4 h. ago Sudanese fleeing war are at risk of worsening hunger in neighboring nations, UN warns

The U.N. warns that millions fleeing Sudan’s conflict risk facing worsening hunger

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38 h. ago Government says stock up on nine emergency items as war risk increases

The items can all be kept in an emergency bag in case you need them urgently, or need to leave your home quickly

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6 d. ago Doctors and moms say these babies in Gaza may die without more formula. They blame Israel's blockade

The Gaza Health Ministry says hundreds of premature babies are at risk of death from starvation across the war-battered Gaza Strip

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7 d. ago Colbert grills NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on his Israel views ahead of primary vote

Challenger to front-runner Andrew Cuomo quizzed on whether past criticisms of Gaza war risk alienating city’s Jewish population already fearful amid rising antisemitism

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2 w. ago DAVID AVERRE answers the five big questions surrounding the Iran Israel war

The world is watching in horror as Israel and Iran continue to exchange brutal strikes as the death toll rises and the risk of all-out war grows by the hour.

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on Netanyahu’s Iran war: long planned, recklessly pursued – and perilous for all | Editorial

Israel’s strikes against Tehran risk spiralling conflict, flout legal norms and may permanently bury the last chance for nuclear diplomacyIn late 2020, Gen Mark Milley – then chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff – urged Donald Trump not to attack Iran and to ignore pressure from the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who was pushing hard for military action. Mr Trump backed down after the general warned that attacking Iran would start a war, with the risk of US officials being “tried as war criminals in The Hague”.Five years on, Israel’s prime minister has the fight with Tehran that he has spent decades preparing for, bolstered by Mr Trump’s claims that international law no longer applies. After all, why worry about red lines when The Hague’s already got a warrant out for you and your allies pretend not to notice? It helps when the US treats the international criminal court like a rogue actor. Mr Trump has even gone after the court’s judges and prosecutor for ...

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2 w. ago Netanyahu outplayed Trump on Iran. Now the US risks being mired in another war | Mohamad Bazzi

If Trump wants to be the peacemaker he claims to be, he must negotiate a new deal with TehranBefore dawn on Friday, Israel unleashed a wave of air strikes against more than 100 targets in Iran, including nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and air defense systems. The surprise Israeli attack also killed some of Iran’s most senior military commanders and nuclear scientists. The Iranian regime called it a “declaration of war” – and western powers raced to prevent a wider regional conflict that could draw in the US along with other countries in the Middle East.While the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, claims that he’s trying to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, the attack is as much intended to blow up ongoing negotiations between Tehran and Donald Trump’s administration. While Trump’s overall foreign policy has been a disaster, for months he had resisted Netanyahu’s pleas to give Israel a green light to attack Iran, with US assistance. Trump insiste...

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3 w. ago Ukraine's drone attack on Russia's nuclear bombers risks escalation to 'World War 3'

Russia's ambassador to the UK has warned that Ukraine's drone attacks on airbases for nuclear bombers risk bringing the conflict to 'World War 3' - but expressed doubt about one thing

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4 w. ago Military expert gives chilling British 'civil war' warning over 'feral cities'

British cities are at risk of becoming 'feral' and could even descend into civil war over the next few years, a military expert has warned

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4 w. ago DAN HODGES: Keir Starmer's just told the most serious lie a prime minister's made in my lifetime. Labour can't be trusted to keep us safe. War's now a real risk

In his first major speech of last year's General Election campaign Keir Starmer posed a rhetorical question.

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