Hundreds have been celebrating across Tel Aviv, but organisations are committed to stand by until all captives are returned Middle East crisis – live updates Caught between hope and despair for the past 15 months, families of Israeli hostages have welcomed the ceasefire agreement with Hamas, which promises the release […]
Deal to pause 15-month war expected to be officially accepted by Israel after cabinet meeting Israel-Gaza war – live updates Hamas and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire deal, pausing the war in Gaza and designed to broker an end to the brutal 15-month conflict, the mediator Qatar has said. […]
US president-elect demanded a deal – while success against Iran and Hezbollah gave Israeli PM room to make one The phone call from Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steven Witkoff, surprised the aides of Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Calling from Doha in Qatar last Friday evening, […]
Relatives watch and wait as talks to broker ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continue in Qatar The families of Israeli hostages held captive for 15 months in the Gaza Strip have voiced cautious optimism their loved ones may soon be free as talks to broker a ceasefire between Israel and […]
Exclusive: Findings suggest ‘weakening of west’ as relations become more transactional, say report’s authors European anxiety about Donald Trump’s return to the White House is not shared in much of the world, a poll has shown, with more people in non-western powers such as China, Russia, India and Brazil welcoming […]
Lancet commission’s report calls for global shake-up and suggests looking at measures such as waist-to-height ratios and ill-health symptoms Reframing obesity may end the diagnosis debate, but the health challenges remain Doctors are proposing a “radical overhaul” of how obesity is diagnosed worldwide amid concerns that a reliance on body […]
Siddiq was under pressure over her occupancy of properties linked to her aunt, Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s ousted leader Tulip Siddiq has resigned as a Treasury minister after accepting the government was being harmed by the furore over her close ties to her aunt, the ousted prime minister of Bangladesh now […]
Impeached president detained over failed December martial law bid a month after a first attempt ended in stalemate South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been arrested and is to undergo questioning over his ill-fated declaration of martial law last month, anti-corruption investigators said on Wednesday, bringing to an […]
Documents indicate monarch was informed Anthony Blunt was Soviet agent in 1973, though he confessed in 1964 The late Queen Elizabeth II was not told for almost 10 years that Anthony Blunt, a surveyor of the queen’s pictures and a member of the royal household, had confessed to being a […]
Keir Starmer offers support to underfire chancellor after bruising start to new year Rachel Reeves will remain as chancellor until the next general election, Keir Starmer has insisted, as he warned the Treasury would be “ruthless” over public spending cuts to help meet the government’s fiscal rules. The Treasury is […]