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Russia could back delay to ‘snapback’ of nuclear sanctions against Iran
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor August 26, 2025August 26, 2025

Moscow willing to support six-month extension of deadline before punishments are reimposed, reports suggestRussia could back an extended six-month deadline for its ally Iran before European powers reimpose sweeping United Nations sanctions over Tehran’…

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Norway wealth fund sells Caterpillar stake over Israel allegations
ByMark Sweney August 26, 2025

World’s largest wealth fund says it has excluded bulldozer maker and five Israeli banking groups on ethics groundsBusiness live – latest updatesThe world’s largest wealth fund has excluded Caterpillar, the construction equipment manufacturer, over Isra…

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From the streets of Baghdad, I saw a clear line to the bloodshed in Gaza | Owen Jones
ByOwen Jones August 26, 2025

The west faced no reckoning for the death and destruction it wreaked in Iraq. That made the war crimes we’re now witnessing inevitable “You destroyed Iraq.” I had to wait for my companion, the Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, to translate these word…

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Israeli hostage families block roads to call for release of relatives – video
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian August 26, 2025

Families are demanding the Israeli government enter an agreement with Hamas to end the war and secure the release of the hostages still held in Gaza. Major roads, including Route 1 and Route 443, both of which connect Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, were close…

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Israeli hostage families block roads to call for release of relatives – video
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian August 26, 2025

Families are demanding the Israeli government enter an agreement with Hamas to end the war and secure the release of the hostages still held in Gaza. Major roads, including Route 1 and Route 443, both of which connect Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, were close…

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Hundreds of senior diplomats call for EU to take urgent action over Gaza crisis – as it happened
ByAneesa Ahmed August 26, 2025August 26, 2025

Open letter has been signed by 209 former EU ambassadors, senior diplomatic staff and ambassadors from EU nation statesThe UN says that Israel must not only investigate alleged unlawful killings in Gaza like the hospital strike that killed 20 people, i…

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What is Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps?
ByJonathan Yerushalmy August 26, 2025

Australia has announced that it will list the shadowy IRGC as a terrorist group, after determining that it had directed at least two antisemitic attacksFull report: Australia expels Iran ambassadorAustralia has announced that it will list Iran’s Islami…

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Mariam Abu Dagga: Gaza journalist killed in Israeli strike ‘carried her camera into the heart of the field’
ByMalak A Tantesh in Gaza and William Christou August 25, 2025

The 33-year-old photojournalist committed to conveying suffering of civilians with ‘rare honesty and courage’As has now become the norm for journalists working in Gaza, Mariam Abu Dagga prepared her will despite being just 33 years old. She left behind…

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Ben Jennings on the journalists killed in Gaza – cartoon
ByBen Jennings August 25, 2025

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Israel’s attack on hospital in Gaza may constitute a war crime on many fronts
ByPeter Beaumont August 25, 2025

Double-tap strike suggests killing of civilians, rescue workers and journalists deliberate and not a mistakeIsrael’s twin strike on the Nasser hospital in Gaza, which killed five journalists including staff working for the Associated Press, Reuters, NB…

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