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What next after EU finds ‘indications’ that Israel is in breach of human rights obligations?

ByJennifer Rankin in Brussels

Report, which is a leaked unpublished draft, is expected to be presented to the Israeli governmentMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe EU has concluded “there are indications” that Israel is in breach of human rights obligations over its conduct in Gaz…

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Macron lays out broad European offer for Iran to end war with Israel

ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Proposal would cover uranium enrichment and ballistic missile programmes and aim to end terrorist fundingMiddle East crisis – live updatesEurope is to make Iran a comprehensive offer to end its war with Israel that would include an Iranian move to zero…

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Iranian regime collapse would be serious blow for Russia

ByPjotr Sauer

While some in Moscow have tried to put positive spin on Israel’s assault, Kremlin risks losing key strategic partnerWhen a group of Russian and Iranian foreign policy officials arranged to meet in Moscow for a conference titled “Russian-Iranian coopera…

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Trump leaves Europe in the cold in the Rocky Mountains, and Iran with a stark choice

ByPatrick Wintour in Banff

Trump sought to underline European irrelevance in the Middle East crisis. All now rests on what he proposesMiddle East crisis – live updatesDiscussing the dilemma facing western diplomats in confronting Iran’s nuclear programme, Henry Kissinger wrote i…

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German court sentences Syrian doctor to life in jail for crimes against humanity

ByAgence France-Presse in Frankfurt

Alaa Mousa accused of torturing detainees at military hospitals during Syrian civil war under former ruler Bashar al-AssadA Syrian doctor has been sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity in his home country – including murder and tor…

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European leaders to press Trump on Israel-Iran strategy at G7 meeting

ByPatrick Wintour in Banff

Leaders gathering for summit in Canada intend to pin US president down on his whole Iran strategyMiddle East crisis – live updatesEuropean leaders gathering for a G7 summit with Donald Trump in the Canadian Rockies plan to spend the opening day asking …