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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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The Trump administration kills children abroad while being ‘pro-life’ at home | Arwa Mahdawi

March 21, 2026 · 1:00 PM Arwa Mahdawi

In Georgia a woman was charged with murder after allegedly taking pills to induce a termination. Yet America happily...

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5m tonnes of CO2 emitted in just 14 days of US war on Iran, analysis finds

March 21, 2026 · 12:00 PM Damien Gayle

Exclusive: War in the Middle East is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined

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Israel has crushed Unrwa in Gaza – and the rest of the world has done nothing | Philippe Lazzarini

March 21, 2026 · 10:00 AM Philippe Lazzarini

I bow out of my role for the organisation at a perilous time for the international law. There are consequences not just...

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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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Attacks on synagogues and Jewish shops in the UK, Europe and the US don’t hurt Netanyahu. They just hurt ordinary Jews | Jonathan Freedland

March 20, 2026 · 6:13 PM Jonathan Freedland

Too many want to cast acts of violence and antisemitism as blows against Israel’s government. But the fear and terror...

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The war in Iran is ripping up the Gulf’s plan for stability | Sanam Vakil

March 20, 2026 · 12:30 PM Sanam Vakil

As missiles fall from the sky and energy infrastructure is targeted, the limitations of relying on the US for...

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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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World News

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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