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US and Israel’s strategy to kill Iran’s top figures may prove counterproductive
ByPeter Beaumont Senior international correspondent March 18, 2026

Attempt to ‘decapitate’ state may harden resistance instead of destabilising regime Middle East crisis – live updatesFighting intensifies between Israel and Hezbollah in southern LebanonIsrael’s decision to authorise its military to kill any senior Ira…

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US and Israel’s strategy to kill Iran’s top figures may prove counterproductive
ByPeter Beaumont Senior international correspondent March 18, 2026

Attempt to ‘decapitate’ state may harden resistance instead of destabilising regime Middle East crisis – live updatesFighting intensifies between Israel and Hezbollah in southern LebanonIsrael’s decision to authorise its military to kill any senior Ira…

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As Trump shows lack of direction on Iran, even Badenoch distances herself
ByPeter Walker Senior political correspondent March 18, 2026

Steady UK opposition to the war and the US president’s insults mean MPs are finding it easier to point out the obviousWhen is a U-turn definitely a U-turn? To the consternation of politicians through the ages, this is rarely something within their cont…

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Energy jolt: inside the 20 March Guardian Weekly
ByClare Horton March 18, 2026

Iran, the strait of Hormuz and a global economic shock. Plus: Feminism fights onGet the Guardian Weekly delivered to your home addressAs fighting in the Middle East entered its third week, focus has shifted to Tehran’s closure of a key maritime passage…

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Energy jolt: inside the 20 March Guardian Weekly
ByClare Horton March 18, 2026

Iran, the strait of Hormuz and a global economic shock. Plus: Feminism fights onGet the Guardian Weekly delivered to your home addressAs fighting in the Middle East entered its third week, focus has shifted to Tehran’s closure of a key maritime passage…

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Cathay Pacific suspends flights to and from Dubai until end of April – as it happened
ByTom Ambrose (now); Taz Ali and Wendy Frew (earlier) March 18, 2026March 19, 2026

This liveblog is closed – follow our new liveblog here.Iran is still exporting millions of barrels of oil, with about 90 ships, including oil tankers, having crossed the strait of Hormuz since the beginning of the war with Iran, according to maritime a…

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We can’t stand by while children are killed in war | Letters
ByGuardian staff March 18, 2026

Readers respond to Gordon Brown’s article about the effects of war on children following the bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, IranWe welcome Gordon Brown’s powerful focus on the traumatic effects of war on children in Iran (Children ki…

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Iran threatens Gulf energy facilities after Israeli attack on its largest gasfield
ByJillian Ambrose March 18, 2026

Revolutionary Guards say they will strike infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar after South Pars field hitMiddle East crisis – live updatesBusiness live – latest updatesIran has threatened to attack energy infrastructure across the Gulf region …

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‘They called me a water terrorist’: exiled Iranian scientist wins global prize
ByRachel Salvidge March 18, 2026

Prof Kaveh Madani, winner of the Stockholm water prize, was accused of sabotage with his environmental work Eight years before he got the call telling him he had won the Stockholm water prize, Prof Kaveh Madani was being interrogated by Iran’s Revoluti…

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Fighting intensifies between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon
ByWilliam Christou in Tyre, and Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem March 18, 2026

IDF is attempting to gain control of border towns, in particular the strategic hilltop city of KhiamMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesIsrael and Hezbollah are engaged in intense ground clashes in at least three strategic areas in south Lebanon as…

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