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'Ghost town': Lebanon city deserted amid Israeli airstrikes

Israel has issued a new displacement order for southern Lebanon, instructing residents within 25 miles of the border between the two countries to head north. The order covers major Lebanese cities and dozens of villages. Israel’s military is considering an escalated campaign in Lebanon against Hezbollah after the pro-Iran group launched its most intense attacks yet on Wednesday night. Guardian journalist William Christou reports from Nabatieh, a city in south Lebanon hit by Israeli strikes

 

Why have the Chagos Islands become so important to US President Trump?

US President Donald Trump has criticised Britain and its prime minister Keir Starmer over the handling of the Chagos Islands. He criticised Starmer during a press conference where he spoke about how America’s allies have responded to the US-Israel war in Iran. The president has said the UK should "not give away Diego Garcia", a key military base for the United States. The Chagos Islands - officially known as the British Indian Ocean Territory - are located in the Indian Ocean about 5,799 miles (9,332km) south-east of the UK, and about 1,250 miles north-east of Mauritius. Also known as the Chagos Archipelago, there are around 60 individual islands. The islands were separated from Mauritius in 1965, when Mauritius was still a British colony.

Donald Trump couldn't locate The Chagos Islands even if they were marked by big red stick pin.

Atlantic rift? Has Britain’s relationship with the US just changed forever?

As tensions flare between Washington and London, observers say the ground beneath the “special relationship” is shifting. Quentin Peel helps us unpack whether this moment marks a lasting change in US-UK relations.

 

Trump-Netanyahu’s ‘war in search of a strategy’

 

An illegal war, two leaders in cahoots and media outlets struggling to meet the moment.

One week into the United States and Israel’s war on Iran, and the messaging coming from the White House is consistently chaotic and contradictory. From regime change and nuclear threat to preemptive attack – the Trump administration is struggling to juggle its narrative. And while the mainstream media is working overtime to legitimise the Trump-Netanyahu war at home, Americans remain unconvinced.

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