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Mar 22, 2026 - World

Tehran’s response to Trump’s threat signals a potentially dangerous escalation as both sides menace sites relied on by millions Middle East crisis live – latest updatesTehran has said it will “irreversibly destroy” essential infrastructure across the Middle East, including vital water systems, if the US follows through on Donald Trump’s threat to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants unless the strait of Hormuz is fully opened within two days.As Iranian missiles struck two southern Israeli cities overnight, injuring dozens of people, and Tehran deployed long-range missiles for the first time, the developments signalled a dangerous potential escalation of the war, now in its fourth week, with both sides threatening facilities relied on by millions of people. Continue reading...

Mar 22, 2026 - World

The tit-for-tat threats came as the war entered its fourth week and continued to reverberate across the Middle East, with alarm mounting over strikes around nuclear sites.

Mar 22, 2026 - World

City hall veteran beats rightwinger Rachida Dati, while Marseille’s leftist incumbent defeats far-right opponentThe Socialist Emmanuel Grégoire has been elected mayor of Paris, roundly beating the former rightwing minister Rachida Dati.He instantly took a victory bike ride with future councillors on Sunday night to show that the city would continue its pro-cycling and environmental policies. Continue reading...

Mar 22, 2026 - World

Programme is being billed as the most ambitious housebuilding project in England for half a centuryMinisters have confirmed the locations for seven new towns, which include under-developed inner-city land, a historic village and an existing new town.The programme is being billed by the housing and communities department as the most ambitious housebuilding project in England for half a century, with the planned construction of between 15,000 and 40,000 homes in each new town. Continue reading...

Mar 22, 2026 - World

Centre-left Robert Golob and rightwing populist Janez Janša are frontrunners in contest after polarised campaignCampaigners in Slovenia warned of a surge in anti-Romany rhetoric as the country headed to the polls on Sunday, leaving many bracing for the outcome of a vote that has become, in part, a referendum on how the country treats its most marginalised.In Sunday’s vote, the prime minister, Robert Golob, of the centre-left Freedom Movement party, faced off against the rightwing populist and Donald Trump ally Janez Janša. Continue reading...