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Berlin film festival organisers to hold crisis talks amid Gaza rows
ByPhilip Oltermann and Deborah Cole in Berlin February 25, 2026

Emergency meeting called to discuss festival’s ‘future direction’ after series of controversiesThe organisation that manages the Berlin film festival is to meet for talks amid reports that its American director faces dismissal after a series of rows ov…

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US to offer passport services to citizens in illegal West Bank settlements
ByJason Burke International security correspondent February 25, 2026

Israel welcomes move described by Palestinian Authority as undermining possibility of an independent stateThe US will provide on-site consular services in two Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank for the first time, breaking with previous poli…

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Israel responsible for two-thirds of record 129 press killings in 2025, says CPJ
ByReuters in Washington February 25, 2026February 25, 2026

Committee to Protect Journalists report says Israel also to blame for 81% of ‘intentionally targeted’ journalist killings The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza warA record 129 journalists and media workers were killed in the course of their work i…

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Disputes over Hamas disarmament stall Gaza peace plan progress
ByJulian Borger in Jerusalem February 25, 2026

Hamas to almost certainly reject plan described in Israeli press, say experts, as no guarantee Israel will withdraw on surrender of weaponsProgress in the Gaza peace plan has stalled over disagreements on how Hamas should be disarmed, with Israel threa…

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The Taliban are burning musical instruments in the name of morality. It is an assault on all culture
ByTom Service February 25, 2026

The sounds of Afghan history are being erased to prevent music’s ‘moral corruption’ of the Afghan people. We can help keep Afghanistan’s music alive. Plus, Eliane Radigue’s deep listening, and the brilliance of Sinners’s scoreThe horrors of the Taliban…

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‘A rushed execution’: the case of the woman convicted of child murder that shocked Somalia
BySarah Johnson and Mohamed Sheikh Nor in Somalia February 25, 2026

The speed at which Hodan Mohamud Diiriye was executed has raised questions about the fairness of her trialOn 12 November last year, Hodan Mohamud Diiriye called her husband to tell him that his 14-year-old great niece, Saabirin Saylaan, who had been li…

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Members of Iran’s elite accused of hypocrisy over children’s lives in west
ByRobert Tait February 25, 2026

Opposition campaigners claim top figures in regime use state wealth to fund lifestyles counter to those they preachMembers of Iran’s ruling elite have been accused of brazen hypocrisy by allegedly using the state’s wealth to help to fund their adult ch…

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Palestine Comedy Club review – roving performance collective finds light in darkness
ByPeter Bradshaw February 25, 2026

This portrait of a multi-ethnic comic troupe could do with more unpicking, but its reflections on the grind of war, life on the road and the reactive nature of comedy are insightfulIt must surely, sometimes, seem to everyone involved that the name shou…

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Marco Rubio briefs US lawmakers on Iran as Trump uses State of the Union to threaten nuclear programme
ByAndrew Roth in Washington February 24, 2026February 25, 2026

Secretary of state makes rare briefing to so-called ‘gang of eight’ as US deploys largest force of aircraft and warships to Middle East since 2003Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxMarco Rubio delivered a rare …

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Armed police flood Iran’s universities to crush student protests
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor February 24, 2026

Campus clashes provide uneasy backdrop to third round of talks on nuclear programme in GenevaPlainclothes police and security forces, many of them armed, have tried to flood Iran’s remaining open universities in an attempt to crush a fourth day of stud…

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