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Liquid Natural Gas Exporters Like Shell and ExxonMobil Could See Big Profits From War
ByIvan Penn March 4, 2026March 5, 2026

Prices for liquefied natural gas have shot up in recent days, which could bring bigger profits for European and U.S. energy companies.

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Will Trump’s Middle East war also engulf Friedrich Merz?
ByDeborah Cole, Berlin correspondent March 4, 2026

The war will have incalculable implications for Europe – and yet, the chancellor has held back from publicly challenging an increasingly erratic Donald Trump• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereYou could be forgiven for think…

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‘No to war’: Sánchez doubles down after Trump threat to cut off trade with Spain
BySam Jones in Madrid March 4, 2026

PM says his country will not be complicit in growing conflict in Middle East ‘simply out of fear of reprisals from someone’Middle East crisis – live updatesEurope live – latest updatesThe Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has responded to Donald T…

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Global Leaders Brace for the Fallout From a Fast Metastasizing War
ByMichael D. Shear March 4, 2026March 4, 2026

Higher energy prices, political instability and a potential new wave of refugees: The escalating regional conflict in the Middle East could have far-reaching effects.

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‘We never imagined this’: the Cypriot village on edge after RAF Akrotiri drone strike
ByHelena Smith in Akrotiri March 4, 2026

Evacuations near RAF base have reignited debate as Cypriots question the risks of hosting western military sitesAll his life, like his parents before him, Giorgos Konstantinos has learned to live next to RAF Akrotiri on Cyprus.He has dealt with the roa…

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‘We never imagined this’: the Cypriot village on edge after RAF Akrotiri drone strike
ByHelena Smith in Akrotiri March 4, 2026

Evacuations near RAF base have reignited debate as Cypriots question the risks of hosting western military sitesAll his life, like his parents before him, Giorgos Konstantinos has learned to live next to RAF Akrotiri on Cyprus.He has dealt with the roa…

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Middle East conflict offers economic lifeline to Russia’s flagging war machine
ByPjotr Sauer March 4, 2026

With much of the world’s oil supplies out of action, Russia could step in to meet demand in China and IndiaA prolonged energy crisis triggered by the widening war in the Middle East could offer an economic lifeline to Russia’s war machine at a moment w…

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Starmer’s position on Iran pleases no one, but that is because there are no good options | Rafael Behr
ByRafael Behr March 3, 2026

None of the prime minister’s critics engages with the hard strategic dilemmas arising from Britain’s perilous dependency on US powerIt is not easy being a friend of Donald Trump, but it is a lot less dangerous than being his enemy. There isn’t a huge r…

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Spain denies US permission to use jointly operated bases to attack Iran
BySam Jones in Madrid March 2, 2026

Refusal to allow use of bases in Rota and Morón follows Pedro Sánchez’s condemnation of US-Israeli actionUS-Israel war on Iran – live updatesWhat we know so far on day three of the Iran warSpain has denied the US permission to use jointly operated mili…

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As Trump Bombs Iran, America’s Allies Watch Fitfully From Sidelines
ByMark Landler March 2, 2026March 2, 2026

Disregarded by President Trump over Iran, Europe’s leaders are adapting to a world in which they are little more than bystanders.

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