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Trump threats cause dilemma for US officers: disobey orders or commit war crimes

Legal experts say attacking Iran’s infrastructure would constitute a war crime – but would military officers be held responsible?Middle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump’s threats to carry out mass bombing of civilian infrastructure in Iran present US military officers with a dilemma: d...

06/04/2026 18:06 The Guardian
Jamie Dimon says US should strengthen allies economically, in veiled criticism of Trump

JP Morgan boss warns of risks of higher inflation and interest rates due to Iran war in annual letter to shareholdersMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe head of the US’s largest bank has pressed the White House to strengthen Washington’s allies economically in order to “avoid truly adverse...

06/04/2026 15:17 The Guardian
Public health takes center stage in US midterm campaigns: ‘It’s already been politicized’

Some candidates are making public health a central part of their midterm campaigns amid Trump’s war on science As public health has become increasingly politicized in the US, with a particularly chaotic year under the Trump administration, some political candidates are pushing back by making publi...

06/04/2026 14:04 The Guardian
Thailand PM urges working from home amid fears over energy crisis

Anutin Charnvirakul encourages measures such as home working and carpooling as country is reliant on oil importsThailand’s prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, has called on the public to conserve energy, urging work-from-home measures and carpooling, as he warned of the impact of the conflict in...

06/04/2026 11:29 The Guardian
Was Trump oblivious to the realities of Netanyahu’s promised ‘easy’ war on Iran?

Senior US officials consider the PM’s pitch to have been overblown, creating potentially far-reaching consequences for IsraelMiddle East crisis – live updatesWhen Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club on 29 December last year, the Israeli prime minister came with an appe...

06/04/2026 10:38 The Guardian
Thousands of small UK firms’ energy bills set to more than double due to Iran war

Companies using heating oil have already begun rationing their fuel use, says Federation of Small BusinessesMiddle East crisis – live updatesThousands of independent businesses across the UK are braced for their energy bills to more than double owing to the sharp rise in heating oil costs as the w...

06/04/2026 10:00 The Guardian
Track current petrol and diesel prices, service station outages and shipments – Australia's fuel crisis in charts

How much fuel does Australia have left today, and when could we run out? Check how much petrol and diesel prices have risen near you in Sydney, Melbourne and across the country since the US and Israel’s war on Iran began in late FebruaryGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHu...

06/04/2026 06:56 The Guardian
Trump warns Iran to reopen strait of Hormuz by Tuesday or face ‘hell’

President shifts deadline again for attacking power plants and bridges in expletive-ridden social media postMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump issued an expletive-laden warning on Sunday that Tehran had until Tuesday night to reopen the strait of Hormuz or the US would obliterate Iran...

06/04/2026 01:28 The Guardian
Iran strikes Kuwait’s oil infrastructure before Opec+ supply talks

Members reportedly agree a rise of 206,000 barrels a day in May, but move symbolic while strait of Hormuz is effectively closedMiddle East crisis – live updatesIranian drones have struck Kuwait’s oil infrastructure, causing “severe material damage” that threatens to further disrupt oil suppl...

05/04/2026 18:22 The Guardian
US rescues second crew member of downed F-15E fighter jet from Iran

Trump gives further details on rescue and threatens to bomb infrastructure if strait of Hormuz is not reopenedMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe second crew member of a downed F-15E fighter jet has been rescued from an Iranian mountain by US commandos overnight, ending a two-day search after the...

05/04/2026 13:13 The Guardian
Middle East crisis live: US and Iran race to find missing pilot; Iran rejects Trump’s ‘helpless’ call to open strait of Hormuz

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said it was combing an area near where plane came down in south-western Iran‘I’m regretting everything’: #MilitaryTok reactions to war stray from White House messagingIran has executed two men convicted of membership in a banned opposition group and carrying...

05/04/2026 02:26 The Guardian
Ukraine war briefing: Russian army records almost no territorial gains for first time since 2023, analysis shows

Russian advances slowing, thinktank’s data shows; 14 killed in Ukraine in massive drone and missile salvo. What we know on day 1,501Russia’s army recorded almost no territorial gains on the frontline in Ukraine in March for the first time in two-and-a-half years, according to analysis of data fr...

04/04/2026 00:30 The Guardian
‘India is going to face a food crisis’: Farmers panic over fertiliser shortages amid Iran war

Ripple effects of oil and fertiliser shortage felt by farmers in India and Sri Lanka despite governments saying there is enough stock to go roundGurvinder Singh never thought the war in Iran would touch his quiet corner of Punjab.Yet looking out over his smallholding, where he alternates between whe...

03/04/2026 23:00 The Guardian
One of two US crew members rescued after F-15E jet shot down over Iran

Officials say other remains missing in first downing of US fighter plane since start of warMiddle East crisis – live updatesOne US service member has been rescued after a US F-15E Strike Eagle fighter was shot down over Iran, prompting a frantic effort to locate its two-strong crew, in the first s...

03/04/2026 18:59 The Guardian
Middle East crisis live: drone hits oil refinery in Kuwait; Iran says it shot down US fighter jet

Iranian attacks reported across the Gulf as Trump tells Tehran the US will launch further strikesAt border crossing, some Iranians are fleeing war and some are heading homeAuthorities in Abu Dhabi have reported two incidents of debris falling from intercepted aerial threats in the UAE capital, with...

03/04/2026 12:24 The Guardian
How sheltered really is the US from the Gulf oil supply crisis?

As Trump suggests Middle East oil disruption is not his problem, experts say talk of US ‘energy independence’ is a smokescreen – with consumers paying the priceA month has passed since the US and Israel’s war on Iran all but closed the strait of Hormuz, through which about a fifth of the wor...

03/04/2026 10:00 The Guardian
A day in the life of Asia’s fuel crisis

From farms in New Zealand to factories in Delhi, the effects of the oil crisis triggered by the Iran war are rippling across Asia Continue reading...

03/04/2026 04:00 The Guardian
Middle East crisis live: Trump urges Iran to make deal after bridge strike that killed at least eight – live

US president warns there was ‘much more to follow’ after B1 bridge on the Karaj northern bypass in western Tehran, Iran, was targeted on ThursdayTrump has claimed that Iran was “right at the doorstep” of gaining a nuclear weapon.Earlier on Wednesday the president said he did not care about I...

03/04/2026 02:04 The Guardian
Trump warns Tehran ‘more to follow’ after strike destroys Iran’s largest bridge

Eight people reported killed in attack on newly completed suspension bridge after strike splits structure in halfMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump claimed responsibility for destroying Iran’s largest bridge, a day after he threatened to bomb the country “back to the stone ages” i...

02/04/2026 19:23 The Guardian
‘You have to be serious’: Macron criticises Trump’s mixed messages about Nato and Iran

Speaking in South Korea, the French president defended the transatlantic alliance and called for return to peaceMiddle East crisis – live updatesEmmanuel Macron has sharply criticised Donald Trump’s inconsistent and often contradictory pronouncements on the Iran war and Nato, saying if “you wa...

02/04/2026 17:34 The Guardian
Starmer must call energy summit akin to 2008 crisis response, Labour MP says

Former government adviser Polly Billington urges bigger steps to shield people in UK from effects of Iran warMiddle East crisis – live updatesKeir Starmer should convene a global energy summit of the same order as Gordon Brown’s response to the 2008 financial crisis and put Britain on a “war f...

02/04/2026 17:31 The Guardian
Europe should lift sanctions on Russian energy amid Iran crisis, Viktor Orbán says as he taunts Tusk – as it happened

This blog is now closedBack to Trump’s frustration with European allies – although it doesn’t involve a Nato member this time – Austria is the latest country to risk the US president’s wrath after a defence ministry spokesperson confirmed it denied all US requests for military overflights...

02/04/2026 15:21 The Guardian
Trump claims Iran war ‘nearing completion’ and seeks to justify conflict in prime time address

Markets sink after president offers little detail on how he intends to wind down conflict over next two to three weeksMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump used a prime time address to the nation on Wednesday evening to declare the month-long war in Iran a success “nearing completion”,...

02/04/2026 05:29 The Guardian
Track Australia’s fuel prices, service station outages and shipments in charts

Check how much petrol prices have risen since the US and Israel’s war on Iran began in late February Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHundreds of service stations across Australia have run empty, fuel prices are elevated and oil shipments have been cancelled.Australia is...

02/04/2026 03:40 The Guardian
‘Uncertain times’: Albanese warns months ahead ‘may not be easy’ in rare address to nation about Middle East crisis

Prime minister urges Australians to consider using public transport and conserve fuel for ‘critical industry’ and othersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian prime minister Anthony Albanese has used a rare addr...

01/04/2026 23:06 The Guardian
Middle East crisis live: Iran says Trump’s claim of ceasefire request ‘baseless’

Trump claimed Iran’s ‘new president’ requested a ceasefire – but Iran’s president remains Pezeshkian, the same person it was before the warHouthi forces in Yemen have claimed responsibility for a missile attack on southern Israel this morning, saying it was a joint operation with Iran and...

01/04/2026 20:50 The Guardian
Israel hits Iran with waves of attacks and says it killed top Hezbollah commander

War shows little sign of easing despite Donald Trump claiming Iranian leadership ‘just asked’ for ceasefireMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsrael unleashed two waves of attacks on Tehran and said it had killed a senior Hezbollah commander on Wednesday with little sign of the war easing up des...

01/04/2026 19:01 The Guardian
Trump says he is ‘absolutely’ considering withdrawing US from Nato

The president, a longtime critic of Nato, has stepped up his rhetoric after allies refused to join the US-Israel war on IranDonald Trump has said he is “absolutely” considering withdrawing the US from Nato, warning that the matter was “beyond reconsideration” after the refusal of US allies t...

01/04/2026 17:45 The Guardian
Reeves criticises Trump for starting Iran war with no ‘clear plan’ to get out of it – as it happened

This blog is now closedStarmer says he understands why people are concerned about the cost of living.He says he has already set out a five-point plan to deal with the crisis.Just look at what’s happening today. Today your energy bills will be cut because of the action that we took at the budget. A...

01/04/2026 16:15 The Guardian
Families condemn UK ‘impotence’ over UAE ‘social media misuse’ detentions

Ministers accused of being too fearful of offending Emirates to help Britons detained for sharing images of warMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesThe families of UK citizens held in the United Arab Emirates over allegations that they shared images of the conflict with Iran have voiced frustra...

01/04/2026 16:00 The Guardian
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