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  • Rachel Reeves says she's angry at Trump's decision to launch war with Iran – BBC

    Rachel Reeves says she's angry at Trump's decision to launch war with Iran – BBC

    1. Rachel Reeves says she’s angry at Trump’s decision to launch war with Iran  BBC
    2. Reeves criticises Trump for starting Iran war with no ‘clear plan’ to get out of it – as it happened  The Guardian
    3. Fuming Rachel Reeves slams ‘planless’ Donald…

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  • Israel hits Iran with waves of attacks and says it killed top Hezbollah commander | US-Israel war on Iran

    Israel hits Iran with waves of attacks and says it killed top Hezbollah commander | US-Israel war on Iran

    Israel unleashed two waves of attacks on Tehran and said it had killed a senior Hezbollah commander on Wednesday with little sign of the war easing up despite Donald Trump repeating a claim that Iran’s leadership was seeking a ceasefire.

    The US…

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  • Trump threatened Europe over Strait of Hormuz, with weapons for Ukraine as bargaining chip, FT reports

    Trump threatened Europe over Strait of Hormuz, with weapons for Ukraine as bargaining chip, FT reports

    U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to stop supplying weapons to Ukraine unless European countries joined a U.S. military effor to open the Strait of Hormuz, the Financial Times (FT) reported on April 1, citing people familiar with the…

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  • Pope to antagonise conservative American Catholics in Easter address – The Times

    1. Pope to antagonise conservative American Catholics in Easter address  The Times
    2. Leo, the first US pope, emerges as pointed Trump critic  Reuters
    3. The Pope Has a Message for the ‘Secretary of War’  Bloomberg.com
    4. Passover, war and faith: Moral…

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  • Israel’s Message to a Broad Swath of Lebanon: Shiites Must Go – The New York Times

    1. Israel’s Message to a Broad Swath of Lebanon: Shiites Must Go  The New York Times
    2. Will Lebanon implode? Israel is inflaming sectarian tensions  UnHerd
    3. NYT: Israel Urges Christian and Druze Communities to Force Shiites Out of Southern Lebanon  

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  • Iran launches biggest salvo of missiles in three weeks at Israel, military officials say

    Iran launches biggest salvo of missiles in three weeks at Israel, military officials say

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  • What Iran’s Control of the Strait of Hormuz Means for the Global Economy – WSJ

    1. What Iran’s Control of the Strait of Hormuz Means for the Global Economy  WSJ
    2. The Strait of Hormuz crisis affects more than just oil. Here are 9 other commodities  The World Economic Forum
    3. The nightmare scenario for global trade  The Economist

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  • Donald Trump threatened to halt Ukraine aid unless Europe joined Hormuz coalition

    US President Donald Trump threatened to stop supplying weapons to Ukraine unless European allies joined a coalition to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people briefed on the discussions. 

    Initially,…

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  • Activist ship’s collision with krill trawler off Antarctica called “deliberate attack”

    Activist ship’s collision with krill trawler off Antarctica called “deliberate attack”

    A ship operated by a group founded by anti-whaling activist Paul Watson collided with an industrial krill trawler in Antarctica in what the ship’s Norwegian owner said was a “deliberate attack” that endangered its crew and could’ve caused a…

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