Europe must prepare for drone strikes by terrorists and criminals, warns Zelenskyy

Ukraine’s president says mass attacks on civilians are no longer the preserve of a ‘madman like Putin’

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Kemi Badenoch calls Trump’s repeated criticisms of Starmer ‘childish’

Tory leader says US president’s words ‘completely wrong’ as she tries to distance herself from his war on Iran

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Trump says US does not need Nato after being rebuffed over strait of Hormuz

Amid escalation of Middle East crisis, US president describes rejection of call for help as a ‘foolish mistake’

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Iran rejects de-escalation offers; Israel says it kills Iranian security chief

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/world/middle-east/iran-rejects-de-escalation-offers-march-17-2026/

100,000 UK nationals flown back from Iran since start of conflict

Home secretary Yvette Cooper says this amounts to a third of those who were in region at outset of hostilities

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Death of influential Ali Larijani may be bigger loss to Iran than Khamenei

He had IRGC’s trust while having his differences with hardliners and had huge sway with likes of China and Russia

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