2026 • Mar 31
UK sends more troops to Gulf amid Trump jibes over British military role
John Healey says extra deployment is defensive response to ‘expanding threat’ from Iran
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2026 • Mar 31
‘Discriminatory’ Israeli death penalty law would be war crime, says UN rights chief
Volker Türk says bill, which applies to Palestinians convicted of terror charges but not Jewish extremists, must be repealedA new Israeli law that would allow the execution of Palestinians c
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2026 • Mar 31
Tusk and Irish PM call Hungarian foreign minister’s alleged links to Russia ‘repulsive’ and ‘sinister’ – Europe live
Donald Tusk and Micheál Martin say reported phone call with Moscow on sanctions confirms Hungary ‘doing the bidding for Russia’ within EUBack to Iran and the perceived lack of suppor
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2026 • Mar 31
Merz criticised after calling for Syrians in Germany to ‘go back’ home
The German chancellor has drawn condemnation from NGOs and members of his own governmentFriedrich Merz has drawn condemnation from NGOs and members of his own government after he called
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2026 • Mar 31
‘Get your own oil’: Trump launches tirade against Europe for not joining Iran war
Many countries in Europe have called the conflict illegal, with some blocking Israeli and US planes from moving weapons through their airspace
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2026 • Mar 31
Landlords ‘leveraging up’ by exploiting property tax rules are fuelling Australia’s housing affordability crisis, analysis finds
Exclusive: Capital gains tax discount and negative gearing rules created ‘extra artificial incentive’ for property speculation, the e61 Institute has foundGet our
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2026 • Mar 31
Deepwater discoveries: scientists find more than 110 new fish and invertebrate species in the Coral Sea
Brittlestars, sea anemones and a catshark among new-to-science species collected during expedition off the Queensland coastGet our
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2026 • Mar 31
Labor’s draft party platform more assertive on China and omits mandatory jail term stance
Exclusive: the 2026 document is designed to provide ‘scaffolding’ for a long-term Labor governmentGet our
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2026 • Mar 31
Pakistan and China propose five-part peace plan for Middle East
Foreign ministers Ishaq Dar and Wang Yi met in Beijing as Pakistan pushes for peacemaker role
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2026 • Mar 31
‘God squad’ waives endangered species law to allow US drilling in Gulf of Mexico
Critics say exemption for fossil fuels exploits White House’s ‘self-made gas crisis’, and could doom the rare Rice’s whale
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2026 • Mar 31
Grooming gangs inquiry to examine role of ethnicity, culture and religion
Inquiry will directly look at whether factors influenced offending and institutional response in England and Wales
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2026 • Mar 31
BMA dismisses Starmer’s 48-hour warning over resident doctors’ strike plan – UK politics live
Prime minister threatens to withdraw NHS training posts for residents doctors if they don’t call off strikeThe grooming gangs inquiry will directly examine whether ethnicity, culture or reli
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