Trump says US ‘may take over Kharg Island’: Here’s what you need to know

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Kharg Island, pivotal to Iran’s oil exports, becomes focal point as Trump renews threats amid rising Gulf tensions.

US President Donald Trump has once again turned his focus to Kharg Island, Iran’s main oil export hub, after declaring an interim ceasefire with Iran “over” and warning the US was preparing more strikes.

Marine Le Pen ‘wants to talk politics’, but can she drown out the legal noise?

Marine Le Pen’s decision to run for French president in 2027, despite her legal woes, has drawn comparisons from her opponents to Donald Trump.

Just as the US president felt his voter base cared little about legal investigations against him, the French far-right leader shrugged off the leftwing protesters who shouted “criminal!” as she launched her presidential campaign at a market walkabout in western France on Wednesday. The previous day, an appeal court had upheld her conviction for the embezzlement of European parliament funds.

Spanish football legend Alexia Putellas joins London City Lionesses

Women's Super League club lands the two-time Ballon d'Or winner after her exit from Barcelona following a 14-year career.

Two-time women’s Ballon d’Or winner Spanish forward Alexia Putellas has joined London City Lionesses, the Women’s Super League (WSL) club owned by American billionaire Michele Kang has confirmed.

UK judges begin hearing appeal over Trinidad and Tobago anti-gay law

Some of the UK’s top judges are hearing arguments over whether a Trinidad and Tobago court had the legal right to overturn a 2018 ruling to remove colonial-era homophobic laws that criminalise anal sex between consenting men.

Nato summit: Trump says US could let Ukraine make Patriots and renews criticism of Spain and UK – as it happened

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Trump renews criticism of Spain and UK

On the perceived lack of support from Spain, France and the UK to the Iran conflict, Trump said “Spain has been very bad, they didn’t help us, but we didn’t need the help.”

Austrian court rules ski resort hotel’s burkini ban is discriminatory

An Austrian court has found an alpine hotel’s ban on burkinis discriminatory, a politically explosive ruling in a country where the far right is on the rise.

The full-body bathing suit worn by some Muslim women has become a bugbear of the European far right, which has campaigned to restrict Muslim dress in public spaces.