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Send in armed UN troops to protect aid convoys or risk ‘dystopia’, says expert

ByMark Townsend

UN rapporteur calls for move as food deliveries are attacked and starvation becomes a weapon of war in Gaza and SudanUN peacekeepers should be routinely deployed to protect aid convoys from attack in places such as Gaza and Sudan, a senior United Natio…

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Iran strikes Tel Aviv and Haifa as Israel conflict enters fourth day

ByGuardian staff

Casualties reported in central Israel as G7 leaders were set to meet in Canada with the battle between the two regional enemies set to dominate the agendaMiddle East crisis – live updatesExplainer: what we know so far in the Israel-Iran conflictIranian…

Israeli police responding to reports of projectile debris

ByWar Watch

The police say they have received reports of projectile debris falling in multiple areas in Israel. “Police and bomb disposal units are currently operating at the scenes,” the Police said on X. “The Israel Police urges all residents to avoid gathering near impact sites to prevent danger to life and to enable emergency teams to…

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Ali Khamenei: ruthless defender of Iran’s revolution with few good options left

ByJason Burke International security correspondent

The Iranian supreme leader is backed into a corner, a situation he has spent his life doing his best to avoidWhen he appeared in public for the first time in five years in October, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, had an uncompro…

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Israel and Iran broaden strikes during third day of escalating war

ByEmma Graham-Harrison in Tel Aviv

Trump calls for end to conflict and warns Tehran against striking US targets in the regionMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsrael and Iran have broadened their strikes against each other on the third day of an escalating war that has killed and injured…