18 h. ago Netanyahu will never accept peace. Where will his perpetual war lead next? | Simon Tisdall

Israel, backed by a capricious Donald Trump, never intended to honour the ceasefire. These airstrikes mark a dire new phase in the conflictThe first and last rule of Benjamin Netanyahu’s doctrine of perpetual warfare is brutally to the point: peace cannot and must not be allowed to last. As indiscriminate, deadly fire once again descends upon the defenceless people of Gaza, unleashed on the orders of Israel’s bellicose prime minister, an anguished cry is heard. Is the precious two-month-long ceasefire with Hamas definitively over? To which comes the dismaying answer: it barely matters. This truce, now shattering into a million pieces, was but a brief, deceptive pause in a war that never stops.It doesn’t stop because Netanyahu is sustained in office by the unceasing state of national emergency that he and his supporters have nurtured and prolonged since the 7 October 2023 terrorist attacks. The war doesn’t stop because Netanyahu’s overarching aim – the destruction of Palestinian hope...

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44 h. ago UK politics live: Lib Dem councillor among latest defections to Reform UK, Farage reveals

Farage holds press conference after police launched an investigation into suspended MP Rupert Lowe, who denies claims of wrongdoing

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45 h. ago UK politics live: Nigel Farage addresses Rupert Lowe ‘turbulence’ while revealing defections to Reform

The press conference comes after police launched an investigation into suspended MP Rupert Lowe, who denies claims of wrongdoing

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46 h. ago UK politics live: Nigel Farage attends Reform press conference while Rupert Lowe ‘bullying’ scandal hangs over

The press conference comes after police launched an investigation into suspended MP Rupert Lowe, who denies claims of wrongdoing

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48 h. ago What to know about Yemen's Houthi rebels as the US steps up attacks on Iran

The United States under President Donald Trump has launched a new campaign of intense airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels

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59 h. ago US deflects Houthi missile and drone assault after Trump declares war on Iran

A senior US military official said the Harry S Truman aircraft carrier had repelled an attempted attack by Houthi rebels less than a day after Donald Trump greenlit military action

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62 h. ago Terror leader claims he's launched attack on major US aircraft carrier after Trump airstrikes battered Yemen

The terror group said, without offering evidence, that they attacked the Truman and its warships with ballistic missiles and drones in response to the U.S. attacks.

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69 h. ago Airstrikes on Yemen’s Houthis may continue for weeks, US officials say

At least 31 killed and up to 100 injured after Trump orders strikes on Sana’a and Saada in response to shipping attacksUS officials have said airstrikes launched by Donald Trump against Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis may continue for weeks, after a first round on Saturday killed at least 31 people and injured up to 100 more.The strikes, which aim to punish the Houthis for their attacks against Red Sea shipping, are Trump’s first such use of US military might in the region since he took power in January. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Trump orders airstrikes on Houthis in Yemen over shipping attacks

At least 31 people killed and 101 injured in strikes on Sana’a and Saada, says Houthi-run health ministryDonald Trump launched large-scale military strikes against Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday over the group’s attacks against Red Sea shipping, killing at least 31 people at the start of a campaign expected to last many days.The US president also warned Iran, the Houthis’ main backer, that it must immediately halt support for the group. He said if Iran threatened the US: “America will hold you fully accountable and we won’t be nice about it!” Continue reading...

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2 d. ago At least 31 dead in US air strikes on Yemen as Iran escalates war of words claiming action 'violated international law' and warning it WILL retaliate to any attacks

The first set of Donald Trump's airstrikes against Yemen's Houthi rebels killed at least 31 people, the rebel group said on Sunday, as its backer Iran said it would retaliate. 

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3 d. ago Trump orders airstrikes on Yemen in warning to Houthis over shipping route

At least 19 people killed in strikes on Sana’a and Sa’ada on Saturday, says Houthi-run health ministryDonald Trump said he ordered a series of airstrikes on Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, on Saturday, promising to use “overwhelming lethal force” until Iranian-backed Houthi rebels cease their attacks on shipping along a vital maritime corridor.The Houthis reported a series of explosions in their territory on Saturday evening. Images circulating online show plumes of black smoke over the area of the Sana’a airport complex, which includes a sprawling military facility. The extent of the damage was not yet clear. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Donald Trump makes chilling threat to Houthi rebels as US launches airstrikes on Iran

The US hailed "brave" US warfighters in a post on Truth Social he said are "right now carrying out aerial attacks on the terrorists’ bases, leaders, and missile defenses"

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3 d. ago Donald Trump orders wave of air strikes on Yemen's Houthi rebels

US carries out strikes on Yemen's Houthis over its attacks on shipping in Red Sea

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3 d. ago Trump ordered airstrikes on Yemen in warning to Houthis over shipping route

Houthis reported series of explosions and images show plumes of smoke rising over the Sana’a airport complexDonald Trump said he ordered a series of airstrikes on Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, on Saturday, promising to use “overwhelming lethal force” until Iranian-backed Houthi rebels cease their attacks on shipping along a vital maritime corridor.The Houthis reported a series of explosions in their territory on Saturday evening. Images circulating online show plumes of black smoke over the area of the Sana’a airport complex, which includes a sprawling military facility. The extent of the damage was not yet clear. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Gladiators and England star John Fashanu arrested for 'five crimes' and sues police for £100,000

Fashanu has now hit back by launching a £100,000 compensation case against 12 defendants, including police, claiming the ordeal left him 'traumatised' and unable to pursue a job as Nigeria's national football coach

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3 d. ago Trump boasts of killing top ISIS's leader in Iraq in US airstrike

Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifai, also known as Abu Khadijah, was considered one of the 'most dangerous terrorists in the world', according to Iraqi prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani.

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4 d. ago Lucy Letby's lawyer says police have made 'huge mistake' by launching manslaughter probe into hospital staff and claims evidence 'points the finger in a different direction'

Lucy Letby, 35, from Hereford, was convicted of murdering seven infants and attempting to murder seven others, with two attempts on one of her victims, between June 2015 and June 2016.

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6 d. ago Royal Navy: Imperious HMS Prince of Wales to go on largest deployment in years

A behemoth aircraft carrier will soon be going on the largest Royal Navy deployment organised in the past few years.

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7 d. ago Reform row deepens as police launch probe into Nigel Farage critic Rupert Lowe over claims he made 'verbal threats' to party chairman

Scotland Yard has launched a probe into the 67-year-old politician after a complaint was made about his conduct towards chairman Zia Yusuf.

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8 d. ago Scientists claim major breakthrough in developing vaccine for stroke and heart attack

Vaccine ‘cocktail’ protects mice against build-up of plaque in arteries

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