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HaaretzWar & ConflictIslamic World

Hezbollah, Iran fire missiles at central Israel; Two lightly wounded

'They're Lying to Us': Israeli Media Isn't Challenging Netanyahu on the Iran WarNYPD Probes 'ISIS Inspired' Terror Plot Against Protest at Mamdani's HomeSecond Israeli Soldier Killed in Southern Lebanon Fighting Sunday Named by IDFNATO Shoots Down Second Iranian Missile Headed at Turkey Over Turkish AirspaceLebanon Parliament Delays Elections by Two Years Amid War With IsraelRemembering and rebuilding two years laterPromoted ContentKhamenei's Chosen Successor Could Offer Trump a 'Dream Deal' to End the Iran WarIran's Arsenal Exposes the Gap Between Netanyahu's Bravado and RealityThe Truth About Israel's Violent Expulsion of Palestinians in '48 Is Nothing NewHack of Cameras, AI Use: Wide Cyberattack on Iran Preceded Khamenei KillingEveryone in This Country Has Gone InsaneMeeting Sinwar and Joking About Death in Hamas Tunnels: Nimrod Cohen Tells His StoryKhamenei's Chosen Successor Could Offer Trump a 'Dream Deal' to End the Iran WarZvi Bar'elIran's Arsenal Exposes the Gap Between Netanyahu's Bravado and RealityOded YaronThe Truth About Israel's Violent Expulsion of Palestinians in '48 Is Nothing NewAmira HassHack of Cameras, AI Use: Wide Cyberattack on Iran Preceded Khamenei KillingOmer BenjakobEveryone in This Country Has Gone InsaneGideon LevyMeeting Sinwar and Joking About Death in Hamas Tunnels: Nimrod Cohen Tells His StoryShay Fogelman

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The GuardianSnow SportsRussia

Russia flag raised and national anthem played after first gold at Winter Paralympics

Varvara Voronchikhina wins women’s super-G standingRussian anthem has not been heard at Games since 2014The Russian national anthem has been played at the Paralympics for the first time since 2014 as the skier Varvara Voronchikhina claimed gold in the women’s super-G standing.A tearful Voronchikhina received her medal on Monday afternoon, and the Russian flag was raised, after a dominant performance on the slopes of the Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre. A watching crowd of international fans responded only with polite applause, but Voronchikhina’s success has already been celebrated by Russia’s sports minister.

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The GuardianPublic Policy

Australia’s blind refusal to question Trump’s bombing of Iran risks ensnaring us in a dangerous folly | Paul Daley

Appeasing the White House at all costs indulges little but a sentimental notion of a US-Australia relationship that no longer existsAs the on Iran spreads its treacherous dangers virus-like across the globe, Australia, despite its limp rhetoric of non-involvement, risks increasing ensnarement in a hyper-macho Trump folly with no apparent endgame.Call it US-Australia Alliance management. Call it an obsequious maintenance at all costs of the reckless submarine security pact. Or call it what it more closely resembles – appeasement of a belligerent US administration hell-bent on reiterating its global domination at any cost. Regardless, Australia’s passive refusal to challenge the US and Israel on everything from the illegality of the murderous bombing of Iran to the war’s opaque objectives, draws us closer to the danger daily.

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The GuardianMotorsportAustralia

Verdict on the start of F1’s new era: five talking points from the Australian GP

Mercedes’ flying start lives up to promise, but new regulations receive scathing reviewsThe pre-season favourites had done their level best to play down their expected advantage in the buildup to the Australian Grand Prix, but it was impossible to hide. A dominant one-two by the best part of a second for was followed by a similarly assured .

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The GuardianWar & Conflict

Middle East crisis live: Iranian missiles intercepted over Turkey and Qatar as Israel resumes strikes across Tehran and Beirut

Turkey, Qatar and UAE intercept missiles from Iran; Israeli military announces strikes against infrastructure across Iran and a Hezbollah-linked groupDonald Trump has said a decision on when to end the war with Iran will be a “mutual” one he’ll make together with Benjamin Netanyahu, the .It said Trump also claimed in a brief telephone interview on Sunday that Iran would have destroyed if he and Netanyahu had not been around. The US president said:Iran was going to destroy Israel and everything else around it … We’ve worked together. We’ve destroyed a country that wanted to destroy Israel.I think it’s mutual … a little bit. We’ve been talking. I’ll make a decision at the right time, but everything’s going to be taken into account.

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DawnWar & Conflict

Trump’s reckless gambit

THE US-Israeli assault on Iran has sparked a regional conflict which has plunged the Middle East into chaos. The widening war has engulfed the entire region and has global consequences. Israel has also launched attacks in Lebanon. Washington’s war of choice has exposed Gulf states to retaliatory attacks by Iran, which have inflicted widespread damage. If President Donald Trump thought military action against Iran would be a quick win leading to regime collapse that hasn’t happened — as if governments can be toppled from the air. His administration certainly did not expect Iran’s fierce response and its painful blows to GCC countries.

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DawnWar & ConflictIslamic World

‘Oil rain’ falls on Tehran after apocalyptic strikes on refineries

• Capital plunges into darkness; residents warned of chemical burns, acrid fumes• Lebanon terrorised as Israeli strike targets Beirut hotel• Israel, Trump vow to pursue, kill any successor to Khamenei• Iran unleashes missiles on Gulf neighbours; Pezeshkian says they were ‘forced to respond’• Arab League condemns ‘reckless’ Iranian attacks as diplomacy falters• Bahrain blames Tehran for attack on water plant

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The GuardianWar & ConflictIslamic World

Iran threatens retaliatory attacks on oil facilities across Gulf after Israeli strikes

IDF bombing of energy sites in Tehran sparks fears for global economy, as Iran says it has selected supreme leaderIran has threatened to attack oil facilities in neighbouring countries after Israel struck at least five energy sites in and around Tehran, smothering the city in black smoke and escalating fears that the conflict will result in significant disruption to the world economy.“If you can tolerate oil at more than $200 per barrel, continue this game,” said a spokesperson for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) on Sunday.

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The GuardianHumanityUSA

John Oliver on the demise of USAID: ‘What this administration has done is beyond cruel’

Last Week Tonight host examined the devastating impact of the demise of USAID, the primary federal agency for foreign aidOn the latest Last Week Tonight, examined the ’s gutting of , the international aid agency once described as “the world’s single largest humanitarian donor”. Donald Trump, naturally, called it “a scam” where there was “very little being put to good use”.“Set aside the irony of Donald Trump, of Trump University, accusing anything of being a fraud,” said Oliver. “You can’t just call something a scam because you don’t like it. I want to call low-rise jeans a scam. I feel like Peppa Pig is a fraud. I believe that radical lunatics run Jamba Juice. But even I acknowledge that my feelings don’t make any of those thoughts true.”

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The GuardianAIEngland

Revealed: UK’s multibillion AI drive is built on ‘phantom investments’

Exclusive: Rented datacentres and ‘supercomputer’ site that’s still a scaffolding yard raise questions for Starmer’s push to ‘mainline AI into veins of economy’A multibillion-pound drive to “mainline AI into the veins” of the British economy is riddled with “phantom investments” and shaky accounting, a Guardian investigation has found.Since 2024, successive Conservative and Labour governments have proclaimed massive deals to build new datacentres, create thousands of jobs and construct a supercomputer.

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DawnWar & Conflict

War Diary Day 10: Iran’s new leader, escalating war and endgame questions

The 10th day of the war began with a development that may shape the trajectory of the conflict more than any exchange on the battlefield. Early on Monday, Iran’s Assembly of Experts selected Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s new supreme leader. The transition that happened without any disruption signalled both institutional continuity and a consolidation of authority at a time when Iran remains under sustained military pressure.

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