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Daily dread in Tehran: air strikes and total repression

Fergal Keane Special correspondent Watch: Iranians show daily life under air strikes and regime crackdown A woman stands on a rooftop listening to the sounds of the city below. There is only the dull hum of traffic tonight. But she knows how easily that can change. It is usually the dogs who notice the sound

Africa Faces Supply Shock from Middle East Conflict

Countries in Africa, where farmers depend heavily on imported fertiliser and a large share of household income goes on food, are particularly vulnerable to supply chain disruptions caused by the war in the Middle East, experts have said. The conflict has drastically disrupted trade through the strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping lane not just

Why Starmer Stands by His Stance Despite Trump

Chris Mason Political editor PA Media On nearly every occasion President Trump has found himself in front of a camera in the last few days, he has had a pop at the prime minister and at the UK. We have long known the current occupier of the White House is rarely a man of subtlety

Zimbabwean descendants seek return of looted ancestors’ skulls

Descendants of freedom fighters executed and beheaded in southern Africa by colonial British forces have called on the Natural History Museum in London and the University of Cambridge to help them find their ancestors’ looted skulls. Zimbabwean descendants of the first chimurenga heroes, who led an uprising against British colonisers in the 1890s, have long

Trump criticises Starmer over UK’s military role

Ana Faguy and Jack Fenwick, Political correspondent Getty Images US President Donald Trump has told the UK he does not need its aircraft carriers and accused Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of seeking to "join wars after we've already won", as the US and Israel continue to launch strikes on Iran. In a social media

Semaglutide could cost as little as $3 monthly

Weight-loss jabs such as Wegovy could be made for just $3 a month, according to new analysis, potentially making the treatment available to millions in poorer countries as patents expire. More than a billion people live with obesity worldwide, with rates rising fast in lower-income nations as they shift to westernised diets and more sedentary

Iran After a Week of War: Voices of Hope, Fear and Uncertainty

Caroline Hawley World affairs correspondent Getty Images On Monday, three days into the war, men in Tehran watched from a hillside as a plume of smoke rose after an explosion When Hamid heard news of the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei a week ago today, he felt a wave of euphoria and

Semaglutide could cost as little as $3 a month

Weight-loss jabs such as Wegovy and Ozempic could be made for just $3 a month, according to new analysis, potentially making the treatment available to millions in poorer countries as patents expire. More than a billion people live with obesity worldwide, with rates rising fast in lower-income nations as they shift to westernised diets and

Four arrested in investigation of alleged links to Iran’s intelligence

EPA/Shutterstock Four people have been arrested as part of a counter-terrorism investigation relating to Iran, the Metropolitan Police has said. Police arrested one Iranian and three dual British-Iranian nationals on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service. The investigation relates to the suspected surveillance of locations and individuals linked to Jewish communities in London, the

South Sudan Slips Toward Renewed Large-Scale Conflict

South Sudan is reeling from an escalating conflict between the government-aligned army and opposition forces and allied groups that observers say risks returning the country to a full-blown civil war. Violent confrontations in the world’s youngest country between the military, which is loyal to President Salva Kiir, and insurgents believed to be allied to the
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