he tries to stop the war on Iran, will anyone listen? | Simon Tisdall

March 20, 2026 · 12:10 PM Simon Tisdall

Though the president wields great power, the conflict in the Middle East is spiralling in unforeseen ways that he may...

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Australia News

Anthony Albanese claims hecklers at Lakemba mosque unhappy Labor outlawed ‘extremist organisations’

March 20, 2026 · 3:54 AM Jordyn Beazley and AAP

Prime minister makes hasty exit after people heard yelling phrases including ‘disgrace’, ‘shame’ and...

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Israel denies ‘dragging’ US into war – as it happened

March 20, 2026 · 2:26 AM Callum Jones, Lucy Campbell , Tom Ambrose, Taz Ali, Hamish Mackay and Adam Fulton

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EU leaders vow to support Cyprus in talks over future of British bases

March 19, 2026 · 10:58 PM Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Akrotiri and Dhekelia bases have become targets for Iran after outbreak of Middle East crisis

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Trump threatens to ‘blow up’ all of Iran’s South Pars gasfield if Tehran strikes Qatar

March 19, 2026 · 5:53 AM Callum Jones

US president says ‘extremely important and valuable’ site will be targeted if Iran continues to attack Qatar...

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Cathay Pacific suspends flights to and from Dubai until end of April – as it happened

March 19, 2026 · 3:43 AM Adam Fulton (now); Lucy Campbell, Tom Ambrose, Taz Ali and Wendy Frew (earlier)

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Australia News

Morning Mail: crude spikes as Israel hits major gasfield, the driveways that ate Sydney, flight of the fashionistas

March 18, 2026 · 7:52 PM Martin Farrer

Tehran vows to strike at energy facilities after Israel hits main gasfield; study shows how housing redevelopments have...

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Israel strikes Iran’s South Pars gasfield hours after forces kill intelligence minister

March 18, 2026 · 7:25 PM Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem and William Christou in Beirut

Death confirmed of Esmail Khatib, the third senior Iranian figure killed in 24 hours, as Israel also launches intense...

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