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Israeli surveillance targets US and allies at joint base planning Gaza aid and security, say sources
ByEmma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem December 8, 2025

Concerns over recording of meetings at coordination centre excluding Palestinians that was set up to provide support for Trump’s Gaza planIsraeli operatives are conducting widespread surveillance of US forces and allies stationed at a new US base in th…

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‘It went gangbusters’: the play about the Iraq war – told through the eyes of a starving Baghdad zoo tiger
ByArifa Akbar December 8, 2025

As bombs fell on the capital, a Bengal tiger was left all alone – until a US marine shot it. Rajiv Joseph explains why he brought the beast back from the dead for his Pulitzer-nominated dramaA play that dramatises the thoughts of a tiger on the bombed-…

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Seizure of South Yemen by UAE-backed forces could lead to independence claim
ByPatrick Wintour in Doha December 8, 2025

STC troops now control all eight governorates, a major setback for Emirates’ regional rival Saudi ArabiaThe United Arab Emirates-backed military leadership in South Yemen has seized power across the whole of the south of the country, a move that opens …

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‘When you’re desperate, you fall for things easily’: the scam job ads on TikTok taking people’s money
ByFiona Kelliher in London and Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi December 8, 2025

Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds fake agencies using the social media platform to dupe Kenyans into paying for nonexistent jobs in EuropeLilian, a 35-year-old Kenyan living in Qatar, was scrolling on TikTok in April when she saw posts from a rec…

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Netanyahu says first phase of Gaza ceasefire plan nearly complete – video
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian December 7, 2025

The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said the first phase of the UN-endorsed Gaza ceasefire plan is close to completion and that the second phase must involve the disarmament of HamasFirst phase of Gaza ceasefire plan nearly complete, sa…

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The Guardian view on Marwan Barghouti: Palestinians need a political future as well as aid and reconstruction | Editorial
ByEditorial December 7, 2025

Pushing for the release of the jailed leader could prove central to the peace that Donald Trump claims to seek in the Middle EastIn a sort-of ceasefire, the killings – including of children – have slowed, not stopped. Israeli military operations contin…

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Disarming Hamas should not be first task of Gaza stabilisation force, Turkey says
ByPatrick Wintour in Doha December 7, 2025

Ankara’s foreign minister suggests international partners should start by separating Israeli troops from Hamas The international stabilisation force (ISF) in Gaza should make its priority the separation of Israeli troops and Hamas rather than the disar…

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Israel Backed Gazans to Oppose Hamas. For One, It Ended Violently.
ByAaron Boxerman December 6, 2025

Officials said Israel helped arm and back Yasser Abu Shabab’s Popular Forces, part of a strategy against Hamas, before a local clan killed him this week.

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Saudi Arabia Will Sell You Alcohol Now, if You’re Rich Enough
ByVivian Nereim December 6, 2025

The conservative Islamic kingdom’s approach to social policy change is often silence and ambiguity. Legalizing alcohol has been no different.

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Trump’s Security Strategy Focuses on Profit, Not Spreading Democracy
ByAnton Troianovski December 6, 2025

President Trump’s new National Security Strategy describes a country that is focused on doing business and reducing migration while avoiding passing judgment on authoritarians.

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