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Ed Miliband expressed his horror after hearing from people on the ground in Gaza, calling for the UK to 'act more decisively than we have' [GETTY] Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband is facing renewed calls to sever Britain’s ties with Israel after describing the situation in Gaza as "horrific".

ترامب يكشف مكاسب أميركا من كأس العالم 2026 05 سبتمبر 2026 |  آخر تحديث: 19:33 (توقيت القدس) ترامب وإنفانتينو في البيت الأبيض، 22 أغسطس 2025 (تشيب سوموديفيلا/Getty) شاشة كاملة Arabic إظهارالملخص : - حققت بطولة كأس العالم 2026 عائدات تجاوزت 18 مليار دولار للاقتصاد الأميركي ووفرت أكثر من 160 ألف وظيفة، مما يعزز السفر والسياحة والنشاط التجاري. - شهدت البطولة مشاركة 48 منتخباً لأول مرة، وأقيمت في الولايات المتحدة والمكسيك وكندا، حيث استقطبت اهتماماً كبيراً من الجماهير العالمية.

DRC President Felix Tshisekedi said he intended to move DRC's embassy to Jerusalem during an official visit to Israel on 3 September [GETTY] The Democratic Republic of the Congo will be moving its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in what analysts argue is an effort to "court" the United States to help its war effort against the M23 in the country's east.

DRC President Felix Tshisekedi said he intended to move DRC's embassy to Jerusalem during an official visit to Israel on 3 September [GETTY] The Democratic Republic of the Congo will be moving its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in what analysts argue is an effort to "court" the United States to help its war effort against the M23 in the country's east.

Thousands of families stay at the Renk Transit Center, established for refugees from Sudan, in the city of Renk in Upper Nile State in northern South Sudan [GETTY] A deadly attack on a military base in South Sudan, combined with the declaration of an "unprecedented" drought emergency, have underlined the challenges facing the world's youngest nation as it prepares for its first elections.

Hello and welcome to our coverage of the Middle East. Iranian media reported that an oil tanker had been hit near the country's major oil hub of Kharg Island, days after Washington renewed its war campaign against Iran, prompting Tehran to retaliate by attacking assets across the Gulf. The US military said Saturday it had struck and destroyed three oil tankers linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps after the Iranian military organisation fired on American warships.

The Trump administration has subjected around 50 military officers and civilian employees serving on the US Joint Staff to polygraph tests as part of an extraordinary effort to identify leaks to the press about the US-Israeli war on Iran, according to The New York Times. Investigators questioned personnel in August over whether they had disclosed classified information to journalists, including information on dwindling US stocks of key munitions, the newspaper reported.

Metro Bank is the second UK institution to reportedly block The Canary from accessing its accounts [Getty] Left-wing UK news website The Canary has suspended operations after it said Metro Bank blocked access to one of its accounts, leaving the outlet unable to pay some staff for August. The publication said on Friday that Canary Media Limited had been unable to access money held in the account, but that Metro Bank had not given a reason for the restriction.

Fighting between Yemen's Saudi-backed government forces and the country's Houthi rebels killed more than 60 people on Saturday, including civilians, medical and military sources told AFP. The renewed clashes in Yemen's southwest over control of a gateway to the Red Sea came after Friday saw some of the deadliest fighting in years, following the collapse in July of a 2022 ceasefire.

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