Five decades of Israeli covert strategy to push US, Iran into confrontation

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to meet US President Donald Trump, there is good reason to expect that he will use the meeting to discourage any move towards ending hostilities in the Gulf. This expectation is grounded in a historical record spanning more than five decades.

Police shoot dead Berlin Pride van and knife rampage suspect, officials say

A man suspected of a driving a van into a crowd near Berlin’s Pride festival then going on a knife rampage in an Islamist terror attack has been shot dead by police, German officials have said.

Industry star David Jonsson to play Black Panther in Marvel sequel

The British actor David Jonsson has been unveiled as the new Black Panther by the film’s director, Ryan Coogler.

Jonsson, 32, known for roles in Industry, The Long Walk and Alien: Romulus, will play the son of Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa in the third Black Panther movie.

‘Freeze the conflict’: Drones slow Kazakh oil flow amid Russia-Ukraine war

Sitting next to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Saturday cautiously weighed in on the Russia-Ukraine war, now in its fifth year.

“If I may offer my humble opinion … perhaps it is time to freeze this conflict and ‌return to the Istanbul formula 2.0,” he told reporters in the ⁠Siberian city of Omsk.

Israel obstructing takeover of pilot zones in Lebanon’s south: Military

Israel is violating agreements by shelling ‘pilot villages’, Lebanon’s army asserts.

The Lebanese army has accused Israel of obstructing its efforts to take over control of security in southern Lebanon.

Water supply failure leaves Gatwick airport without working toilets

A water supply failure at Gatwick left passengers without access to working toilets or bars and restaurants.

Passengers posted online that they were unable to get hot drinks, wash their hands or fill up water bottles at the airport in Sussex.

Joy in Greece as Mount Olympus joins Unesco list of world heritage sites

After a 12-year wait, Mount Olympus, the mythical home of the ancient Greek gods, has been inducted into a hall of more modern fame as Unesco announced it would be added to its world heritage list.

V&A workers hold ballot to strike over pay and heatwave conditions

Workers at one of the world’s leading art and design museums are balloting for “heatwave” strike action.

The ballot at V&A is taking place because of concerns about soaring temperatures and access to drinking water, along with pay and conditions.

Tunisia grapples with five years of crisis since Saied’s power grab

Five years after Tunisian President Kais Saied suspended parliament and attained sweeping powers, the country remains sharply divided, grappling with a severe economic downturn and a worsening political deadlock.

Saied’s supporters continue to view the measures taken by him in July 2021 – when he suspended parliament and dismissed Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi – as a necessary “correction” to save the country. The opposition says that since then, state institutions have collapsed, promises have gone unfulfilled, and there has been an unprecedented concentration of power in his hands.

Israel and the cost paradox of the Iran war

Since the breakout of war on February 28, the US-Israeli conflict with Iran has been framed as an existential for Tel Aviv and Tehran. Yet a calm, structural reading of the past five months of fighting and faltering truces reveals a striking paradox: the party that incited this war has become the one least exposed to its fire and the one collecting most of its returns.