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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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Attempt to destroy Iran’s nuclear programme could backfire and drive regime towards a bomb, experts warn
ByJulian Borger March 4, 2026

US-Israeli onslaught may lead regime to push for bomb or embolden other groups to steal uranium stockpileMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe US-Israeli onslaught against Iran is intended to resolve a 24-year standoff over Tehran’s nuclear programme, b…

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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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The US and Israel gravely underestimated Iran’s response – here in the UAE, we are seeing the consequences | Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi
ByAniseh Bassiri Tabrizi March 4, 2026

My family is in Tehran; I am in Abu Dhabi. Across the region, ordinary people are paying the price for these attacksSince Saturday, my mind has been torn between the place I live, Abu Dhabi, and Tehran, which has been the focus of my work and research …

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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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US compares opening strikes to ‘shock and awe’ of Iraq war: what we know on day five of Iran conflict
ByGuardian staff March 4, 2026

US-Israeli attacks have killed at least 787 people in Iran, according to the Red Crescent Society; global markets spooked. What we know on day five of warUS-Israel war on Iran – live updatesThe US military has claimed that the number of strikes carried…

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Israel launches new wave of strikes on Iran: what we know on day five of war
ByGuardian staff March 4, 2026March 4, 2026

US defense secretary confirms US submarine sank Iranian warship; clerics in Tehran close to choosing Khamenei successor US-Israel war on Iran – live updatesThe US defence secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed that a US submarine sank an Iranian warship off …

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US submarine sank Iranian warship, Hegseth says – as it happened
ByKate Lamb March 4, 2026March 5, 2026

This blog is closed. Please follow our continuing coverage on our new liveblog hereLebanese state media said that four people were killed and six more were wounded in an Israeli strike on a building in Baalbek in eastern Lebanon on Wednesday.“The initi…

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What do Netanyahu and Trump really want in Iran? – podcast
By March 4, 2026

Who’s calling the shots in the US-Israeli war on Iran? Chief Middle East correspondent Emma Graham-Harrison and international security correspondent Jason Burke reportWho decided to attack Iran this weekend? And who will decide how this war proceeds?Th…

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