Today so far US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed that a US submarine sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka, marking the first US attack on Iranian forces outside of the Middle East. More than 80 people were killed. In a press briefing at the Pentagon, Hegseth declared that “America is winning”…
Interim summary Thank you for following along with our live coverage so far today. The fighting continued in Lebanon, with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, and Israel Katz, the Israeli defence minister, approving a military ground incursion into the southern part of the country and the Israeli military issuing new evacuation orders for dozens…
The increase in gas prices in the last 48 hours is without precedent. Even in the chaotic early weeks of the Ukraine war in 2022, the price of gas never doubled. But that is exactly what has happened to wholesale methane prices in the UK. And since gas prices are arguably the most important price…
Trump says he is ‘very sad’ that UK-US relations ‘are not what they used to be’ Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. US President Donald Trump has said he is “very sad” to see that UK-US relations are “not what they were” after criticising Keir Starmer for taking “too long”…
Trump on Iran attack: ‘The big wave hasn’t happened yet.’ In an interview with CNN, Donald Trump said this: “The ‘big wave’ of attacks against Iran is yet to come.” The president stated, “We have not yet begun to hit them hard.” In a nine-minute phone interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Trump asserted, “We’re crushing them.”…
Why is there war in the Gulf? Very dangerous for global development. There is no other place on the planet with such concentrated reserves of energy as the Arabian Gulf. This is the great paradox that has both haunted and sustained the region for decades; This is part of the reason why so many countries…
Morning opening: EU meets to consider its response as countries consider feasibility of evacuation plans A so-called “security college” of the European Commission is set to meet today as the EU considers its options given the escalating situation in the Middle East. The bloc’s foreign ministers spoke in an online emergency meeting last night. The…
