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Police issue warning to protesters before al-Quds Day rally in London
ByGeraldine McKelvie March 14, 2026

Demonstrators on Sunday will be arrested for expressing support for Palestine Action or intifada chants, says MetPolice have warned demonstrators that they will be arrested for expressing support for Palestine Action or intifada chants at a protest on …

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Trump faces a ‘personal Vietnam’ in Iran | Sidney Blumenthal
BySidney Blumenthal March 14, 2026

He is stuck in a quagmire. His goals are elusive. His bombing does not force a surrender. He has no exit strategy. Good morning, VietnamDonald Trump is lost in his fog of war. He compounds confusion with improvised fabrications as his naive expectation…

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Entire families wiped out and towns emptied as Israel’s war on Lebanon intensifies
ByWilliam Christou in Al-Nimiriya March 14, 2026

Communities displaced and destroyed while death toll rises faster than during any previous war in LebanonFor Batoul Hamdan and her two children, seven-month-old Fatima and Jihad, three, Monday’s iftar, the evening meal that breaks the daily fast during…

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Trump wages war on Iran his own way: commander-in-chaos
ByDavid Smith in Washington March 14, 2026

Erratic rhetoric, shifting goals and mixed signals leave allies, foes and voters unsure what the president wants from war“Mr President,” said a reporter. “You’ve said the war is ‘very complete’ but your defence secretary says, ‘This is just the beginni…

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‘You are all worse than each other’: anti-regime Iranians turn on Trump
ByDeepa Parent March 14, 2026

Mood among some in Iran shifts from hope of being rescued to dismay at destruction of infrastructure, culture and livesAfter years of arrests, disappearances and mass killings of protesters, the hatred in Iran from some quarters for the hardline, oppre…

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I had a ringside seat for the Iranian revolution. Foreign meddling didn’t work then either | Paul Taylor
ByPaul Taylor March 14, 2026

Even as the first western journalist to interview Ayatollah Khomeini, I had no inkling of what was to come. Perhaps we should have learned from historyWatching Iran in flames, I can’t help wondering whether history is coming a grotesque full circle 47 …

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A corner of north London where food has become a battleground in the Israel-Gaza war | Jonathan Liew
ByJonathan Liew March 14, 2026

A smashed window here, a provocative sticker there. In an age when protest feels increasingly meaningless, it’s no wonder that acts of petty symbolism are on the riseFirst comes the hummus: studded with chickpeas, anointed with a little reservoir of ol…

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‘Could be the making of him’: Starmer’s allies praise stance on Trump and Iran
ByRowena Mason and Jessica Elgot March 14, 2026

Refusal to kowtow to US president has won public backing – and left Badenoch and Farage playing catch-upIt is not often that Keir Starmer’s allies believe he has Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch on the run – but on Iran, they think he is on the right sid…

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The escalation trap: how the Iran war could become more costly and complex
ByPeter Beaumont March 14, 2026

Iran’s is trying to create wedges between Gulf states and the US, but Trump is very comfortable on the ‘escalatory ladder’In its current phase, the Israeli-US war against Iran and its proxies has become a proving ground for two competing concepts of mi…

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Iran threatens to escalate war after Trump says ‘many countries’ will send warships to strait of Hormuz
ByGuardian staff and agencies March 14, 2026March 14, 2026

US president calls on China, France, Japan and the UK to send vessels after US strikes Kharg Island oil facilitiesMiddle East crisis – live updatesIran threatened on Saturday to further escalate the war raging in the Middle East by targeting any facili…

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