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Seven days on, seven questions about the US-Israeli war on Iran
ByOliver Holmes March 7, 2026

One week on from the first strikes, we look at why the war started, what the cost has been and what may come nextThe US-Israeli war on Iran, now into its seventh day, has set the Middle East alight, threatening millions of people’s lives and livelihood…

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Pedro Sánchez’s lone stance against Trump may look risky, but it is cannily pragmatic | Eoghan Gilmartin
ByEoghan Gilmartin March 7, 2026

The Spanish PM’s defiant foreign policy line may seem outspoken. The truth is that he is a sound strategist at home and abroadSpain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, called his 2019 political memoir A Manual for Resistance: a fitting title for a centre-…

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Trump offers vague description of Iran surrender demand – as it happened
ByAdam Fulton March 7, 2026March 8, 2026

This live blog has now closed. Our live coverage continues hereThe Saudi defence minister, Prince Khalid bin Salman, urged Iran on Saturday to “avoid miscalculation” after missile and drone launches at the kingdom.Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry said e…

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The week around the world in 20 pictures
ByJim Powell March 6, 2026

Crisis in the Middle East, Ramadan in Gaza, a blackout in Havana and Stella McCartney at Paris fashion week – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Continue reading…

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The Guardian view on AI in war: the Iran conflict shows that the paradigm shift has already begun
ByEditorial March 6, 2026

The intensified use of artificial intelligence, and rows over its control, demonstrate the need for democratic oversight and multilateral controls“Never in the future will we move as slow as we are moving now,” the UN secretary-general, António Guterre…

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‘If they don’t stop, Tehran will turn into Gaza’: Iranians describe night of terror
ByDeepa Parent March 6, 2026

People tell of scenes of panic during airstrikes on Iran’s capital, with several saying they feared they would dieMiddle East crisis – live updatesSleeplessness, fear and exhaustion gripped residents of Tehran as successive waves of strikes struck the …

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‘The memories stay behind’: hundreds of thousands flee the Israeli bombs in Beirut
ByWilliam Christou in Beirut March 6, 2026

With one text message, Israel made half a million people homeless, leaving the city’s southern suburbs a ghost townThe ding of half a million phones, a pause and a collective gasp: in an instant, more than 500,000 people had just been declared homeless…

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International law and the difficulty of dealing with Trump at war | Letters
ByGuardian staff March 6, 2026

Readers respond to the dilemmas facing Europe and Keir Starmer with the Iran conflictInternational law has evolved a lot since the 17th century, when sovereign nation states became the agreed structure of Europe. The United Nations charter, agreed…

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Martin Rowson on the deepening Middle East crisis – cartoon
ByMartin Rowson March 6, 2026

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Iran war pushes oil price above $90 threatening rise in global inflation
ByGraeme Wearden and Jillian Ambrose March 6, 2026

Reports Kuwait was cutting output pushed up cost of barrel of Brent crude to highest weekly gain since Covid pandemic beganThe Iran conflict has driven the oil price past $90 a barrel to its highest weekly gains since the Covid-19 pandemic six years ag…

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