An emboldened Israel appears to believe it can safely ignore a lame duck US president and grab the chance to reset the Middle East’s security dynamics Middle East crisis: live updates The Biden administration is losing influence over whether Benjamin Netanyahu launches a ground invasion into southern Lebanon or not. […]
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UK arranges flight from Beirut while Germany evacuates embassy staff and others urge citizens to leave as Israel launches limited ground operation against Hezbollah in Lebanon Middle East crisis – live updates The UK has chartered a flight out of Lebanon for Britons to leave the country amid the escalating […]
IDF says it has launched raids on villages close to the border ‘that pose an immediate threat to Israeli communities’, as Lebanon says Israeli strikes have killed 95 people in past 24 hours Middle East crisis – live updates The Israeli military has begun a “limited, localised and targeted” ground […]
UK’s 142-year history of coal-fired electricity ends as turbines at Ratcliffe-on-Soar plant in Nottinghamshire stop for good Britain’s only remaining coal power plant at Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire will generate electricity for the last time on Monday after powering the UK for 57 years. The power plant will come to the […]
Leadership contender’s team in damage control mode after she is criticised for saying burden on business is ‘excessive’ Kemi Badenoch’s campaign was in damage control mode on the first day of Conservative party conference, as rival candidates criticised comments she made on maternity pay, saying the burden on business was […]
Prolific artist who was a major star in both Nashville and Hollywood retired in 2021 after a six-decade career Kris Kristofferson, the country singer who ably balanced a prolific acting career alongside his music, has died aged 88. Kristofferson’s family confirmed his death on Sunday night, saying he “passed away […]
Attack, if confirmed, would be first by Israel on centre of Lebanese capital since 2006, as wave of Israeli airstrikes target Houthis in Yemen Israel strikes Lebanon and Yemen: what we know so far A Palestinian militant group said three of its leaders were killed in an Israeli attack on […]
Higher interest rates puts further pressure on property market, with overall transactions at lowest level in a decade The number of UK estate agents declaring insolvency has jumped by almost a third with nearly 300 businesses going bust in the last year. The figures underline the gloom around Britain’s property […]
Iran’s supreme leader says Israel’s killing of Nasrallah will “not go unavenged”, as fears grow of spiralling conflict Iran’s supreme leader has warned Israel that its assassination of Hezbollah’s veteran leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, will “not go unavenged”, as fears of a spiralling conflict in the Middle East grow. As […]
Residents of Lebanon’s capital flee their homes and seek shelter as the death toll from Israel’s airstrikes rises Gunshots fired into the air, women wailing in the streets, the ever-present buzz of drones and the distant thud of Israeli airstrikes: this was the sound of mourning in Beirut on Saturday. […]