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Tony Blair’s oil lobbying is a misleading rehash of fossil fuel industry spin
ByFiona Harvey Environment editor February 13, 2026

Ex-PM’s thinktank urges more drilling and fewer renewables, ignoring evidence that clean energy is cheaper and better for billsA thinktank with close ties to Saudi Arabia and substantial funding from a Donald Trump ally needs to present a particularly …

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The Guardian view on Israel and the West Bank: the other relentless assault upon Palestinians | Editorial
ByEditorial February 12, 2026

A campaign of ethnic cleansing and ‘tectonic’ new legal measures are killing the two-state solution to which other governments pay lip serviceProtecting archaeological sites. Preventing water theft. The streamlining of land purchases. If anyone doubted…

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Five plots to kill Syrian president or ministers were foiled last year, says UN
ByWilliam Christou February 12, 2026

Report on Islamic State says Ahmed al-Sharaa was targeted twice by IS front group that bombed Damascus churchFive separate plots to assassinate Syria’s president or his senior ministers were foiled last year, the UN has said in a report on Islamic Stat…

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Concerns for former Canberra boy in Iran, as Australia makes representations to Tehran
ByDaisy Dumas and Adeshola Ore February 12, 2026February 12, 2026

ACT government confirms it raised reports of boy’s fate with foreign affairs department, amid unverified claims he died last weekFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThere are …

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Marwan Barghouti’s son calls on UK to put father’s release at heart of Palestinian renewal
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor February 11, 2026

Cross-party UK MPs campaigning for senior Fatah leader’s release from Israeli jail, saying he is unifying figureThe son of Marwan Barghouti, the Palestinian prisoner often described as the Nelson Mandela of the Palestinian movement, has called on the B…

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Iran’s president denies it seeks nuclear weapon and admits ‘shame’ after mass protests
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor February 11, 2026

Masoud Pezeshkian tries to convey message of national unity as negotiations with US hang in balanceUS politics live – latest updatesIran’s president insisted his country was not seeking a nuclear weapon as he acknowledged “great sorrow” after the autho…

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Family of worker killed on Saudi World Cup site still waiting for compensation a year on
ByPete Pattisson and Imran Mukhtar in Mansehra February 11, 2026

Lengthy delays in compensation are ‘emblematic’ of what many relatives of migrant workers go through in the Gulf kingdom, say rights groupsWhen Mohammad Arshad fell to his death while constructing the first new stadium for the 2034 World Cup in Saudi A…

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The President’s Cake review – sweet portrait of life in wartime Iraq builds to an explosive climax
ByPeter Bradshaw February 11, 2026

Nine-year-old Lamia is obliged by her school to bake a birthday cake for Saddam Hussein, and meets a series of vivid characters as she shops for sanctioned ingredientsThere’s a terrific charm and sweetness in this debut from Iraqi film-maker Hasan Hadi…

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Iran tells US not to let Netanyahu thwart nuclear talks before Trump meeting
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor February 10, 2026

Tehran’s intervention comes as the Israeli prime minister heads to a hastily arranged White House encounterTehran has told the US not to allow Israel to destroy the chance of reaching an agreement over Iran’s nuclear programme amid speculation that Ben…

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‘A step in the wrong direction’: Israel’s West Bank plans prompt global backlash
ByJulian Borger in Jerusalem February 10, 2026February 11, 2026

US, Britain, EU and Arab nations condemn plans that Israeli ministers say will ‘kill the idea of a Palestinian state’Israeli measures to tighten its control of the West Bank have prompted a global backlash, including a signal from Washington restating …

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