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Iran willing to dilute uranium stockpile as fresh protests erupt
ByPatrick Wintour February 21, 2026February 22, 2026

Proposal will be at heart of offer to US as Trump considers whether to attack IranIran is refusing to export its 300kg stockpile of highly enriched uranium, but is willing to dilute the purity of the stockpile it holds under the supervision of UN nucle…

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Iran prepares nuclear counterproposal as US considers limited military strikes
ByReuters February 21, 2026February 21, 2026

Trump orders massive buildup of naval forces in Middle East, leading to fears of an imminent warIran’s foreign minister has said he expects to have a draft counterproposal ready within days after nuclear talks with the US this week, while Donald Trump …

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At least 10 killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon’s Bekaa valley, health ministry says
ByAgencies February 20, 2026

Hezbollah leader among dead as Israel says it hit militant command centresAt least 10 people have been killed and 24 wounded – including three children – in Israeli strikes in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa valley, the Lebanese health ministry has said.Israel…

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US envoy Mike Huckabee says it would be ‘fine’ if Israel took all Middle East land
ByEdward Helmore February 20, 2026

Rightwing Trump ally tells Tucker Carlson Israel has biblical right to land from ‘wadi of Egypt to the great river’The US’s ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has contended to the podcaster Tucker Carlson that Israel has a biblical right to take over…

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Israeli settlers kill 19-year-old Palestinian American, officials and witnesses say
ByAssociated Press February 20, 2026

Nasrallah Abu Siyam shot dead in occupied West Bank as UN human rights office accuses Israel of war crimesIsraeli settlers in the occupied West Bank shot and killed a Palestinian American man during an attack on a village, the Palestinian health minist…

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

The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Ramadan in Gaza, Russian airstrikes in Odesa and flooding in France – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Continue reading…

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Hamas reportedly holds leadership vote at critical moment for militant group
ByJulian Borger in Jerusalem February 20, 2026

New head will face decisions crucial to movement’s future, such as how far to cooperate with Trump’s Gaza planHamas has reportedly begun holding leadership elections among its members at a time when the militant Palestinian movement faces imminent deci…

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The Guardian view on Trump’s Board of Peace: serving private interests more than public good | Editorial
ByEditorial February 20, 2026

As aid trickles into Gaza, Washington channels $10bn into a body chaired by the president. Peace in the region rests on law and sovereignty, not ego and brinkmanshipIn Gaza, aid still trickles in at levels relief agencies say are far below what is requ…

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These atrocities in Sudan were entirely predictable. So why did the rest of the world fail to stop them? | Husam Mahjoub
ByHusam Mahjoub February 20, 2026

Western governments have put elite bargains before civilian lives. If El Fasher is to mean anything, this approach must changeThe latest report from the UN independent fact-finding mission on the fall of El Fasher in Sudan reads like a postmortem of a …

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Gaza’s future or Trump’s favour: what is the Board of Peace trying to secure? – video
ByJakub Krupa, Elena Morresi, Sophie Peachey and Sarah Bertram February 20, 2026

A group of largely authoritarian world leaders and a few observers joined Donald Trump in Washington for the inaugural meeting of the newly established Board of Peace. Guardian Europe reporter Jakub Krupa looks at who attended the organisation’s first …

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