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Donald Trump turns against UK Chagos Islands plan again
ByPeter Walker and Dan Sabbagh February 19, 2026

President suggests US could use Diego Garcia airfield for potential strikes against IranDonald Trump changed his mind on supporting the Chagos Islands deal because the UK will not permit its airbases to be used for a pre-emptive US strike on Iran, the …

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Trump changed mind on Chagos deal ‘after UK blocked use of Diego Garcia for Iran strikes’
ByPeter Walker and Dan Sabbagh February 19, 2026February 19, 2026

US president links deal with military strikes against Iran in connection with Tehran’s nuclear ambitionsDonald Trump changed his mind on supporting the Chagos Islands deal because the UK will not permit its airbases to be used for a pre-emptive US stri…

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Troops for Gaza and money top agenda as Trump’s Board of Peace meets
ByAndrew Roth in Washington DC February 19, 2026

US president vows multinational force and billions of dollars as autocrats and rightwing allies gather in DC The US has proposed commanding a multinational force in postwar Gaza with troops from Albania, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo and Morocco, as Do…

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RSF siege of El Fasher in Sudan has ‘hallmarks of genocide’, UN mission finds
ByEromo Egbejule and agencies February 19, 2026

Report details harrowing 18-month occupation of North Darfur capital, showing destruction aimed at ethnic communitiesThe siege and capture of the Sudanese city of El Fasher by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces group last October bore “the hallmarks…

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Dozens of Palestinian journalists beaten, starved or raped, report alleges
ByLorenzo Tondo February 19, 2026

Israeli prison service and IDF reject allegations after research by Committee to Protect JournalistsAlmost 60 Palestinian journalists detained in Israeli prisons since the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack have been beaten, starved and subjected to sexual vi…

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Forget the Board of Peace, Trump may be closer than thought to attacking Iran
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor February 19, 2026February 19, 2026

Tehran may claim it will not negotiate under duress, but that is precisely what it is being required to doAlthough much attention will be given to the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace in Washington, it is the “arsenal of war” that Donald Trump h…

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‘A love letter to Beirut’: Lana Daher on sifting 20,000 sources and 70 years of film to make Do You Love Me
ByYassin El-Moudden February 19, 2026

Remembering and documentation are radical acts in Lebanon, a country with a tumultuous history and no national archive. Daher’s effervescent cultural collage is a direct challenge to collective amnesiaAt one point in Lana Daher’s film Do You Love Me, a…

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Trump responds to Obama’s viral interview, saying he will ask Pentagon to release files on UFOs and extraterrestrials – as it happened
ByTaz Ali February 19, 2026February 20, 2026

This live blog is now closed.Trump news at a glance: president weighs ordering ‘bad things’ against Iran as nuclear deal sits in limboDonald Trump will start his day in Washington for the Board of Peace meeting at the White House.He’ll then travel to R…

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Trump officials plan to build 5,000-person military base in Gaza, files show
ByAram Roston and Cate Brown February 19, 2026

Exclusive: approximately 350-acre compound planned as base for multinational force, according to records reviewed by the GuardianThe Trump administration is planning to build a 5,000-person military base in Gaza, sprawling more than 350 acres, accordin…

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British woman jailed for 10 years in Iran describes ‘endurance test’ of detention
ByPA Media February 19, 2026February 19, 2026

Speaking before she was sentenced with husband Craig, Lindsay Foreman tells of being on emotional rollercoasterA woman sentenced to 10 years in jail by an Iranian court said she had undergone an “endurance test for the mind” as she pleaded her innocenc…

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