๐ Tehran โ๏ธ Iran ๐ฅ Members of Rafiโ Nia synagogue braved airstrikes to celebrate Passover hours before it was destroyed Middle East crisis โ live updates On the evening of 6 April, Asef, 65, and other members of Tehranโs Jewish community braved the US-Israeli bombing campaign to celebrate an evening Passover service at the Rafiโ…
๐ World (approximate area) โ๏ธ Iran ๐ Firm had to repatriate almost 12,000 guests and staff, including from two cruise ships in Abu Dhabi and Doha The Iran war has cost the travel company Tui โฌ40m (ยฃ34.7m) so far, including repatriating almost 12,000 holidaymakers and staff, and forced it to cut its profit forecast for…
๐ Gaza โ๏ธ Gaza ๐ Residents waking to find line has moved overnight and they are now in free-fire zone as army takes more territory Middle East crisis โ live updates Israeli forces have been moving an agreed truce line in Gaza westwards over the six months since the ceasefire, expanding their zone of control…
๐ Tehran โ๏ธ Iran ๐ช Iranian hardliners rallied late on Tuesday night with members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards apparently bringing ballistic missiles to parade in Tehran. Donald Trump had earlier said he was extending the ceasefire with Iran at Pakistanโs request, while awaiting a ‘unified proposal’ from Tehran Middle East crisis live: latest news updates…
๐ West Bank โ๏ธ Gaza โ๏ธ Local officials and witnesses say attackers shot at students first then at those who arrived to help Two Palestinians, including a 14-year-old schoolboy, have been killed in the occupied West Bank after Israeli settlers opened fire near a school amid mounting assaults on education in the territory, witnesses and…
๐ World (approximate area) โ๏ธ Iran ๐ Iranโs goal is to maintain chokehold on the global economy, even as some say it could run out of oil storage by Sunday Middle East crisis โ live updates Donald Trumpโs indefinite shelving of the plan to bomb Iranโs bridges and power stations on Tuesday night is being…
๐ World (approximate area) โ๏ธ Iran ๐๏ธ Iranian forces seize two ships in critical waterway as Washington and Tehran maintain separate blockades Middle East crisis โ live updates Iranian forces have seized two ships in the strait of Hormuz as the US and Iran doubled down on imposing separate blockades of the shipping waterway. The…
๐ World (approximate area) โ๏ธ Lebanon โ๏ธ Amal Khalil had been buried in rubble after an Israeli strike that also injured another journalist, Zeinab Faraj Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed a journalist on Wednesday after rescuers were blocked from accessing the building where she was buried under rubble because of further Israeli fire, according…
๐ World (approximate area) โ๏ธ Iran ๐ This blog is now closed. Follow our new live blog on the Middle East crisis here If youโre just joining us, hereโs the main news of the day. It is 9.30am in Tehran, 9am in Jerusalem and Beirut, and 2am in Washington DC. Donald Trump unilaterally said he…
๐ Gaza (approximate area) โ๏ธ Gaza ๐ While the population of southern Lebanon have sometimes felt abandoned by their own state, a show in London told their stories and celebrated their resistance In one room of Londonโs Palestine House, a large screen plays looped news footage from southern Lebanon. Tanks and armoured vehicles plough their…