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Foreign minister says Australia ‘not participating in offensive action against Iran’ but may help protect other countries Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Australian government is considering offering military support to assist Gulf nations facing strikes from Iran, but will not participate in any ground troop …

Foreign minister, Constantinos Kombos, tells Guardian Iranian-made drone that hit airbase was launched from Lebanon Britain is facing growing calls to withdraw its military bases from Cyprus as locals step up protests against facilities seen as a threat to their security after an unprecedented drone attack on RAF Akrotiri. Anger over the installations spilled on to the streets of Nicosia, the cap…

‘Stopgap measure’ designed to keep oil flowing into global market as Middle East crisis disrupts crude shipments Business live – latest updates The US has temporarily allowed India to buy Russian oil currently stuck at sea in an effort to keep global supplies flowing and temper further price increases . The US treasury has issued a 30-day waiver allowing India to buy Russian oil, having previousl…

Police arrest 16-year-old, 17-year-old and 18-year-old over ‘savage’ attack on 22-year-old man Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Three teenagers have been charged with murder after a man who tried to intervene and help a 14-year-old schoolboy was killed in a “savage” stabbing attack. Emergency crews were called to t…

Follow today’s news headlines live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Penny Wong is asked how far Australia would go to support the war in Iran Foreign minister Penny Wong has reiterated her claim that Australia is “not in a position to determine the legal basis of decisions that the United States and Israel have made” in attacking Iran. In these circumstances, it’s best…

US president attends ‘dignified transfer’ of remains of soldiers killed in Kuwait drone strike wearing ‘USA’ golf cap Donald Trump on Saturday joined the families of six US soldiers killed in the war in the Middle East during a dignified transfer ritual at Dover air force base. A “dignified transfer” is when the remains of US service members killed in action are returned to the US. Continue readi…

Speaking outside the embassy, Zarah Sultana told protesters: ‘we will not be ignored again’ Thousands of protesters calling for the end of US and Israeli strikes on Iran have marched to the US embassy in central London. Groups including the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), Stop The War, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, the Muslim Association of Britain, the Palestinian Forum in Britain a…

Detectives are investigating if alleged surveillance of Jewish locations and individuals is linked to possible attacks on British soil Counter-terrorism detectives have been granted more time to question four men arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran on locations and individuals linked to the Jewish community. The suspects, one Iranian and three dual British-Iranian nationals, can now be held …

Explosion happened in pre-dawn hours at Dalí nightclub in the province of Trujillo along Peru’s northern coast A bombing at a nightclub in Peru has injured 33 people, including minors, authorities said Saturday. The explosion happened in the pre-dawn hours at the Dalí nightclub in the province of Trujillo along Peru’s northern coast, according to a statement from the local emergency operations ce…

As Masoud Pezeshkian tries to deescalate conflict, hardliners urge installation of new Supreme Leader to marginalise the president The surprise offer by the president of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, to not attack countries in the neighbourhood so long as their airspace and US bases within their territories are not used to attack Iran has provoked a storm inside the country as the military appeared to…

In Miami, president calls for regional cooperation to counter Chinese economic and political interests Donald Trump changed the channel from Iran to the western hemisphere on Saturday, convening a gathering of Latin American leaders at his Miami-area golf club to discuss regional interests and establishing what he called a “counter-cartel coalition”. “Just as we formed a coalition to eradicate Is…

Relatives call on institutions to help them find remains of ancestors who led fight against British colonisers in 1890s Descendants of freedom fighters executed and beheaded in southern Africa by colonial British forces have called on the Natural History Museum in London and the University of Cambridge to help them find their ancestors’ looted skulls. Zimbabwean descendants of the first chimureng…

Report indicates that US intelligence officials question effectiveness of strikes to produce regime change in Iran US government reviews of the war in Iran show that the Trump administration may be ill-equipped for a regime-change war, according to reports. The Washington Post reported on Saturday morning that a classified intelligence review found that the war in Iran is unlikely to oust the Ira…

Royal Navy readying HMS Prince of Wales so it can be quickly deployed if decision made to mobilise it to region Middle East crisis live: latest news updates The UK is preparing an aircraft carrier before a possible deployment to the Middle East, the Ministry of Defence has said. Royal Navy workers in Portsmouth are readying HMS Prince of Wales, the navy’s flagship, meaning it could be deployed mo…

Commandos started digging up grave thought to be of Ron Arad, leading to gun fight with local residents and Hezbollah fighters Middle East crisis – live updates An Israeli operation in eastern Lebanon to locate the remains of a famous IDF pilot ended in failure overnight, when the commandoes were caught in a gunfight with Hezbollah and local residents, leading Israeli jets to pummel the area with…