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The rise and fall of Iran’s ruthless and pragmatic Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

The radical cleric took over as supreme leader in 1989 and is likely to be replaced by hardline figures

The Guardian - US

Explosions rock Dubai, Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait as war spreads across Middle East

War launched by US and Israel on Iran has quickly escalated prompting anxiety and concern in whole region

The Guardian - UK

Lebanese government urges Hezbollah militant group to avoid getting involved if the US strikes Iran

Lebanon’s foreign minister says his government has urged the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah not to get involved if any fighting erupts between the United States and Iran, voicing concerns about a new possible conflict with Israel

The Independent UK

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Bombs, assassination and protests: How Khamenei is preparing for war against US

Sirens have not sounded, and no missiles have yet been fired. But inside Tehran’s corridors of power, Iran is behaving as if war with the United States is no longer a distant possibility but an approaching reality. Senior commanders are on heightened alert, missile units are being repositioned, and security…

The Times of India

Hezbollah says Israeli strikes on eastern Lebanon on Friday have killed eight of its members

Two Hezbollah have confirmed to the Associated Press that eight of their members, including local-level officials, were killed in Friday’s Israeli attacks on the eastern Baalbek region. The IDF says the strikes eliminated members planning operations against Israel.

Euronews

Israeli airstrikes in eastern Lebanon kill 8 Hezbollah members, officials say

Israeli airstrikes on eastern Lebanon have killed eight Hezbollah members

The Independent UK

Israel launches strike on Lebanon; 10 dead including senior Hezbollah leader —video shows aftermath

Israeli air strikes in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley killed at least 12 and wounded 50, targeting Hezbollah command centres. A senior Hezbollah leader was reportedly among the dead. These strikes, among the deadliest recently, risk straining a fragile US-brokered ceasefire. Earlier, an Israeli strike in Sidon killed two Hamas members.

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Iran-US nuclear talks may fail due to both nations’ red lines – but that doesn’t make them futile

The latest rounds of nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran are going well enough for now, according to the steady drip of public statements from the main parties involved.

The Conversation

Protesters block Beirut roads after Cabinet approves new taxes that raise fuel prices

Protesters block major roads around Beirut after Lebanon’s cabinet approves new taxes that raise fuel prices to fund public pay hikes

The Independent UK

Germany will keep supporting Lebanon after UN peacekeepers leave, the German president says

Germany is seeking to assure Lebanon that it will support the Lebanese government even after pulling out German troops deployed as part of U.N. peacekeepers along the Lebanon-Israel border when their mission ends later this year

The Independent UK

US orders its largest aircraft carrier to Middle East in show of force to Tehran

The USS Gerald R Ford, the world’s most advanced carrier, is redeployed to the Middle East as Washington signals it is keeping military options open on Iran.

Euronews

Trump says he 'insisted' to Netanyahu that US talks with Iran continue over nuclear programme

Netanyahu's office said prior to the meeting that he wanted the US-Iran talks to include limits on Tehran's ballistic missile programme and support for militant groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah.

Euronews

Village in southern Lebanon buries a child and father killed in Israeli drone strike

Mourners in southern Lebanon have buried a father and his young son killed in an Israeli drone strike targeting a Hezbollah member

The Independent UK

Israeli forces capture a local Sunni Islamist official and Hamas ally in southern Lebanon

Israelis forces have seized a local Sunni Islamist politician and an ally of the Palestinian militant Hamas group and took him to Israel for questioning

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France urges Iran-backed groups to show restraint if US-Iran tensions escalate

France's foreign minister is urging Iran-backed groups in the Middle East to show restraint if tensions escalate between Iran and the U.S. He made the remarks in Beirut on Friday after visiting Syria and Iraq

The Independent UK

Hezbollah replaces top security official Wafiq Safa as part of internal restructuring

Hezbollah has replaced its top security official, Wafiq Safa, who was in charge of coordination with Lebanon’s security agencies

The Independent UK

UN peacekeepers in Lebanon allege surge in Israeli violence toward them

U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon say they have faced increased violence from Israeli forces over the past year

The Independent UK

Questions around a compound of Shiite refugees from Syria show lingering post-Assad fears

A compound in Lebanon housing people who fled Syria after Bashar Assad's fall has faced allegations of harboring Assad loyalists, which residents deny

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'All-out war' in the Middle East must be avoided, Lebanese PM Nawaf Salam tells Euronews:

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said he welcomed renewed US-Iran talks set for this Friday, as well as efforts to promote stability and avoid “all-out” war in the Middle East.

The Independent UK

Lebanon's relations with Syria have made a dramatic positive shift post-Assad, deputy PM says

Lebanon's Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri says relations with Syria have improved significantly since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad

The Guardian - US

British American Tobacco accused of helping North Korea fund terrorism in lawsuit

Victims of terrorist attacks say BAT’s operations in North Korea helped fund weapons used in the Middle East

The Independent UK

What is Iran’s Revolutionary Guard? The force labelled a ‘terrorist group’ by the EU

The Guard rose out of the 1979 Islamic Revolution and has been pivotal in quashing recent protests across Iran

The Independent UK

Kneecap say Starmer is ‘nothing but a Tory’ as band slam Prime Minister over Gaza in new single

The band also accused Starmer of pandering to the US

Evening Standard

Kneecap announce LP saying Sir Keir Starmer was ‘all the motivation we needed’

The group, made up of Liam Og O hAnnaidh, Naoise O Caireallain and JJ O Dochartaigh, will release a second studio album, titled Fenian, on April 24.

The Independent UK

Iran death toll hits 6,159 and currency plunges to record low after Trump threats

Iran has repeatedly threatened to drag the entire Mideast into a war

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