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Half a million Gazans are living in ‘catastrophic’ hunger. Experts warn it’s likely to get worse
The Gaza Strip is at high risk of falling into “outright famine” if Israel doesn’t lift its blockade, food security experts warn.
- by Sam Mednick
Opinion & Perspectives
Trump draws on golfing wisdom to defend Qatar’s gift of $625m plane
‘They’re giving us a free jet,’ the US president said, batting away criticism. Then he paused. Something had occurred to him. All this preciousness over the plane reminded him of something he had heard once and never forgotten.
Shawn McCreesh
Both sides blinked, but this is Trump’s capitulation to own
As the clock starts on the 90-day period for the US and China to strike a deal, was all the pain of the last six weeks worth it?
Lisa Visentin
North Asia Correspondent
Starmer’s sharp pivot on borders isn’t just about policy – it’s about political survival
Will the British PM’s immigration gambit work, or is he simply playing catch-up to the far-right’s anti-immigration agenda?
Rob Harris
Europe correspondent
North America
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Courts
‘Freak-offs became a job’: Ex-girlfriend Cassandra Ventura testifies in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial
The singer, known as Cassie, told the jury her life became dominated by the drug-fuelled sexual encounters organised at the behest of her then-boyfriend and record label boss.
- by Michael Koziol
Just call it a win: What’s behind Trump’s sudden victory declaration against the Houthis?
Seeking to wrap up another costly, inconclusive American mission, Donald Trump appears to have hit on a winning exit strategy: declare victory.
- by Helene Cooper, Greg Jaffe, Jonathan Swan, Eric Schmitt and Maggie Haberman
Political sketch
Trump's White House
Trump draws on golfing wisdom to defend Qatar’s gift of $625m plane
- by Shawn McCreesh
Europe
‘Take everything - I need to live’: Kim Kardashian testifies in Paris robbery trial
- by Thomas Adamson, John Leicester and Nicolas Vaux-Montagny
Asia
Analysis
Trade wars
Both sides blinked, but this is Trump’s capitulation to own
As the clock starts on the 90-day period for the US and China to strike a deal, was all the pain of the last six weeks worth it?
- by Lisa Visentin
Opinion
Foreign relations
Albanese set to land in a changed and changing Indonesia
Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto envisions a golden future for his country. But his opponents fear a dark period ahead under the former military man.
- by Peter Hartcher
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Kashmir conflict
India and Pakistan ceasefire agreement in jeopardy after reports of airstrikes
- by Steve Holland, Kanishka Singh, Sheikh Saliq and Munir Ahmed
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‘Oh what I do for the crown prince’: Trump to lift sanctions on Syria after rebel takeover
The US president also secured a $926 billion US investment commitment from Saudi Arabia and expressed a willingness to negotiate with Iran.
- by Yousef Saba, Gram Slattery, Pesha Magid and Nafisa Eltahir
Hamas releases US hostage in ‘goodwill gesture’ towards Trump administration
- by Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Tia Goldenberg
Updated
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Last surviving American hostage in Gaza to be released, Hamas says
- by Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy
Opinion
Middle East at war
Netanyahu’s move to seize Gaza won’t save the hostages, and he knows it
- by Rodger Shanahan
Israel plans to capture all of Gaza under new plan, officials say
- by Tia Goldenberg and Sam Mednick