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Oil prices surge after Trump rejects Iran’s plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz

Brent crude rises more than 3 percent to top $107 a barrel as Washington dismisses Tehran’s proposal to end war.

Business

Home heating oil costs: Childminder facing 'severe financial burden'

The war in Iran is having a practical impact on people across the island as energy prices continue to climb.

World

What we know about the suspected U.K. terror plot. And, why the Gulf remains in limbo

What we know — and still don't — about the suspected terror plot near a U.K. air base. Trump rejects Iran's offer to pause fighting. And CNN prepares for new owners with ties to Trump.

World

Children forced to give up school for work as fighting upends daily life in Yemen

Renewed fighting between Iran-aligned Houthis and Saudi-backed Yemeni forces has shattered four years of relative calm

World

Ed Miliband to acknowledge Labour’s former stance on Palestine fell short

Foreign secretary will tell party’s conference ‘we are not here to accept the status quo but to change it’

Ben-Gvir releases video threatening to kill senior Hamas figure in jail

Israel’s security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has released a video in which he is seen threatening to kill Hassan Salameh.

Iran war live: Tehran open to ‘real diplomacy’, ready for ‘apocalyptic war’

Abbas Araghchi’s warning comes after Washington rejected a seven-day roadmap to end the war and reopen Strait of Hormuz.

World

‘Shake the prisons’: Israel was warned by Hamas before October 7 attack, says ex-defence minister Gallant

Hamas had reportedly sent a warning to Israel before its October 7, 2023, attack, with the message conveyed through a Shin Bet channel.

World

Inside Yemen's front-line city as Houthis battle for control

In rare access to Yemen's conflict zone the BBC travels to the front line with pro-government soldiers.

Deadly strike hits market in Yemen’s Taiz

A strike on a market in the Yemeni city of Taiz has killed at least seven people and wounded 40.

World

BBC reports from the front-line of an escalating war in Yemen

In rare access to Yemen's conflict zone the BBC travels to the front line with pro-government soldiers.

Yemen: Houthis report deadly Saudi strikes on Taiz market

The Houthi-run health ministry accused the Saudi Air Force of committing an "abominable crime," vowing to retaliate. The Houthis' account of the attack cannot be independently verified.

World

UN ambassador Waltz says Iran was not negotiating ‘in good faith’ to end war

Waltz says Trump rejected Iran’s proposal to end war because they ‘were asking for everything up front’

Seven killed, dozens hurt in Saudi airstrike on Yemen market | Africanews

Seven people were killed and 40 injured in a Saudi airstrike on a market in Yemen’s Taiz province, as Houthi forces advance and Saudi-led air raids intensify.

World

Palestinian death toll in Gaza war rises above 74,000 since war began

While a ceasefire that took effect last Oct. 10 has halted the heaviest fighting, Israeli strikes have continued in what the military has said are responses to threats or attacks.

Iran sticks to Hormuz plan after Trump rejects it

Iranian officials that while they were aware of Trump's comments on rejecting the new proposal, they had not received a formal message rejecting the plan that would open the Strait of Hormuz.

Business

Budget 2026: The two big decisions Chancellor John Healey has to make

He must consider the longevity of Iran war economic pressures and how to sustain modest optimism, writes the BBC's Faisal Islam.

World

Saudi Arabia warns Gulf security inseparable from global stability amid regional tensions

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister warned on Saturday that escalating threats across the Middle East risked international peace, energy security and global trade, calling for stronger international cooperation to protect Gulf States and vital shipping routes.

World

UN adds 61 firms to settlements blacklist over alleged human rights violations against Palestinians

Israel ‘categorically rejects’ publication and says businesses on database have committed no wrongdoing

World

We followed five people in Gaza from dawn to dusk – this is what the headlines don’t tell us

Behind the stories of bombings and mass deaths, the everyday challenges facing Palestinians living under siege portray a quieter tragedy we rarely hear

Trump rejects Iran deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz in seven days

Iran's foreign minister acknowledges Trump's comments, but adds that Tehran is waiting for the "definitive views" of mediators.

In ‘NAZA,’ Israeli whistleblowers’ revelations about civilian deaths in Gaza reflect a longer history of Palestinian isolation

Barriers, checkpoints and surveillance have made the plight of Palestinians easier to keep hidden. But thanks to films like ‘NAZA,’ that’s starting to change.

World

‘No one speaks on behalf of Lebanon’: PM Salam asserts State authority at UN

Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Nawaf Salam, has stressed that decisions over war and peace, and control of weapons, must rest solely with the State and its constitutional institutions.

World

‘Invest with Iraq’: PM sets out vision for new economic future

Iraq’s Prime Minister, Ali Faleh Al-Zaidi, said his country aims to exert its influence as an active economic power in the region, and as a bridge for dialogue and cooperation between its peoples.