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Jerusalem’s most important Muslim religious site facing ‘imminent’ threat of Israeli takeover, says Jordan

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Iran in talks with Oman over shipping route but not US, says Tehran

Iran has been in discussion with Oman about the creation of a new temporary route through the strait of Hormuz that would allow commercial shipping to resume, but is not yet reviving talks with the US, Tehran’s foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday.

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Trump says ‘complete disarmament’ of Hamas agreed in Gaza but Israel yet to accept

Israel has pointed to Hamas’s failure to disarm as justification for its continued strikes and refusal to allow any reconstruction in Gaza, and for Israeli forces’ steady edging forward from the demarcation line agreed in October.

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US hits dozens of targets in Iran overnight as peace efforts under threat

The US military has struck dozens of targets in Iran overnight in retaliation for Tehran’s attack on American forces in Jordan on Wednesday, sparking a further Iranian response and threatening prospects for negotiations to achieve a permanent peace.

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US joins forces with Saudis to strike Tehran-backed militias in Iraq

The joint US-Saudi strikes on targets in Iraq killed at least 20 members of Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces and wounded others. The PMF is an Iraqi state security service that Iran has infiltrated.

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Netanyahu arrives to meet Trump following Zelenskyy meeting before Lindsey Graham funeral service – US politics live

Israeli prime minister to meet US president after Trump’s closed-door meeting with Ukrainian president

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From Ukraine and Sudan to Gaza: why have hospitals become a target of war?

Fuelled by the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and Israel’s war in Gaza in 2023, figures peaked in 2024 but have remained at a historic high, with more than 2,500 documented incidents last year across 33 countries, according to the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition.

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‘Ridiculous’ for US to maintain current Nato support, Trump warns ahead of alliance summit

Donald Trump has said it is “ridiculous” for the US to continue its “one sided” relationship with Nato, less than a week before a summit of the military alliance in Ankara.

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Trump refuses to renew US-Canada-Mexico trade pact he once championed

Donald Trump has refused to renew the North American trade pact he once championed as his signature deal, opting instead to keep it alive on a short leash of annual reviews rather than committing to another 16 years.

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‘Tonnes of rubble’: 58,000 buildings estimated destroyed in Venezuela earthquakes

More than 58,000 buildings may have been damaged and destroyed by the twin earthquakes that hit Venezuela last week, according to a preliminary analysis of satellite data that suggests the scale of the destruction could dwarf official estimates.