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Trump in tough spot as he tries to avoid deal that highlights US failures in Iran
Published: April 29, 2026 08:40
Washington facing long economic war or risky military action to reopen strait of Hormuz – which may now be more valuable to Iran than a nuclear weaponDonald Trump is learning first-hand about the perils of mission creep.The US-Israel war in Iran has just…
King Charles ‘agrees with me’ on Iran nuclear weapon ban, says Trump
Published: April 29, 2026 07:48
Remarks by US president likely to cause embarrassment for aides of UK monarch, who usually remains neutralUK politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has said King Charles agrees with him that Iran should never be allowed nuclear weapons.Trump made the…
Von der Leyen to brief EU lawmakers on impact of Iran war – Europe live
Published: April 29, 2026 07:23
Commission president later due to meet new Hungarian leader who is seeking to unlock EU funds in return for reformsVon der Leyen says that “every member state has a different energy mix,” so no blanket EU solution would work.But she calls for more…
Calls for humanitarian corridor through strait of Hormuz as Iran war hits vital aid
Published: April 29, 2026 07:00
Soaring oil prices and the blockade are preventing food, fuel and medicine being delivered to millions of people in desperate need, say NGOsThe volatility of global oil prices caused by the US and Israel’s war on Iran is taking a toll on the most…
Marxists and monarchists: the group hoping to unite Iran’s exiled opposition
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/29/iran-freedom-congress-exiled-opposition
Published: April 29, 2026 04:00
Iran Freedom Congress, which has met in London, aims to be a ‘pluralist movement’ supporting those inside country“It’s an exercise that is necessary and frankly has been missing for the past 47 years,” said Mehrdad Marty Youssefiani, a founding member of a…
How the UAE’s decision to leave Opec could recast the Middle East
Published: April 28, 2026 18:58
Defection is damaging to Saudi Arabia’s prestige – and could strengthen the US hand in the regionThe United Arab Emirates’ decision to walk out of Opec is a political as much as business decision, and will reignite the simmering rows between the UAE and…
Russian oligarch’s superyacht allowed through strait of Hormuz, source says
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/28/alexei-mordashov-russian-superyacht-strait-of-hormuz
Published: April 28, 2026 14:30
Billionaire Alexei Mordashov’s vessel, Nord, reportedly able to cross blockaded strait with US and Iranian approvalA superyacht owned by the Russian billionaire Alexei Mordashov was able to transit the blockaded strait of Hormuz after undergoing…
Tell us: how are you adjusting your household finances as the Iran war pushes up costs?
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/apr/28/tell-us-how-household-finances-costs-iran-war
Published: April 28, 2026 14:12
We’d like to hear how you’re adapting your expenditure as the cost of living rises amid the conflict in the Middle EastRising prices and economic uncertainty linked to the conflict in the Middle East are putting pressure on household budgets across the…
Middle East crisis live: Iran says it needs guarantees against attacks before Gulf can be stable
Published: April 28, 2026 07:40
Tehran’s UN envoy says ‘full respect’ of Iran’s rights also key for lasting regional stabilityUS is being ‘humiliated’ by Iran’s leadership, says Friedrich MerzThe US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, has said Iran’s oil industry is starting to shut…
It’s time MPs levelled with us: Britain is already at war, and we’ll need to do two things to survive it | Gaby Hinsliff
Published: April 28, 2026 07:00
Cyber-attacks, disinformation and blockading of supplies. This is what living in a war zone can look like nowWe are at war. Four words that sound ludicrously melodramatic on a sunny spring day, when all may not be exactly right with the world – but when…
US is being humiliated by Iran, says German chancellor – video
Published: April 27, 2026 17:27
Friedrich Merz says he cannot see what exit strategy US has in its war with Iran, warning 'an entire nation is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership, especially by these so-called Revolutionary Guards' Continue reading...
Middle East crisis live: Iran ‘offers to end chokehold on strait of Hormuz’
Published: April 27, 2026 10:24
Sources say country wants US to end its blockade as part of proposal but has not addressed its nuclear programmeThe Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is facing the prospect of running against a rightwing-centrist super coalition in elections…
‘I should not have wished for war’: six ordinary Iranians on how the US-Israel conflict has changed them
Published: April 27, 2026 07:00
In Tehran, the Guardian spoke to people about how war is transforming their feelings toward the regime and their country’s futureBehzad has a master’s degree in the humanities and lives with his partner in a rented flat in central Tehran. He says he didn’t…
UK faces higher prices for eight months after war in Iran ends, says minister
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/apr/26/uk-faces-higher-pricesafter-war-iran-ends-darren-jones
Published: April 26, 2026 18:33
Darren Jones suggests cost of energy, food and flights will remain high after de-escalation and Hormuz strait reopensThe UK faces higher prices for food and fuel for at least eight months after the war in Iran ends, a minister has said. The closure of the…
No headway in Middle East peace efforts as US and Iran refuse to yield
Published: April 26, 2026 17:50
Deepening sense of deadlock despite regional diplomacy as Washington and Tehran show no signs of compromiseHopes of a breakthrough in negotiations between Iran and the US faded further on Sunday, amid a deepening sense of a deadlock in the nearly…
Pete Hegseth’s Iran war messaging echoes sermons from his extremist church
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/26/pete-hegseth-iran-war-christian-extremism
Published: April 26, 2026 12:00
US defense secretary’s openly Christian nationalist church continues to have growing influence in the White HouseOn 17 April, at a briefing on the Iran war, secretary of defense Pete Hegseth told reporters he had been “sitting in church with my family” the…
Iran didn’t have a nuclear weapon before this war. But you can see why it would want one now | Simon Tisdall
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/26/iran-nuclear-weapon-war-develop-one-now
Published: April 26, 2026 10:30
If lawless aggression by ‘might is right’ nuclear-armed powers spreads unchecked, what other option do middle-ranking countries have?With every bomb dropped, ship seized and blood-curdling threat of annihilation, Donald Trump increases Iran’s incentive to…
Cop negotiations chief on how Iran war oil shock paves road to climate talks in Turkey
Published: April 25, 2026 20:00
Exclusive: As countries meet at key climate crisis meetings, Australia’s Chris Bowen says war underlines need to move away from fossil fuelsThe fallout from the Iran war is driving countries to boost homegrown energy reliability and opens an opportunity…
Trump cancels his envoys’ Pakistan trip for Iran ceasefire negotiations
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/25/trump-cancels-envoys-pakistan-trip-iran-talks
Published: April 25, 2026 17:02
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were to travel to Islamabad to attempt to revive ceasefire negotiationsDonald Trump said he has told US envoys not to go to Pakistan for more talks with Iran, shortly after Tehran’s top diplomat left Islamabad late on…
Middle East crisis live: Witkoff and Kushner head to Pakistan for talks; Israel strikes Lebanon despite ceasefire
Published: April 25, 2026 07:31
Iranian foreign minister has landed in Islamabad but his ministry says there will be no direct negotiations with the US envoyThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it launched strikes in three areas in southern Lebanon against what it claimed were Hezbollah…
Hanged under the cover of war: letters and videos tell stories of Iran’s death row victims
Published: April 25, 2026 05:00
Testimony emerges from Babak Alipour, who spent three years on death row before being taken to gallows in March Writing from his cell in the Rajai Shahr prison in the northern Iranian city of Karaj, Babak Alipour wanted to tell his friends about those who…
‘No clear strategy’: how Trump went from shock and awe to wait and see in Iran
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/24/trump-iran-war-no-strategy
Published: April 24, 2026 17:02
Lack of a sustained plan to end the war has convinced US allies that the White House is running out of ideasNearly eight weeks after Donald Trump launched his assault on Iran, the White House has shifted from a strategy of shock-and-awe bombardments and…
The Guardian view on Germany, Japan and the end of the postwar order: as US alliances crumble, a new world emerges | Editorial
Published: April 24, 2026 16:48
Developments in Berlin and Tokyo show how far the strategic environment has shifted in response to authoritarian threat and American unpredictabilityWhen Donald Trump hosted Sanae Takaichi, the Japanese prime minister, last month, he could not resist a…
Iran foreign minister to embark on three-nation tour as US peace talks remain stalled
Published: April 24, 2026 16:48
Abbas Araghchi to visit Pakistan, Oman and Russia to see if talks can be reopened, with both sides still in stalemateMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, is planning a tour of Pakistan, Russia and Oman in an effort…
Could Trump withdraw US support for UK sovereignty of Falklands?
Published: April 24, 2026 16:37
Proposal said to be contained in internal Pentagon email is thought to be bid to punish European countries for failing to assist in war in IranThe White House is considering punishing European countries that have failed to assist Donald Trump wage his war…
Starmer pledges to bring forward law proscribing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
Published: April 24, 2026 15:34
Prime minister tells Jewish leaders legislation against malign state actors will go before parliament in JulyKeir Starmer has promised to proscribe Iran’s Revolutionary Guards by introducing legislation in the next session of parliament in July.On a trip…
Pope Leo condemns the killing of protesters in Iran – video
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2026/apr/24/pope-leo-condemns-protester-killing-iran-video
Published: April 24, 2026 11:15
Pope Leo XIV has condemned the killing of protesters in Iran, after the US president, Donald Trump, criticised the Catholic leader last week for not doing so. The pontiff, during a press conference after his Africa trip, also urged the US and Iran to…
Embassy encourages Australia-based Iranians to volunteer to help war effort
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/24/iran-embassy-australia-iranians-war-effort
Published: April 24, 2026 06:37
Message on Telegram account has sparked alarm among diaspora groups, with one calling for the embassy to be closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTehran’s embassy in Canberra is promoting a recruitment drive for a paramilitary…
Middle East crisis live: Trump orders US to ‘shoot and kill’ boats laying mines in Hormuz strait; Israel-Lebanon truce extended
Published: April 24, 2026 05:28
US president claims ‘total control’ of strait of Hormuz despite Iranian seizure of two ships and report warning it could take months to clear waterway of minesTrump claims US has total control over strait of Hormuz after Iran seizes two container…
Trump may talk of regime infighting, but Iran seems united by strategy born of war
Published: April 23, 2026 18:55
Tensions around US negotiations may reflect mistake of assassinating more pragmatic and experienced figuresMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has claimed that the infighting between moderates and hardliners in Iran’s leadership is so intense…
UK prepared to deploy RAF Typhoons to keep strait of Hormuz open after Iran war
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/23/uk-raf-typhoons-strait-of-hormuz-iran-war
Published: April 23, 2026 18:08
Proposal at heart of offer made during a 30-country two-day meeting jointly organised by FranceMiddle East crisis – live updatesBritain is prepared to deploy a squadron of RAF Typhoons based in Qatar to patrol over the strait of Hormuz as part of a…
Extended naval blockade is an admission US military escalation poses even greater risk
Published: April 23, 2026 17:28
Battle of the blockades may still have more time to run as both the US and Iran try to assert control over the strait of HormuzDonald Trump’s decision to extend the naval blockade of Iran indefinitely may do nothing to reduce world oil prices – but it…
Trump claims US has total control over strait of Hormuz after Iran seizes two container ships
Published: April 23, 2026 17:26
US president says Tehran hobbled by infighting as Pentagon reportedly briefs mine clearance may take six monthsMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has again said that the US has “total control over the strait of Hormuz,” adding that Iran’s…
Lockheed Martin CEO sees Trump’s Pentagon as ‘golden opportunity’ for growth
Published: April 23, 2026 16:38
Jim Taiclet spoke in earnings call as company expands contracts with the US government amid the Iran warLockheed Martin’s CEO has called the Trump administration a “golden opportunity” for the company as it expands its contracting work for the federal…
Trump’s war has backfired spectacularly: Iran is now more influential than ever | Fawaz Gerges
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/23/donald-trump-iran-war-tehran-strait-hormuz
Published: April 23, 2026 14:44
Tehran has shown that its grip over the strait of Hormuz is its most potent deterrent – arguably more consequential than its now defunct nuclear programmeFawaz Gerges is professor of international relations at the London School of EconomicsDonald Trump’s…
Footage purportedly shows Iranian forces seize two vessels in the strait of Hormuz - video
Published: April 23, 2026 10:39
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards released footage purportedly showing its forces seizing two vessels in the strait of Hormuz and escorting them to Iranian shores. Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency said the two ships attempted 'to exit the strait of Hormuz…
What would a permanent ‘Tehran’s tollbooth’ on oil mean for the world?
Published: April 23, 2026 08:00
Iran’s plan to extract a $2m payment from tankers using the strait of Hormuz could raise costs for years to comeA second round of peace talks between the US and Iran has begun amid renewed attacks on oil tankers in the strait of Hormuz and a US blockade on…
Iran behind low-level ‘hybrid warfare’ attacks in UK and Europe, analysts say
Published: April 23, 2026 08:00
Iranian intelligence services apparently recruiting via intermediaries to mount attacks aimed at sowing chaosIranian intelligence services and Revolutionary Guards operatives are recruiting teenagers through criminal intermediaries to launch a wave of…
Middle East crisis live: US and Iran in blockade stalemate as Washington’s navy secretary leaves office ‘immediately’
Published: April 23, 2026 04:18
White House says Tehran in ‘very weak position’; Iran says two seized ships transferred to its coast; US navy secretary exiting post ‘effective immediately’, says Pentagon‘Impossible’ to reopen strait of Hormuz amid ‘flagrant’ ceasefire breaches, Iran…
‘Impossible’ to reopen strait of Hormuz amid ‘flagrant’ ceasefire breaches, Iran says
Published: April 22, 2026 17:31
Iranian forces seize two ships in critical waterway as Washington and Tehran maintain separate blockadesIranian forces have seized two ships in the strait of Hormuz as the US and Iran doubled down on imposing separate blockades of the critical shipping…
‘Like living in a cage’: Islamabad stuck in lockdown as city waits on US-Iran talks
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/22/islamabad-lockdown-us-iran-talks-pakistan
Published: April 22, 2026 17:14
Pakistani capital in pandemic-style limbo as people work from home, public transport is closed and businesses shutMiddle East crisis – live updatesAcross Islamabad, there is lockdown. The streets of the Pakistani capital have been empty for days, shops…
Matriarchal dystopias: Joe Orton got there before the Two Ronnies | Brief letters
Published: April 22, 2026 16:43
Up Against It and The Worm That Turned | War-readiness v human survival | White liberal response | A northern insultThe Two Ronnies weren’t the first to write about a dystopian world run by women when they came up with the sketch series The Worm That…
Trump extends Iran ceasefire – can a deal be made? – The Latest
Published: April 22, 2026 15:50
Donald Trump has indefinitely extended the US ceasefire with Iran after talks looked increasingly uncertain between both sides. Trump said he would ‘extend the ceasefire until such time as [Iran’s] proposal is submitted, and discussions are concluded, one…
Strait of Hormuz is hosting gunboat diplomacy as US and Iran vie for most effective blockade
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/22/strait-of-hormuz-gunboat-diplomacy-us-iran-blockade
Published: April 22, 2026 15:48
Iran’s goal is to maintain chokehold on the global economy, even as some say it could run out of oil storage by SundayMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump’s indefinite shelving of the plan to bomb Iran’s bridges and power stations on Tuesday night…
Trump extends Iran ceasefire – can a deal be made? | The Latest
Published: April 22, 2026 15:36
Donald Trump has indefinitely extended the US ceasefire with Iran after talks looked increasingly uncertain between both sides. Trump said he would ‘extend the ceasefire until such time as [Iran’s] proposal is submitted, and discussions are concluded, one…
Iran parades what appear to be ballistic missiles during pro-military rallies in Tehran – video
Published: April 22, 2026 13:02
Iranian hardliners rallied late on Tuesday night as possible talks in Islamabad with the US broke down, with members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards apparently bringing ballistic missiles to parade in Tehran. Donald Trump had earlier said he was extending…
Trump taught us to prioritize our own wallets. Now he’s paying the price | Jamil Smith
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/22/trump-gas-prices-iran-war
Published: April 22, 2026 12:00
The reckless Iran war shows up for most Americans as a number at a gas pump, not as images or moral reckoningThe airport in Las Vegas last Friday afternoon was what you might expect for a WrestleMania weekend. Packed terminal. Delays stacking up. Nobody…
Tehran’s embattled Jewish community endures despite Israeli bombing of synagogue
Published: April 22, 2026 08:00
Members of Rafi’ Nia synagogue braved airstrikes to celebrate Passover hours before it was destroyed On the evening of 6 April, Asef, 65, and other members of Tehran’s Jewish community braved the US-Israeli bombing campaign to celebrate an evening Passover…
What is Hezbollah? How the group embedded itself into the fabric of Lebanese life – video
Published: April 22, 2026 06:02
When Lebanon gets mentioned in the news, it’s often alongside Hezbollah. The group — designated by major western powers as a terrorist group — is variously characterised as a democratic political party in Lebanon’s parliament, as an organisation that…
Middle East crisis live: Trump extends ceasefire but US and Iran at loggerheads over port blockade
Published: April 22, 2026 03:50
US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent says Iran’s Kharg Island storage facilities will be full and their ‘fragile’ oil wells shut in mere days because of the blockade; oil prices rise amid ongoing uncertaintyTrump announces extension of Iran ceasefire until…
Condom prices could rise 30% due to Iran war, says world’s top producer Karex
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/22/condom-prices-iran-war-cost-price-rise-karex
Published: April 21, 2026 23:52
Karex produces more than 5 billion condoms annually and is a supplier to leading brands like Durex and Trojan, as well as the NHS The world’s top condom producer, Malaysia’s Karex Bhd, plans to raise prices by 20% to 30% and possibly further if supply…