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Trump’s war has emboldened Iran. Diplomacy is the only solution | Kenneth Roth
ByKenneth Roth April 13, 2026

The military approach has backfired, with Iran’s position only strengthened. But the door is still open to a dealDonald Trump was quick to declare victory over Iran, but this weekend’s negotiations suggest that Tehran has the upper hand. His war of cho…

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Trump badly needs a way out of this war. Right now, that’s everyone’s problem | Gaby Hinsliff
ByGaby Hinsliff April 13, 2026

The looming shortage of medicines and fertiliser is only going to get worse with the latest US blockade. Europe and the UK need to step up diplomaticallyNot our war, not our problem.For weeks now, that has been Europe’s increasingly confident position …

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Pope Leo visits Algeria in sign of Africa’s growing importance to Catholic church
ByAamna Mohdin April 13, 2026

Pontiff makes first papal visit to country as he starts 11-day tour that will also include stops in Cameroon and AngolaPope Leo XIV has arrived in Algeria for the first papal visit to the country, calling for peace on the opening stop of a tour of Afri…

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Ideology and principles clash in Trump’s Iran war | Letters
ByGuardian staff April 13, 2026

Lt Col (retd) Rob Symonds and David Flint respond to an article by Nesrine Malik on the motivations driving the conflict between the US and IranNesrine Malik is correct in highlighting the differences between the US and Iran in their understanding of c…

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King Charles is due to visit Donald Trump. Here are the questions he needs to ask himself first | Zoe Williams
ByZoe Williams April 13, 2026

As Trump depicts himself as Jesus Christ, and insults everyone from Keir Starmer to the pope, how can the king hope to keep this state visit on track?The most awkward thing to happen when King Charles visited President Nixon as a young man – it was 197…

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Israeli forces fire teargas at schoolchildren holding West Bank sit-in
ByAgence France-Presse in Umm al-Khair April 13, 2026

Incident took place on first day back at school in small village, as settlers blocked pupils’ accessIsraeli forces have fired teargas at Palestinian schoolchildren who were staging a sit-in in the occupied West Bank after settlers blocked access to the…

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French cement maker convicted of financing terror groups to keep its Syria plant working
ByAngelique Chrisafis in Paris and agencies April 13, 2026

Lafarge fined more than €1m and its former boss jailed for paying nearly €5.6m to groups including Islamic State A French court has fined the cement group Lafarge more than €1m (£870,000) and sentenced its former boss to six years in prison for paying …

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The world is gripped by 3am dread thanks to an unhinged US president. Can someone turn the history machine off? | Brigid Delaney
ByBrigid Delaney April 13, 2026

Amid the daily horror show in the Middle East is the realisation the so-called adults in the room are insane or powerless or just as bewildered as you areThat funny feeling is back – the one many of us felt at the start of the Covid pandemic, where we …

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This week saw humanity at its worst. Artemis II told the opposite story | Flynn Coleman
ByFlynn Coleman April 13, 2026

We send the voice of the dead across space as an act of continuity and care, while on Earth we tally the bodies. Which do we choose to become?Four people are sleeping 19,000 miles from the moon when the voice of Apollo 13’s commander arrives.“Hello, Ar…

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And the election winner is … the candidate who can afford Africa’s soaring nomination fees
BySuzgo Chitete April 13, 2026

Presidential elections in Djibouti and Benin at the weekend highlighted how a costly electoral system is reshaping democracyAlexis Mohamed would have loved to stand against his former boss. A longtime adviser to Djibouti’s president, Ismail Omar Guelle…

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