Israeli prime minister turns on French counterpartโs continuing efforts towards a ceasefire and end to violence in LebanonMiddle East crisis โ live updatesA call by Emmanuel Macron for a halt in arms supplies to Israel for use in Gaza has been met with…
There should be leadership but instead we see grandiose initiatives and a reluctance to address fundamental flawsJamal Benomar is a former UN undersecretary generalThe United Nations Summit of the Future has concluded, but the real and present world re…
Supporters say UN mediation has prevented even worse outcomes, but security council is stuck in vicious circleMiddle East crisis โ latest news updatesAs diplomats from nearly 200 member states gather in New York this week for the United Nations general…
โRiskโ analyses largely ignore the dangers of the climate crisis. Unless we wake up to them, they will soon outweigh all others The Irish sea captain who in 1751 discovered the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (Amoc) โ closely connected with…
Protests in West Bank village had subsided half an hour before IDF shot Ayลenur Ezgi Eygi, says reportIsraeli security forces mischaracterised the events that led up to the fatal shooting of a Turkish-American protester in the West Bank, according to a…
Ayลenur Ezgi Eygi was killed while demonstrating against settlements in the West Bank, though a witness says she posed no threatFor her 26th birthday in July, human rights activist Ayลenur Ezgi Eygi gathered friends for a bonfire at one of her favorite…
Diplomats most struck by Republicanโs refusal to say whether he wanted Ukraine to defeat Vladimir PutinHarris v Trump: US presidential debate โ latest updatesThe TV debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump was as keenly watched by European diploma…
Antony Blinken to meet David Lammy in precursor to Joe Bidenโs talks with Keir Starmer in WashingtonMoscowโs use of a shadow fleet transporting western-sanctioned oil, Ukraineโs call to fire to fire UK-supplied missiles into Russia and the value of pub…
MI6 boss Richard Moore and CIA chief Bill Burns said inย an op-ed in the Financial Timesย that there was work being done to “disrupt the reckless campaign of sabotage” across Europe by Russia.
Bill Burns calls Vladimir Putin a โbullyโ whose โsabre-rattlingโ should not always be taken literallyWestern leaders should not be intimidated by Kremlin threats of nuclear escalation, the head of the CIA said on Saturday, and be willing to consider al…
Witnesses say Ayลenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, was fired at by Israel Defense Forces soldiers positioned in nearby fieldAn American-Turkish dual national has been shot dead โ reportedly by Israeli troops โ while participating in a protest against settler expansi…
Climate activist one of six detained by police after students block university building in Danish capitalIsrael and Hamas at war โ live updatesDanish police have arrested the environmental activist Greta Thunberg in Copenhagen at a protest against the …
In todayโs newsletter: Alternative fรผr Deutschland have deployed Nazi rhetoric throughout their rise โ and they are pulling the mainstream further to the rightโข Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. For the first time since …
Inflammatory statements of Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich have drawn widespread condemnationMiddle East crisis live โ latest updatesEuropeโs most senior diplomat will call for sanctions on two far-right Israeli ministers, as the EU battles to res…
The UK foreign secretary and his French counterpart write in the Observer about their fears over Israelโs escalating tensions with Iranโข Itโs never too late for peace in the Middle East โ we must break the cycle of violenceThere is a rising risk of โfu…
The recent conviction of an activist who used the phrase at a rally in Berlin has widened a rift in German society Is it legal to say the words โFrom the river to the sea, Palestine will be freeโ in Germany? The answer appears to be yes: you can shout …
In todayโs newsletter: As Ukrainian forces make further advances inside Russia, Vladimir Putin goes on an offensive to calm fears and mould perceptions at home. Will it work?โข Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. Ukrainian …
Faultlines in Germanyโs response to Gaza war exposed by artists pulling out of gigs at renowned venuePeople create guides on how to get into Berghain and films about its doorman. But the world-famous nightclub now faces a boycott by some DJs over its s…
AIPAC has spent $8 million to unseat Rep. Cori Bush, who once called Israel an โapartheid state.โ But thatโs not mentioned in the deluge of advertising.
Defendant is accused of โcondoning the assault by Hamasโ by using slogan during protestA Berlin court is expected to rule on the case of a pro-Palestinian activist who called out the divisive slogan โfrom the river to the seaโ at a rally, in what suppo…
In todayโs newsletter: The government has spent โฌ1.6bn improving the river, but an ancient sewage system and the climate are muddying the watersโข Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning.An ambitious project to clean up the Rive…
In todayโs newsletter: As Paris gears up for the Games, the excitement is palpable, but concern about performance-enhancing drugs threatens the reputation of one of its sportsโข Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning.The Olympi…
The owners of Kanaan have said that wine glasses were smashed and the space was defiled by โdisgusting actsโ in the attackVandals ransacked an Israeli-Palestinian restaurant in Berlin, smashing wine glasses and defiling the space with โdisgusting actsโ…
Thomas Portes accused of โputting a target on the backs of Israeli athletesโ with remarks at protest against Gaza warAn MP for the radical-left France Unbowed party has sparked outrage after saying Israeli athletes are not welcome at the Paris Olympics…
Home secretary to host meeting of governmentโs Defending Democracy taskforce after reported rise in harassment during election campaignMore in Common, the group that campaigns to reduce polarisation in politics, published a good slideshow presentation …
EU agency says 96% of respondents reported anti-Jewish behaviour, with conflict in Middle East one of the causesEurope is experiencing โa wave of antisemitismโ caused partly by the conflict in the Middle East, the EUโs leading rights agency has said, a…
Reset with Europe is priority for man who is on course to be foreign secretary, amid two wars and crisis in FranceDavid Lammy will be the first Labour foreign secretary succeeding a Conservative government since Robin Cook in 1997, if his party triumph…
Key figures in the French president’s camp criticized three-time presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mรฉlenchon’s stance on antisemitism and the Israel-Gaza war as having contributed to an environment of insecurity for French Jews.
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warns of โwar without rulesโ if Israel launches full-scale invasion against Lebanese militiaThe leader of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, warned of a war โwithout rules or ceilingsโ in the event of a full-scale Israeli offen…
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warns of โwar without rulesโ if Israel launches full-scale invasion against Lebanese militiaThe leader of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, warned of a war โwithout rules or ceilingsโ in the event of a full-scale Israeli offen…
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warns of โwar without rulesโ if Israel launches full-scale invasion against Lebanese militiaThe leader of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, warned of a war โwithout rules or ceilingsโ in the event of a full-scale Israeli offen…
As many countries celebrate Fatherโs Day, four men share their love, fears and dreams for their children in Gaza, Ukraine, Afghanistan and Sudan Continue reading…
This live blog is now closed. For the latest on the G7 summit, read more of our coverage here.Italyโs prime minister Giorgia Meloni has just arrived at the venue.This is the scene at the Borgo Egnazia resort as G7 leaders are scheduled to begin arrivin…
Wars in Ethiopia, Ukraine and Gaza push total to 122,000 deaths in 59 conflicts in 2023, Peace Research Institute Oslo reportsDeaths from civil conflicts and battles across the world over the past three years have risen to the highest level in three de…
Correspondent scoops โItalian Pulitzerโ for โexceptional workโ reporting on Ukraine and Israel-Gaza conflictThe Guardian international correspondent Lorenzo Tondo has been awarded the Premiolino, one of Italyโs oldest and most prestigious journalism pr…
Our convoluted response to the catastrophe in Gaza leaves a bitter aftertasteIt is common knowledge that we Slovenes are a hard-working, neat but in essence spineless folk. Our favourite pastime is oppressing our fellow citizens, especially our neighbo…
Keir Starmer could finally get his handshake with Joe Biden if he becomes prime minister, five days after taking the job.
The head of Franceโs national assembly suspended the lower house after Sรฉbastien Delogu, a deputy of the hard-left La France Insoumise (LFI) party, waved a Palestinian flag to draw attention to the Israeli bombardment of Gaza while a junior trade minis…
Three countries recognise Palestinian state and UN calls emergency meeting amid international horror at Israelโs offensive Middle East crisis โ live updatesTanks reached the middle of Rafah on Tuesday as Israelโs global isolation deepened, with three E…
Irelandโs prime minister, Simon Harris, announced his countryโs decision to recognise Palestine in the Dรกil on Tuesday, a week after Dublin joined Spain and Norway, pledging to do so. Addressing parliamentarians, Harris said: โRecognition is a message …
The brutal repression of student protests from Amsterdam to Los Angeles is exposing failings at the heart of our universitiesAcross the world, university students have set up encampments to protest against the humanitarian disaster unfolding in Gaza an…
Exclusive: Signatories cite unionโs โcontinued apathyโ to plight of Palestinians and seek official call for ceasefireMore than 200 staff members of EU institutions and agencies have signed a letter expressing โgrowing concernโ over the unionโs response…
Britain’s summer election is on. Here’s your bluffer’s guide.
Recognitions point to erosion of US โownershipโ of Israel-Palestine peace process and open route towards statehoodMiddle East crisis โ live updates Continue reading…
More than 2,500 attacks in 2023, including medics killed and clinics bombed, in war zones such as Gaza, Sudan and UkraineAttacks on health workers, hospitals and clinics in conflict zones jumped 25% last year to their highest level on record, a new rep…
Irish PM declares โunequivocal supportโ for two-state solution, as Israel recalls ambassadors from Dublin, Madrid and OsloIreland, Spain and Norway have announced they will formally recognise a Palestinian state on 28 May, triggering an immediate respo…
In todayโs newsletter: The shooting of the Slovak prime minister, Robert Fico, was the first attempt on the life of a European head of state since 2003 โ and reflects a growing polarisation across the continentโข Sign up here for our daily newsletter, F…
Foreign ministry says it will reject all such stopovers because โthe Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peaceโSpain has refused permission for a ship carrying arms to Israel to dock at a Spanish port, foreign minister Josรฉ Manuel Alb…
Pinchas Goldschmidt warns โsituation in the streetsโ since 7 October Hamas attack is destabilising societiesA leading rabbi has warned that threats and harassment are leading some Europeans to hide their Jewish identities, cautioning that the rise in a…
Riot police moved in to break up pro-Palestinian protests at the University of Amsterdam on Monday. Students and employees earlier walked out in protest at Israel’s war in Gaza, and called for the university to cut academic ties with Israel. Police in …
Competing rallies are on the streets, Netherlandsโ entrant is under investigation and others complain music is being overshadowedThe official motto of the 68th edition of Eurovision is โunited by musicโ, but as the continentโs beglittered and sequined …
Itโs one thing to call for a boycott because of Israelโs entry, another to pile responsibility on the shoulders of pop starsAre you watching Eurovision this weekend? It used to be an innocent enough question. But itโs fast becoming a loaded one, as the…
Kind of a common thread to our show this week: after the massive party in Marseille to welcome the arrival of the Olympic flame, time to turn our gaze north for whatโs also billed as another ยซย itโs a small world after allย ยป feelgood celebration.ย
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Police arrested dozens of people in Amsterdam, with university occupations continuing in Netherlands, Belgium and SpainMiddle East crisis โ live updatesThirty-two people were arrested as Dutch police broke up a Gaza war protest at the University of Ams…
Five-day encampment in university grounds that caused the college major loss of income ended in victory for campaignersStudents at Trinity College Dublin have ended a five-day encampment after the university pledged to cut ties with Israeli companies.S…
Ceasefire and divestment calls have spread beyond US campuses, with more expected as Rafah offensive beginsMiddle East crisis โ live updatesSee all our Middle East coverageUniversity campuses around the world have been the stage of a growing number of …
Students have set up encampments in universities across continent as they call for ceasefire in Israel-Gaza warSee all our Middle East crisis coverageStudent protests demanding that universities sever ties with Israel over the Gaza war have spread acro…
Police have clashed with students at several universities after protests spread from US college campuses to Europe. Demonstrations have taken place in Berlin, Vienna, Amsterdam and Belgium, where students have set up encampments and called for a ceasef…
German police have broken up a pro-Palestinian protest at the Free University of Berlin. Students set up tents, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and chanting ‘All eyes on Rafah’ after Israeli forces launched their latest assault on Gaza’s border city wi…
More than 100 students have occupied Ghent University in the first European protest to fuse demands about Gaza and the climate crisis.Ghentโs centrepiece UFO building was peacefully taken over by students calling for concrete action to meet the univers…
More than 200 expected to join protest calling for climate action and to cut ties with Israeli institutionsIsrael-Gaza war โ live updatesMore than 100 students have occupied Ghent University in the first European protest to fuse demands about Gaza and …
The call comes after EU countries imposed sanctions on extremist Israeli settlers for the first time last month.
Singer says her country needs the opportunity to remind Europe of Russiaโs invasionUkraineโs former Eurovision winner Jamala has said her country โcannot affordโ to boycott the song contest because it needs the opportunity to remind Europe of Russiaโs …
Prof Ghassan Abu-Sitta says Schengen-wide ban imposed by Germany appears to be attempt to silence witness testimonyA London surgeon who provided testimony on Israelโs war in Gaza after operating during the conflict has said he feels criminalised after …
Organisers of this yearโs environmental conference hope cooperation on green issues could help ease global tensions This yearโs Cop29 UN climate summit will be the first โCop of peaceโ, focusing on the prevention of future climate-fuelled conflicts and…
Ghassan Abu-Sitta, who was due to speak in French senate, is told Germany has enforced Schengen-wide entry banMiddle East crisis โ live updatesA London surgeon who has provided testimony over the ongoing war in Gaza after operating during the conflict …
University students air frustration that sit-ins motivated by peace are being shut down instead of heededJack, 22, a student in public administration, was dragged out of his university building by the arms and legs on Friday, as police forcibly removed…
Israeli foreign minister strongly criticises decision by President Erdoฤan, accusing him of acting like a โdictatorโTurkey has halted all trade with Israel, citing the โworsening humanitarian tragedyโ in the Palestinian territories, which prompted stro…
French left denounces rightwinger Valรฉrie Pรฉcresseโs move against prestigious university The Paris regional authority has temporarily suspending funding for Sciences Po, one of Franceโs most prestigious universities, after it was rocked by pro-Palestin…
Nicaragua brought plea to court, arguing sales of weapons make Berlin complicit in alleged war crimesThe International court of justice has rejected a request by Nicaragua to issue Germany emergency orders to desist selling arms to Israel, by 15 votes …
Norway’s foreign minister has criticised some western countries for their inconsistent responses to violations of international law in Gaza and Ukraine. Speaking on the second day of the World Economic Forum special meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Esp…
Students at the University of Paris resumed their pro-Palestine demonstrations on Friday, two days after French police broke up a similar protest. Students at Sciences Po blocked access to a campus building using makeshift barricades, including garb…
Berlin restores ties with UN agency after review says Israel has provided no evidence of terrorist linksMiddle East crisis โ live updatesGermany has said it will restore cooperation and funding to Unrwa operations in the Gaza Strip after an independen…
Rights chief also warns Britain will be โjudged harshly by history for its failure to help prevent civilian slaughter in GazaโThe UK has been accused by Amnesty International of โdeliberately destabilisingโ human rights on the global stage for its own …
Protests erupt outside Israel pavilion, official Israeli artist pulls out, and Ukraine team puts up posters showing maps of nearest bomb shelterBillionairesโ yachts and protests; cocktail parties and culture wars; bellinis and boycotts. The Venice Bien…
I fear we are forgetting lessons from that terrible historyI donโt usually talk about my great-uncle Walter. Gen Walter Warlimont, as my grandfatherโs brother was formally known, was head of the national defence department in the high command of the W…
Images from Gaza, Ukraine, Madagascar and the US border chosen by global jury from more than 60,000 entriesโข World Press Photo winners 2024 โ in picturesPhotographs documenting the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, migration, family and dementia have topped th…
In todayโs newsletter: As the crisis in the Middle East shifts resources away from the Russian invasion, Zelenskiy is calling for more money, weapons and attentionโข Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning.As soon as Iran launch…
Josรฉ Andrรฉs sends cooks into disaster zones. He has led a backlash over Gaza against Netanyahu that no protest or politician could have matchedJosรฉ Andrรฉs is perhaps the most influential Spaniard in the world right now. After the Israeli drone strike t…
Leaders of two nations vow to muster international support for two-state solution to Gaza crisisIreland and Spain have reiterated their intention to forge an alliance of countries that will soon recognise Palestine as a nation state.The Irish taoiseach…
German human rights groups bring court action amid rising dismay in country at deaths in GazaMiddle East crisis โ live updatesGermany will face a fresh call to revoke all arms sales to Israel on Thursday in a lawsuit that puts more pressure on Berlin a…
The radical right is correct that the west is waning. But itโs rampant capitalism and endless wars that are causing its collapse, not โwokenessโThis century has one overarching theme: the fall of the west, that is, the US and its European allies. Every…
Nancy Fraser, professor of philosophy at the New School, condemned killings in Gaza carried out by the Israeli militaryA leading Jewish American philosopher has been disinvited from taking up a prestigious professorship at the University of Cologne aft…
By seemingly giving carte blanche to Israel, the EU has sacrificed hard-won credibility with civil society in Africa, Asia and the Middle EastThe European Unionโs failure to hold Israel to account for violations of international law in Gaza has blown a…
Western governments could once be confident of protecting their friends. Nicaraguaโs case shows those days are goneThe case brought by Nicaragua against Germany at the international court of justice (ICJ) in The Hague this week is a powerful example of…
Israelโs inclusion in the lineup while war rages in Gaza may lead to the most controversial contest everBehind pink metal barriers at Malmรถโs Folkets park, with signs of spring emerging from the flower beds, pictures of Abbaโs Agnetha and Anni-Frid wat…
Both domestically and internationally, Germany is struggling to disentangle its past from events today in GazaGermany, more than any other country, is struggling to disentangle the horrors of the 7 October Hamas massacre in Israel, the subsequent death…
Each time Madrid and Dublin speak out on the war in Gaza others are emboldened to join them, sources sayMiddle East crisis โ live updatesBenjamin Netanyahuโs claim that the Israeli militaryโs killing of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza o…
Former Foreign Office minister had suggested some in government were prepared to overlook human rights violationsMembers of the National Education Union have voted to delay moving to a formal strike ballot until they know the detail of the governmentโs…
The idea that Israel was right to have responded to Hamasโs horrific attacks as it has done is callous and lacking in empathy, writes Ayesha MasoodI agree that the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Gaza situations are not similar (Letters, 29 March). If one we…
YouGov polling suggests Conservative party could face worse result at general election than it suffered in 1997 under John MajorDelegates at the National Education Unionโs annual conference in Bournemouth have voted for a motion saying Ofsted should be…
Strong pro-Israel consensus among political leaders has led to conflict with Berlinโs diverse cultural sector and a fraught debate over antisemitismTwo weeks after Hamasโs brutal attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, Berlinโs senate for culture commissio…
EU leaders agreed at their summit in Brussels to call for an “immediate humanitarian pause leading to a sustainable ceasefire” in the Israel-Gaza war โ their first common statement on the situation in the Middle East since October.
EU leaders call for โimmediate humanitarian pauseโ while US expected to bring UN resolution calling for truce without delayEU leaders have overcome their differences to call for an โimmediate humanitarian pause leading to a sustainable ceasefireโ in Ga…
Charity ship seen sailing out of Larnaca towing barge containing 200 tonnes of flour, rice and proteinMiddle East crisis โ live updatesAn aid ship that has been docked in Cyprus for close to a month has finally set sail for Gaza, taking almost 200 tonn…
Vessel carrying 200 tonnes of provisions to alleviate looming famine now not sailing from Larnaca on Sunday as plannedAn aid ship carrying 200 tonnes of food to alleviate looming famine in the Gaza Strip remained docked in Cyprus on Sunday night, despi…
Commission president says pilot delivery is expected to set sail on Saturday but did not say where shipments would land or unloadThe EU has announced the opening of a sea corridor this weekend for shipping humanitarian aid from Cyprus to Gaza in the ra…
The EUโs influence over Netanyahu is limited but it could pressure an electorally vulnerable Joe Biden to stop the warEurope is flanked by two grotesque wars involving mass slaughter (Gaza is, after all, just 578km away from Cyprus), waged by far-right…
Destroyer Caio Duilio, part of the EU shipping protection force, took out weapon when it came within four miles of the vesselAn Italian warship participating in the EU naval protection force in the Red Sea was forced to shoot down a Houthi missile on S…
Pressure for a truce deal intensified last week after more than 100 civilians were killed at an aid delivery in Gaza.
