3 h. ago F1 chief gives update on Qatar Grand Prix plans after Israel attack in Doha

Israeli strikes in Doha, the capital of Qatar, earlier this week took place just a few miles away from the Lusail International Circuit which will host F1 cars later this year

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3 h. ago Israel’s attack on Qatar proves Trump’s pledges of protection are worthless | Mohamad Bazzi

Deadly airstrike was Benjamin Netanyahu’s latest move to obstruct peace negotiations, threatening Qatar’s role as intermediaryWhen Donald Trump visited Qatar in May, he promised to defend the tiny, wealthy emirate and its rulers. “We are going to protect this country,” Trump declared on his state visit, where he was treated like royalty and honored in gilded palaces. “It’s a very special place, with a special royal family They are great people and they are going to be protected by the United States.”Over two decades, Qatar spent billions of dollars to upgrade the largest US military base in the Middle East and spent many more billions to buy US warplanes and other weapons. In May, as the president prepared to visit, the Qatari government donated a luxury Boeing jet, a “palace in the sky” valued at $400m, which is now being refitted so Trump can use it as Air Force One.Mohamad Bazzi is director of the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, and a journalism professor, at New...

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10 h. ago Starmer fancies himself a leader among leaders – but his tough talk on defence is just expensive bluster | Simon Jenkins

With the world in crisis, the PM is spending billions to back his posturing. But he has no clout over Gaza or Ukraine, and it’s time he acted accordinglyEach night we wonder where we are. We sit in comfort watching death and destruction fall on thousands in Gaza and Ukraine. Each night we see buildings exploding, people screaming and children starving. Statesmen stand around and deplore. There is anxious talk of what next – another 9/11 perhaps, or a Cuba 1962? Or is it, as some say, a 1939 or 1914 moment? As for the one man with notional power over the world, Donald Trump, his pledge of an end to wars has proved futile – and a bonanza for defence industries everywhere.Whenever someone cries that something must be done, I always ask by whom? Day after day, Britain’s Keir Starmer – when he isn’t battling domestic crises and scandals – rises in the Commons to announce that he is working towards a ceasefire. But he is not. He is talking about working. If Trump cannot stop the killing –...

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11 h. ago US joins UN Security Council’s condemnation of Doha airstrike ahead of Trump’s meeting with Qatari PM: Latest

Donald Trump has reportedly held a heated phone call with Benjamin Netanyahu over Tuesday's strike that killed six

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29 h. ago Qatar to hold emergency summit with Arab countries after Israeli strike on Doha: Latest

Donald Trump has reportedly held a heated phone call with Benjamin Netanyahu over Tuesday's strike that killed six

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31 h. ago Israel ‘killed any hope’ for hostages with attack on Doha, says Qatar prime minister: Latest

Donald Trump has reportedly held a heated phone call with Benjamin Netanyahu over Tuesday's strike that killed six

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34 h. ago Trump has ‘heated phone call’ with Netanyahu over Israeli airstrike targeting Hamas in Qatar: Latest

Israel’s ambassador to the US vows to strike Hamas again after Trump calls out Doha airstrike

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40 h. ago Starmer tells Israeli president Qatar airstrikes ‘unacceptable’ and ‘do nothing to secure peace’

Israel faced widespread global condemnation following its attack on Qatar on Tuesday

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46 h. ago Netanyahu is an unhinged narcissist who has sabotaged world peace, says furious Qatar

Netanyahu’s unilateral actions bombing Doha are one of ‘madman’ who is attacking international rules-based order, warns senior Qatari official

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53 h. ago Qatar says it has a right to respond to Israeli attack that killed six in Doha: latest

The Qatari prime minister accused Israel of ‘dragging the region to a place where it unfortunately cannot be repaired’

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56 h. ago ‘Very unhappy’ Trump claims he tried to warn Qatar of impending Israeli attack that killed six in Doha: Latest

Benjamin Netanyahu insists airstrike on Qatar ‘entirely justified’

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63 h. ago Israeli attack on Hamas leaders in quiet Qatar shocks Gulf allies, tests US ties

The tiny, wealthy Gulf Arab state of Qatar has long hosted the biggest American military base in the Middle East

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67 h. ago Mapped: All the countries Israel has attacked in the Middle East since 7 October Hamas massacre

Airstrike on Doha in Qatar representing expansion of its operations condemned worldwide

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2 d. ago Qatar condemns Israel’s ‘cowardly attack’ on Doha after senior Hamas leaders targeted by airstrike

It is the first time Israel has targeted the Hamas leadership in Qatar - the attacks have attracted widespread condemnation

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3 d. ago Mapped: All the countries Israel has attacked in the Middle East since October 7 Hamas massacre

Israel latest airstrike is on Doha in Qatar, a further expansion of its operations across the region

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3 d. ago Israel strikes in Qatar: What we know so far as Israel carries out attack on senior Hamas leaders

A senior Israeli official has claimed among those targeted was Hamas’ chief negotiator Khalil Al-Hayya.

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3 d. ago Israel strikes Hamas leadership in Qatari capital: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Israel launched a missile attack against Hamas leadership in Qatar today, in an attack the country has branded 'cowardly' and a 'flagrant violation' of international law.

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