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Airline groundings expose depth of world travel’s reliance on Gulf corridor
ByGwyn Topham Transport correspondent March 7, 2026

Restart of operations will be a relief to those stranded but may not dispel doubts raised by past week about key transit hubAfter nearly a week of uncertainty, airspace closures and very limited flights, news that hundreds of thousands of passengers ar…

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‘Don’t die’: the two words that sum up our lives in Tehran now | Anonymous
ByAnonymous March 7, 2026

In a park overlooking the city, I ran into a group of young people chatting and joking. As the bombs fall, fragments of life remainI was at work last Saturday when I heard the blast. Since that moment, the world has been turned on its head. The school …

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Seven days on, seven questions about the US-Israeli war on Iran
ByOliver Holmes March 7, 2026

One week on from the first strikes, we look at why the war started, what the cost has been and what may come nextThe US-Israeli war on Iran, now into its seventh day, has set the Middle East alight, threatening millions of people’s lives and livelihood…

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Pedro Sánchez’s lone stance against Trump may look risky, but it is cannily pragmatic | Eoghan Gilmartin
ByEoghan Gilmartin March 7, 2026

The Spanish PM’s defiant foreign policy line may seem outspoken. The truth is that he is a sound strategist at home and abroadSpain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, called his 2019 political memoir A Manual for Resistance: a fitting title for a centre-…

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Trump offers vague description of Iran surrender demand – as it happened
ByAdam Fulton March 7, 2026March 8, 2026

This live blog has now closed. Our live coverage continues hereThe Saudi defence minister, Prince Khalid bin Salman, urged Iran on Saturday to “avoid miscalculation” after missile and drone launches at the kingdom.Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry said e…

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US considers lifting more sanctions on Russian oil as Iran conflict sees global prices surge
ByAgence France-Presse March 7, 2026

Washington says new measures not aimed at easing restrictions on Moscow and only affect supplies already in transitThe US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, said on Friday that his government was considering lifting sanctions on more Russian oil, a day…

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The week around the world in 20 pictures
ByJim Powell March 6, 2026

Crisis in the Middle East, Ramadan in Gaza, a blackout in Havana and Stella McCartney at Paris fashion week – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Continue reading…

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The Guardian view on AI in war: the Iran conflict shows that the paradigm shift has already begun
ByEditorial March 6, 2026

The intensified use of artificial intelligence, and rows over its control, demonstrate the need for democratic oversight and multilateral controls“Never in the future will we move as slow as we are moving now,” the UN secretary-general, António Guterre…

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‘If they don’t stop, Tehran will turn into Gaza’: Iranians describe night of terror
ByDeepa Parent March 6, 2026

People tell of scenes of panic during airstrikes on Iran’s capital, with several saying they feared they would dieMiddle East crisis – live updatesSleeplessness, fear and exhaustion gripped residents of Tehran as successive waves of strikes struck the …

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‘The memories stay behind’: hundreds of thousands flee the Israeli bombs in Beirut
ByWilliam Christou in Beirut March 6, 2026

With one text message, Israel made half a million people homeless, leaving the city’s southern suburbs a ghost townThe ding of half a million phones, a pause and a collective gasp: in an instant, more than 500,000 people had just been declared homeless…

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