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Fragile Israel-Iran truce appears to hold after Trump’s fury at initial violations

ByJulian Borger in Jerusalem

US president at one point called Benjamin Netanyahu to order him to scale down an Israeli airstrikeMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe shaky truce between Israel and Iran appeared to be holding on Tuesday evening after an extraordinary day in which a …

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Sudan, Remember Us review – vividness and vibrancy in intense account of Khartoum uprising

ByPeter Bradshaw

Hind Meddeb’s documentary draws on her on-the-spot experience in 2019 as protesters rose against the 30-year rule of Omar al-BashirFranco-Tunisian-Moroccan film-maker Hind Meddeb is based in Paris but it was her on-the-spot experience in Khartoum in 20…

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Sudan, Remember Us review – vividness and vibrancy in intense account of Khartoum uprising

ByPeter Bradshaw

Hind Meddeb’s documentary draws on her on-the-spot experience in 2019 as protesters rose against the 30-year rule of Omar al-BashirFranco-Tunisian-Moroccan film-maker Hind Meddeb is based in Paris but it was her on-the-spot experience in Khartoum in 20…

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Tuesday briefing: What you need to know about Trump’s declaration of peace between Israel and Iran

ByArchie Bland

In today’s newsletter: The US president responds to Iran’s limited retaliation by celebrating the end of the war, with Israel confirming agreement to proposalGood morning. After the United States attacked Iranian nuclear sites early on Sunday, the ques…

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Trump is not interested in listening to US experts on Iran’s nuclear program

ByJames Risen

The US president is more willing to listen to Israel than his predecessors were and is also deeply suspicious of the CIAWhen Donald Trump ordered the US military to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities over the weekend, the debate among intelligence official…

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Nato members willingly increasing defence spending amid rising threat from Russia, says Rutte

ByPjotr Sauer and Dan Sabbagh in The Hague

Exclusive: As alliance members arrive at The Hague summit, secretary general says Moscow capable of launching attack within three to five yearsMark Rutte, Nato’s secretary general, said it was “not a difficult thing” to get members to agree to raise de…

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Nato members willingly increasing defence spending amid rising threat from Russia, says Rutte

ByPjotr Sauer and Dan Sabbagh in The Hague

Exclusive: As alliance members arrive at The Hague summit, secretary general says Moscow capable of launching attack within three to five yearsMark Rutte, Nato’s secretary general, said it was “not a difficult thing” to get members to agree to raise de…

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Flying in the new age of conflict – the hotspots diverting flights and leaving pilots blind

ByJonathan Yerushalmy

Amid conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, airlines have been forced to divert around warzones while managing new threats to their systemsThe first indication that something was wrong came when the clock on the flight deck began to go backwards. Th…

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe denounces Israeli attack on Iran’s Evin prison

ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

British-Iranian dual national who spent five years in the jail says attack was a publicity stunt that endangered prisonersI spent five years in Iran’s notorious Evin prison but when Israel bombed it I felt horror and fearNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the …

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I spent five years in Iran’s notorious Evin prison but when Israel bombed it I felt horror and fear | Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

ByNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Many held there are opponents of the repressive regime. Who is alive now? Who was killed? Were they just collateral damage?Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe denounces Israeli attack on Iran’s Evin prisonOn Monday morning Israeli airstrikes struck the Evin pris…