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Israeli PM says allegation that UAE president alerted him more than a week before major offensive is ‘absolute lie’ Benjamin Netanyahu was personally alerted by the president of the United Arab Emirates that Hamas was planning a large-scale offensive against Israel a week before its 7 October 2023 attack, but did not act on the warning, according to a book by Haaretz reporters. The claim, which comes amid a crucial election campaign, prompted Israeli opposition leaders to describe the prime mini

Twelve British elected officials and citizens to be barred from entering Israel Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar announced on Tuesday Israel's response to the UK's introduction of sanctions on goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, which includes banning a number of elected officials and British nationals from entering Israel. Among those named are former Labour Party leader and current Independent MP Jeremy Corbyn, all five Green Party MPs, and British lawyer Fah
The IRGC claims it captured a U.S. Navy Dive-LD autonomous underwater vehicle near the Strait of Hormuz today.

European countries should prepare for the possibility that the war in Ukraine continues for years while simultaneously rebuilding their own armed forces, a senior US defence official has told allies. US tells Europe to prepare for protracted Ukraine war first appeared on UK Defence Journal.

US Sanctions 27 Iranian Airlines in Sweeping Aviation Crackdown Washington sanctioned 27 Iranian airlines and other aviation-linked entities, targeting foreign intermediaries and service providers as it seeks to deepen Iran’s economic isolation. READ MORE

Europe's next-generation fighter jet plans are a mess. France and Germany's joint project collapsed in June after years of fighting between Dassault and Airbus over who leads. Safran and MTU just ended their joint engine effort too. France says it'll build its own jet — Dassault wants a demonstrator by 2031, but skeptics say it'll be a "Super Rafale," not a true sixth-gen stealth fighter. Germany is left with the embarrassing option of asking to join the UK-Italy-Japan Tempest program as

Middle East live: Israel to close British consulate in Jerusalem after sanctions on settlements ➡️ https://t.co/mdAndjwQCu https://t.co/rlfcn179Yh

The first two F-16V Block 70 jets being delivered to Taiwan turned back to Hawaii shortly after takeoff for unknown reasons. Taiwan purchased 66 of the jets for eastern defense at Chihhang Air Base. Delivery was originally expected in 2023 but was repeatedly delayed due to production line relocation and supply chain problems. The remaining jets are scheduled for 2027 and 2028. The route runs Hawaii to Guam to Taiwan — about 13 hours total flight time. Source: Taipei Times

Trump was said to have pitched an end to the war as a way to “immediately” restore U.S.-Russian trade and economic relations.

The UK’s foreign secretary has announced a ban on trade with goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband accused the Israeli government on Tuesday of turning a "blind eye" to what he called "ethnic cleansing" by settlers in the West Bank as the UK joined France and ten other countries in banning imports from Israeli settlements in the occupied territory. The decision comes amid rising violence over settlement expansion. Follow our liveblog for the latest.

Germany fears France's battlefield AI system Arcadia would just replace American dependency with French dependency. Internal German notes say: Engagement with Arcadia must not undermine national efforts to build a sovereign data-integration platform. Both countries want an alternative to Palantir's Maven, which NATO bought in 2025, but can't agree who leads. Arcadia runs entirely on French defense tech — Mistral AI, Safran, Thales, Airbus. The EU Commission rejected French requests for

Israel has closed the UK consulate in Jerusalem in response to UK’s sanctions over Israeli settler violence. Further measures include expelling British diplomats and restricting their activities in the region.

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Médecins Sans Frontières is urging world leaders to increase funding to help the millions who need aid.

Both are cover opposite ends of the same job.
According to Yury Ushakov, Vladimir Putin also said that the chatter about the alleged Russian threat serves as a pretext for the Europeans to increase their support to Ukraine

Palestinians strongly back a ban on settlement goods, but Israel's government says it is a "big mistake".

Israel Closes UK Consulate, Expels British Representatives from Gaza Center Foreign Minister Sa'ar says Israel will shut Britain’s consulate in East Jerusalem and bar British MPs from the Gaza support center after London sanctioned Israeli settlements. READ MORE

EU leaders condemn Serbian officials' presence at Ratko Mladic's funeral as a failure to confront past war crimes.
Trump: Howard Lutnick was always there at the World Trade Center at 6 in the morning. On 9/11, he brought his son to school. He watched that whole thing. It was the first time in years he wasn’t there early in the morning. He owes a lot to his son.
Kuwait invoked the UN Charter’s self-defense provision after Iranian attacks, while the Mecca alliance’s mutual-defense clause has not been publicly tested
WATCH: A retired Indian Navy captain strapped himself to an open aircraft door at 10,000–20,000 feet flying at 300 knots to get one photograph.
Bessent: Trump offered Prime Minister Carney the best trade deal, and I’m not sure why he walked away. We will see if this can be walked back.

ISLAMABAD: The finance ministry on Monday eliminated the administrative role of commercial banks in the biometric verification and validation of proof-of-life certificates (PoLCs), in a move aimed at facilitating pensioners. The government also directed that pensioners’ bank accounts would not be subject to account dormancy requirements. The Ministry of Finance issued revised standard operating procedures (SOPs) to enable digital proof-of-life certificates (PoLCs) and pension disbursements on th

Nicaragua told the ICJ today that Germany "should have been aware there was a serious risk that acts that could amount to genocide were being committed by Israel" and failed to act. Ambassador Argüello described Gaza as genocide "carried out publicly and live-streamed." Germany argued Monday the case should be dismissed, calling Nicaragua's factual picture "inaccurate and distorted" while stressing its "unwavering support for Israel's existence and security." The hearings this week are onl

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Israel to close UK consulate in East Jerusalem over settlement trade ban Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Tuesday said that it was closing Britain's consulate in occupied East Jerusalem accredited to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank after London announced it was imposing sanctions on goods from Israeli settlements. Saar also said Britain would no longer be able to allowed to participate in the US-led coordination mission for Gaza, that British training of Palestinian Authority

The list of British nationals who will be barred from entering Israel: Jeremy Corbyn MP Zarah Sultana MP Fahad Ansari, Director of Riverway to the Sea Naz Shah MP Diane Abbott MP Hannah Spencer MP Carla Denyer MP Sian Berry MP Ellie Chowns MP John McDonnell MP Richard Burgon MP Adrian Ramsay MP

France will join the UK and other countries in launching a process to ban products from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on Tuesday, amid rising settler violence that has further undermined prospects for a two-state solution with the Palestinians. France 24's Marc Perelman has the details.

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British foreign minister Ed Miliband accused the Israeli government on Tuesday of turning a "blind eye" to what he called "ethnic cleansing" by settlers in the West Bank. Miliband told parliament the UK government would introduce "an import ban on goods from illegal settlements in the occupied territories", in a move coordinated with other countries. Jordana Miller, ABC correspondent in Jerusalem, told France 24 that the ban was evidence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to rein in th
NEW: Iran's IRGC Navy claims it captured a US unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz early this morning. IRGC Navy says it was "one of the most modern intelligent unmanned submarines" delivered to the US Navy in 2025, seized in a "complex intelligence and operational" action. They say images will be released within hours. No US confirmation yet.
Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is an age-old conflict. The Palestinians have always rejected proposals to resolve it and have never abandoned terrorism.
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Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden also plan to limit trade with the settlements, the nations' foreign ministers said in a joint statement.
Yury Ushakov added that Vladimir Putin presented Russia's view of the prospects for progress on the battlefield

The World Health Organization said Monday that at least 728 people have been killed or wounded in Yemen since Aug. 24.