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‘Everything is gone’: Israel destroys entire villages in Lebanon
ByWilliam Christou and Abbas Abdel Karim in Beirut and Lucy Swan April 12, 2026

Rights groups fear tactic of ‘domicide’ trialled in Gaza, where entire areas are made uninhabitable, is being used again The Israeli military has demolished entire villages as part of its invasion of south Lebanon, rigging homes with explosives and raz…

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US and Iran hold talks in Islamabad as Pakistan seeks to broker peace deal
ByDan Sabbagh, Shah Meer Baloch, William Christou and Hannah Ellis-Petersen April 11, 2026April 11, 2026

JD Vance leads American delegation while Iran’s negotiators headed up by Iran’s parliamentary speakerPeace talks between Iran and the US began in Islamabad this afternoon, with senior negotiators from both countries meeting face to face at the highest …

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US state department revokes green cards of three Iranian nationals it links to regime
ByLauren Aratani April 11, 2026

Three arrested by federal agents had family ties to Iranian military general, regime spokesperson or security chiefUnited States federal agents arrested three Iranian nationals – including the son of a revolutionary at the center of the 1979 Iran hosta…

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‘Endless war’: inside an Israeli kibbutz near Lebanon’s volatile border
ByDan Sabbagh and Quique Kierszenbaum in Kibbutz Cabri April 11, 2026

Residents describe the constant disruption of life under fire and whether military action should wind downIt is a day after Israel killed more than 300 in a ceasefire-defying attack in Lebanon, and five miles from the border, at kibbutz Cabri in northe…

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Is Iran Trump’s Suez crisis, or just a passing thunderstorm?
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor April 11, 2026

Britain’s standing in the world was never the same after its assault on Egypt in 1956. Now the US risks repeating history in the Middle EastMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump’s addiction to framing every event in the most apocalyptic terms i…

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JD Vance dispatched to negotiate Iran peace with few cards to play
ByAndrew Roth in Washington April 10, 2026

Vice-president’s war doubts and his boss’s desperation to reopen Red Sea look like a weak deck against bolstered opponentsAs JD Vance arrives in Islamabad to negotiate a peace deal with Iran, his first high-profile assignment of the war looks to be a p…

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The week around the world in 20 pictures
ByJim Powell April 10, 2026

Crisis in the Middle East, Russian shelling in Ukraine, Artemis’s lunar flyby and World Press Photo winners – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalistsWarning: this gallery contains images some readers may find distressing…

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JD Vance warns Iran against trying to ‘play’ the US in peace talks
ByJulian Borger Senior international correspondent and William Christou in Beirut April 10, 2026April 10, 2026

US vice-president flies to Islamabad for negotiations as Iranians insists Israel end its offensive in LebanonMiddle East crisis – live updatesJD Vance has warned Iran not to “try and play” the US at talks planned for Saturday in Islamabad, while Tehran…

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The Guardian view on Trump’s civilisational threats: the words that fuel war must be condemned | Editorial
ByEditorial April 10, 2026

Military euphemisms can be deadly. Yet the brutal rhetoric of the US and Israel is proving still more lethal“Metaphors can kill,” the linguist George Lakoff wrote in an influential essay on the Gulf war. “The use of a metaphor with a set of definitions…

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Netanyahu-ism has achieved nothing for Israelis – and come at a monstrously high price | Jonathan Freedland
ByJonathan Freedland April 10, 2026

It is the voting public in Israel that will settle their PM’s fate later this year. But all they have heard are promises of ‘total victory’ that prove to be hollowIt is a record of abject failure. I am not speaking of Donald Trump, though I could be. I…

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