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Why Israel’s attack on Iran is being played down by both sides
After days of tension and calls for calm, Israel’s response to Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile strike appeared carefully calibrated to avert a wider war.
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Tim Booth of the band James on ageism in music, topping the charts and AI
More than 40 years since they began the band are at the top of the charts. We met their lead singer Tim Booth.
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As India goes to the polls in the world’s largest election – what do British-Indians think?
Tomorrow the world’s largest election kicks off. In India, a billion voters at a million polling stations will spend the next seven weeks deciding their future, with a winner announced in June.
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Ukraine might finally get $60bn in American weapons and assistance to defend against Russia
A vote on a bill to provide the support will go before the US House of Representatives on Saturday.
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‘Shameless’ if US block our UN membership, says Palestinian ambassador
There’s expected to be a vote at the UN security council on granting Palestine full membership of the United Nations.
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‘No question’ that Rafah would be evacuated before a ground offensive says former Israeli National Security Advisor
We spoke to Major General Yaakov Amidror, a former National Security Advisor to Prime Minister Netanyahu.
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UK and US impose new sanctions on Iran following attack on Israel
Well the British and American governments both unveiled new packages of sanctions against Iran today, as G7 foreign ministers met in person to agree further action.
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Gaza is ‘humanitarian hellscape’, says UN as Israeli strikes continue
Israelis are now expecting their government’s latest military action against Iran to be after next week’s Jewish Festival of Passover.
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Netanyahu ‘survival’ depends on ‘expanding war’ says head of Palestinian National Initiative
The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to vote on a Palestinian request for full UN membership on Friday. Israel’s ally, the US, is expected to block the move because it would effectively recognise a Palestinian state. It comes as the UN appeals for more than £2.2 billion to help people in Gaza and the…
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Iran ‘ready to take harsher measures against Israel’, says Iranian political analyst
We’re joined by Iranian political analyst Mohammad Hashemi, who is in Tehran.
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Israel war with Iran has begun says former Israeli air defence commander
With Iran promising massive retaliation, could Israel count on repeating Saturday’s successful shooting down of nearly all the Iranian missiles and drones – especially when around a third are thought to have been downed by Israel’s Western and Arab allies? Brigadier General Zvika Haimovich was Commander of the Israel Air Defense Forces until 2018. We…
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Israel prepares Iran attack retaliation – vows ‘to do everything necessary’
Iran’s President has warned that the tiniest attack by Israel will provoke a massive and harsh response. The rhetoric and the drums of war are getting louder. It’s not a question of if, it’s when and what Israel decides to attack. We understand Israel’s guidance to its allies is that its action will be “narrow…
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Year of civil war in Sudan ‘a nightmare of hunger and displacement’
What’s happening between Israel, Iran and Hamas may be vexing the international community, but for a full year now another war has been creating what the UN Secretary General today described as a ‘nightmare of hunger and displacement’. The Sudanese civil war is only a year old today but it has already displaced over 8…
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Israel fears repeat Iran attack, says former editor of Jerusalem Post
We are joined by author and former editor of the Jerusalem Post, Yaakov Katz.
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How long could it take to clear the Rwanda asylum seeker backlog?
Official figures show that while we enjoyed a calm sunny Sunday yesterday. More than 500 migrants crossed the Channel in small boats – the busiest day so far this year. So if the flights do eventually take off – how will the government’s Rwanda plan cope with these sorts of numbers?