2026 • Apr 02
Oil price rises and markets slide after Trump warning to Iran
Brent crude jumps 6.5% as US president vows to hit Iran ‘extremely hard’ over coming weeks
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2026 • Apr 02
‘Weak and pathetic’: why is the EU not using its leverage to stop Israel?
Deep divisions on Israel mean the union has failed to act over Lebanon, Gaza, or settler violence in the West BankThe human costs of Israel’s attacks on Lebanon were plain to see when the Ir
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2026 • Apr 02
Middle East crisis live: oil prices climb after Trump defends Iran war in address to the nation
President used speech to justify the war and offer a timeline for its completion, as he faces falling poll numbers and a global energy crisis
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2026 • Apr 02
Ukraine war briefing: Russia responds to Zelenskyy’s Easter truce offer with drone attack
Ukrainian president says ceasefire could show diplomacy works, while Russia dismisses statement as ‘PR stunt’. What we know on day 1,499Volodymyr Zelenskyy has criticised Russia for
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2026 • Apr 02
Starmer calls on Reform to sack Simon Dudley after ‘everyone dies’ Grenfell comments
PM says Farage should ‘do the decent thing’, after new housing spokesperson’s criticism of safety regulations
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2026 • Apr 02
Farage and Jenrick to speak on pensions triple lock as calls grow to sack Reform’s housing spokesperson – UK politics live
Keir Starmer says Nigel Farage should ‘do the decent thing’ after Simon Dudley’s ‘shameful’ comments about Grenfell TowerEd Davey must be going soft. Normally the Lib Dems are the first to c
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2026 • Apr 02
Thames Water ‘close to deal that would spare it new Ofwat fines until 2030’
Offer reportedly put forward by creditors hoping to save struggling firm from being renationalised temporarily
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2026 • Apr 02
New Zealand signs defence pact with Cook Islands after quarrel over China deal
Agreement comes after Wellington halted millions in aid to its former colony after Cook Islands formed strategic partnership with Beijing New Zealand and the Cook Islands have signed a defe
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2026 • Apr 02
Moira Deeming to secure top spot on Victorian Liberal ticket
Reversal of fortune comes just one week after she was dumped in favour of Dinesh Gourisetty, who then withdrew his nominationGet our
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2026 • Apr 02
Alleged Bondi terrorist Naveed Akram denied suppression order over identities of family members
Lawyers for accused had argued names of family members should be suppressed due to fears for their mental and physical safetyGet our
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2026 • Apr 01
Top Senate Democrat says ‘House Republicans caved’ as deal to fund DHS moves forward – live
Chuck Schumer notes that ‘Senate Democrats never wavered’ on negotiations to fund Department of Homeland Security without funding ICE
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2026 • Apr 01
Republican leaders agree to advance funding deal to end DHS shutdown
Measure that would fund homeland security but exclude money for ICE could conclude lengthy funding lapseAn end to the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may be in
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