6 h. ago Mega volcano extinct for 700,000 years suddenly wakes up as eruption fears grow

Gas from the 'zombie' volcano in Iran can be smelled 30 miles away, and it's so pungent that people are talking on social media – it could explode in the Middle East's first eruption in 800 years

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10 h. ago Netanyahu pours cold water on claims that Gaza’s Rafah crossing will reopen

The crossing will remain closed until further notice, his office says

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18 h. ago Gavin and Stacey star Mathew Horne's quiet life in 'special' Scottish village

The sitcom star is believed to have previously swapped city life for a remote Scottish village, saying he loves the 'peace and tranquility'.

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18 h. ago Israel identifies remains of another hostage handed over by Hamas

The 76-year-old was abducted on October 7, 2023

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26 h. ago Hamas continues efforts to return bodies of hostages under ceasefire deal

Hamas has delivered the remains of nine individuals, plus a tenth body Israel claimed was not a hostage

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34 h. ago ‘It’s a trickle – we need a flood’: Northern Gaza is still not seeing enough aid despite ceasefire, humanitarian agencies warn

The ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel has allowed more aid to flow into Gaza – but obstacles remain, particularly in the north

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36 h. ago Trump vindicated as stunning new poll crowns him the man who did what Obama and Biden never could in the Middle East

Donald Trump may not have been awarded a Nobel Peace Prize yet, but American voters - even Democrats - are giving him high marks for his work trying to achieve peace in the Middle East.

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38 h. ago Giorgia Meloni condemns Italian union leader for ‘Trump courtesan’ remark

Prime minister says CGIL head is ‘clouded by resentment’ and accuses the left of hypocrisy towards womenGiorgia Meloni has condemned the boss of Italy’s biggest trade union after he referred to the prime minister as the “courtesan” of Donald Trump.Maurizio Landini, the leader of CGIL, which organised several pro-Palestinian protests before the Gaza ceasefire deal, made the remarks on TV on Tuesday, the day after world leaders, including Meloni, met in Egypt for a Middle East peace summit. Continue reading...

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40 h. ago Gaza latest: Aid delivery ‘extremely challenging’ despite Israel

UN aid chief Tom Fletcher said humanitarian groups have a ‘mountain to climb’ to deliver the necessary scale of aid in Gaza

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47 h. ago Gaza latest: Trump threatens to ‘go in and kill Hamas’ if violence continues amid delays over dead hostages

Families of Israeli hostages demand termination of ceasefire deal if Hamas fails to return the 19 bodies remaining in Gaza

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50 h. ago Mamdani and Cuomo spar in New York mayoral debate – US politics live

Candidates debate Trump, Gaza and New York-specific issues, while John Bolton indicted by federal grand juryFormer Trump adviser John Bolton indicted on 18 countsA reminder that my colleagues are covering the latest developments out of the Middle East, as Israel and Hamas continue to carry out various aspects of the US brokered ceasefire deal.This includes the news today that Israel returned the bodies of 30 Palestinians to Gaza, bringing the total number handed over to 120, according the Gaza health ministry and Nasser hospital in Khan Younis. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago Gaza latest: Trump says ‘we will have no choice but to go in and kill Hamas’ if violence continues

Hamas has accused Israel of breaching the ceasefire by killing Palestinians while Israel says it wants the bodies of all hostages returned

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56 h. ago Trump says he will meet Putin in Hungary after ‘productive’ call – live

US president says he and Russian leader agreed to convene next week in an undetermined location in BudapestA reminder that my colleagues are covering the latest developments out of the Middle East, as Israel and Hamas continue to carry out various aspects of the US brokered ceasefire deal.This includes the news today that Israel returned the bodies of 30 Palestinians to Gaza, bringing the total number handed over to 120, according the Gaza health ministry and Nasser hospital in Khan Younis. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago Johnson condemns leaked Young Republicans group chat messages as Senate fails to pass funding bill for tenth time – live

House speaker says he didn’t know the Young Republicans chat members as Senate rejects House-passed funding bill 51-45 as shutdown reaches 16th dayUS government shutdown stretches as progressives reject Republicans’ healthcare promisesVance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’A reminder that my colleagues are covering the latest developments out of the Middle East, as Israel and Hamas continue to carry out various aspects of the US brokered ceasefire deal.This includes the news today that Israel returned the bodies of 30 Palestinians to Gaza, bringing the total number handed over to 120, according the Gaza health ministry and Nasser hospital in Khan Younis. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago Fears for Gaza ceasefire grow after Israel and Hamas accuse each other of breaching Trump’s peace

Hamas has claimed Israel has killed 24 Palestinians since the ceasefire began, while Israeli hostage families call on the truce to be terminated if the remaining bodies in Gaza are not returned

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60 h. ago Gaza latest: Hamas accuses Israel of killing 24 people since Friday in breach of Trump’s ceasefire

Hamas has accused Israel of breaching the ceasefire by killing Palestinians while Israel says it wants the bodies of all hostages returned

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62 h. ago While the eyes of the world are on Gaza, Israeli settlers in the West Bank still behave with impunity | Ofer Cassif

As the harvest season begins, attacks on Palestinian farmers and their land are spiralling. The words of peace following the Gaza ceasefire ring hollowLast Monday, when the US president, Donald Trump, addressed the Knesset alongside the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, my compatriot lawmaker Ayman Odeh and I raised a banner calling them to “Recognise Palestine”. We were brutally expelled by force from the parliament’s plenum, revealing the fragile state of the supposed “only democracy in the Middle East”. How can Trump and Netanyahu speak of peace in the Middle East without recognition of the people deprived for decades of their basic liberties and rights under vicious occupation?Nowhere is the deceit more clear than in the occupied West Bank. There, the words of peace are but a weak and distant voice, but the horrifying sounds of settler violence and terror still echo loudly. More than 30 occurrences of settler violence against Palestinians have been documented since the...

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62 h. ago Irish court strikes down police decision to not investigate Airbnbs in Israeli settlements

The case was brought by Irish-Palestinian non-governmental organisation Sadaka

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63 h. ago Gaza latest: Israeli hostage families demand ceasefire is terminated if Hamas fails to return remaining bodies

Hamas says all reachable hostage bodies have been returned to Israel after two more were handed over late on Wednesday

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63 h. ago Poisoned water and shattered grid: Gaza left in environmental freefall after war, report says

Approximately 80 per cent of all croplands in Gaza had been either damaged or destroyed, report says

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