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Trump shelved ‘Project Freedom’ after Saudis refused use of bases and airspace
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor May 7, 2026May 7, 2026

Riyadh told White House it would deny access for operation to provide tankers military escort through strait of HormuzMiddle East crisis – live updatesA refusal by Saudi Arabia to allow the US to use its bases and airspace to provide a military escort …

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Israeli settler to go on trial over attack on French nun in Jerusalem
ByAgence France-Press in Jerusalem May 7, 2026

Yona Simcha Schreiber from settlement in West Bank faces charge of assault motivated by hostility towards religious groupAn Israeli settler suspected of kicking and wounding a French Catholic nun in Jerusalem will go on trial for assault motivated by h…

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Israel strikes Beirut for the first time since ceasefire – video
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian May 7, 2026

Buildings and infrastructure were destroyed by Israeli missiles on Wednesday in the first attack on the Lebanese capital since Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire last month. The Israeli army said the commander of Hezbollah’s Radwan force, the e…

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Iran conducting near-daily prisoner executions in secrecy, say rights groups
ByDeepa Parent May 7, 2026

Families pressured to stay silent, with at least 24 executions reportedly taking place since March amid internet blackoutMiddle East crisis – live updatesIran is carrying out near-daily executions of prisoners in secrecy and, in some cases, refusing to…

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Woman jailed in Somalia for peaceful protest ‘stripped, kicked and beaten’
BySarah Johnson and Mohamed Bulbul May 7, 2026

In an exclusive interview from prison, Sadia Moalim Ali, a 27-year-old rickshaw driver, tells of her treatment after being arrested for demonstrating against the governmentA woman being held in prison in Somalia for taking part in peaceful protests has…

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UAE says air defences engaging with Iranian attacks – as it happened
ByTaz Ali May 7, 2026May 8, 2026

This blog is now closedUS-Iran ceasefire under threat after exchange of strikes in strait of HormuzThe European Union is set to tell airlines the impact from the Iran war on tourism is not yet severe enough to justify emergency measures for the sector,…

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JM Coetzee declines to attend Jerusalem writers festival over Israel’s ‘genocidal campaign in Gaza’
BySian Cain May 7, 2026

Nobel laureate says he previously considered himself a supporter of Israel, but ‘the campaign of annihilation in Gaza has changed all that’Nobel laureate JM Coetzee has declined to attend an upcoming literature festival in Israel, writing a excoriating…

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UAE’s ruling royal family benefits from more than €71m in EU farming subsidies
ByClare Carlile May 7, 2026

Al Nahyans’ control over farmland in Europe has meant they receive proportion of payments to farmsThe United Arab Emirates’ ruling royal family is benefiting from tens of millions in EU subsidies to grow crops destined for the Gulf, it can be revealed….

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Australian director Phillip Noyce shoots feature film for Saudi Arabia celebrating ‘heroism of security men in combating drugs’
ByAmanda Meade May 7, 2026

Exclusive: Regime, which executed 243 people last year for drug offences, accused of investing in entertainment to whitewash its human rights recordThe acclaimed Australian film-maker Phillip Noyce is being paid by the Saudi regime to make a feature fi…

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Keep quiet ‘so we don’t go to jail’: Israeli suspects charged with bribery after suspicious bets placed on Iran strikes
ByNiamh Rowe May 6, 2026

Authorities allege that Omer Ziv and an unnamed air force major used classified information to bet on the timing of military operations on PolymarketSince users of the leading prediction market Polymarket have been able to wager on the outcomes of war,…

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