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Friday briefing: Is Israel’s plan for Gaza City a full-scale assault – or political theatre?

In today’s newsletter: After Israeli officials announced a stepped-up military operation in the city, Palestinians and the world wait to see what happens nextGood morning. Israel claims to have launched the first stages of a sweeping military operation to conquer Gaza City – the administrative h...

22/08/2025 05:43 The Guardian
Israel to start talks to free hostages and end Gaza war

Israel will resume negotiations with Hamas for the release of all hostages captured during the October 7 attack, Benjamin Netanyahu has said - but its military will continue its Gaza City offensive despite international outcry....

21/08/2025 21:26 Skynews
UN and Red Cross warn of catastrophe if Israel launches Gaza City offensive

Netanyahu tells soldiers he has approved takeover plan as aid groups advised to prepare for forced displacementThe International Red Cross and UN have warned of an impending catastrophe in the Gaza Strip if Israel launches an offensive to take over Gaza City, as the Israeli military told medical and...

21/08/2025 18:10 The Guardian
Israel keeps up military pressure on Gaza City ahead of planned offensive – as it happened

This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereIran was seeking to reassert an image of strength on Thursday after suffering heavy losses, when Israel largely destroyed Iran’s air defences during the war and much of its stockpile of ballistic weapons is believed to have been damaged...

21/08/2025 15:39 The Guardian
Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war

Figures from classified IDF database listed 8,900 named fighters as dead or probably dead in May, as overall death toll reached 53,000Figures from a classified Israeli military intelligence database indicate five out of six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza have been civilians, an extrem...

21/08/2025 13:30 The Guardian
Israel to call up around 60,000 reservists before planned offensive on Gaza City, says Israeli military official – Middle East crisis live

Call-up notices sent as Israeli plans to increase its offensive; Israel studies Hamas’ response to proposal for 60-day ceasefireFrench President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that Israel’s “military offensive” to conquer Gaza City “can only lead to a complete disaster for both peoples,”...

20/08/2025 13:54 The Guardian
Australian minister says ‘strength not measured by how many people you can blow up’ as row with Netanyahu escalates

Australian home affairs minister’s criticism comes after Israeli prime minister calls Anthony Albanese a ‘weak politician who betrayed Israel’Netanyahu lashes out at AlbaneseFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustral...

20/08/2025 02:36 The Guardian
Trump pressures Zelenskyy before European leaders arrive in Washington | First Thing

US president claims Zelenskyy could end the war ‘almost immediately’, as he ruled out Ukraine becoming Nato member or regaining Crimea. Plus, Minnesota angler helps solve 60-year-old cold caseDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Donald Trump has piled pressure...

18/08/2025 10:20 The Guardian
Monday briefing: What’s at stake for Ukrainians as Trump and Putin talk of ceding land in return for peace

In today’s newsletter: While global leaders debate maps and borders, Ukrainians endure nightly drone strikes, mass displacement and the slow destruction of their communitiesGood morning. On Friday, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met in Alaska to discuss the future of Ukraine, but there was no dea...

18/08/2025 05:51 The Guardian
Hundreds of thousands of protesters gather in Tel Aviv to demand end to Gaza war

One of largest rallies in Israel since start of conflict follows general strike to press government to stop military actionHundreds of thousands of demonstrators have gathered in Tel Aviv to call for an end to the war in Gaza and the release of hostages, one of the largest demonstrations in Israel s...

17/08/2025 22:46 The Guardian
Ukraine says it has bombed Russian ship carrying drone parts at Caspian port

Attack on cargo vessel more than 500 miles from frontline is show of force before Trump-Putin meetingTrump-Putin summit – live updatesUkraine says it has conducted a long-range drone attack on a supply ship that it claims was carrying drone components from Iran, striking it at a port north of the...

15/08/2025 14:55 The Guardian
Ukraine is fighting for the same values as allies did in second world war, says Keir Starmer – as it happened

Addressing reception marking 80th anniversary of VJ Day, prime minister says he spoke to Zelenskyy about allies’ values as Trump prepares to meet PutinAsylum seekers locked in detention centres as part of Labour’s “one in, one out” deal have said they had not heard of the scheme before arriv...

15/08/2025 14:42 The Guardian
Trump-Putin Meeting: What Time, Where and How to Watch

The leaders of the United States and Russia will hold talks at an American military base in Alaska and are expected to hold a news conference afterward....

15/08/2025 13:08 New York Times
King Charles to mark 80th anniversary of VJ Day with address

Monarch will pay tribute to military personnel and reflect on horrors experienced in Asia-Pacific regionKing Charles will mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day on Friday with a message paying tribute to the service and sacrifice of military personnel in the second world war who fought and died in the...

14/08/2025 17:00 The Guardian
Israeli airstrikes on Tehran killed inmates in ‘apparent war crime’ – report

Human Rights Watch also finds that Iran abused survivors of June attack, which killed 80 peopleIsraeli airstrikes on Tehran’s Evin prison in June killed scores of detainees, visitors and staff in what Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called an “apparent war crime”. Iranian authorities have since s...

14/08/2025 05:57 The Guardian
Why Surrendering a Key Eastern Region Would Be Hard for Ukraine

As President Trump talks of land swaps, Ukrainians find it difficult to imagine giving up the Donbas, for military, humanitarian and political reasons....

13/08/2025 13:36 New York Times
Trump to Meet Putin at U.S. Military Base in Anchorage

The American and Russian presidents will meet face to face at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska on Friday, according to a White House official....

13/08/2025 02:58 New York Times
Myanmar army detaining two-year-olds as proxies for parents, witnesses tell UN

Investigators warn in a report that ‘frequency and brutality’ of atrocities in the country are continuing to escalateChildren as young as two years old have been detained by Myanmar’s military, often as proxies for their parents, and held in prison facilities where there is systematic torture,...

12/08/2025 14:27 The Guardian
Foreign Recruits in Ukraine Military Are Killed in Russian Missile Strike

Russia has repeatedly targeted soldiers assembled at military academies, barracks and parade grounds....

12/08/2025 12:52 New York Times
Palestinian reporters killed, international reporters banned – Israel’s other Gaza war is over narrative

Members of press and influencers covering devastation are being silenced despite protection under international lawAnas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on GazaIsrael is running two Gaza campaigns: one for military control of the strip...

11/08/2025 22:17 The Guardian
Outrage as Israeli troops kill Al Jazeera journalist in Gaza City – live updates

Committee to Protect Journalists says those responsible for death of Anas al-Sharif and four colleagues must be held to accountAnas al-Sharif among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrikeA prominent Al Jazeera journalist who had previously been threatened by Israel has been killed along with fo...

11/08/2025 07:05 The Guardian
Netanyahu Doubles Down on Gaza Offensive After Global Backlash

This is not the first time the Israeli prime minister has called for one final military drive to dismantle Hamas and end the war....

11/08/2025 01:04 New York Times
Israel's PM knows he's losing propaganda war

Israel's prime minister added more detail to his deeply controversial plans for military escalation in Gaza at a news conference with foreign media yesterday - despite the condemnation of the UN Security Council, which met in an emergency session and urged him to rethink....

11/08/2025 00:49 Skynews
News live: Netanyahu brands Australia ‘shameful’ for ‘marching into rabbit hole’ of recognising Palestinian statehood

Comment comes after Australia reaffirmed commitment to two-state solution. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIsrael’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Australia would take similar action If there were a catastrophe like Hamas’ Oct. 7 attac...

10/08/2025 21:31 The Guardian
Dmitri Kozak Was a Key Putin Aide. He Lost Power When He Balked at the Ukraine War.

Dmitri N. Kozak, who has said privately that the invasion was a mistake, has lost power to another senior Putin ally, Sergei V. Kiriyenko, who has embraced the military action....

10/08/2025 16:41 New York Times
Thousands in Tel Aviv protest against Netanyahu’s plan to escalate Gaza war

Organisers say more than 100,000 people joined demonstration demanding end to military campaign Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday night to oppose Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to escalate the Gaza war.A day earlier, the Israeli prime minister’s office said the secur...

10/08/2025 14:52 The Guardian
South Korea’s military shrinks by 20% as low birthrate hits recruitment

World’s lowest fertility rate leaves Seoul 50,000 troops short of maintaining defence readiness, report warnsSouth Korea’s military has shrunk by 20% in the past six years, largely due to a sharp decrease in the population of men of enlistment age for mandatory service in the country with the wo...

10/08/2025 10:15 The Guardian
Trump says he will meet Vladimir Putin in Alaska next Friday – as it happened

This blog is now closed. You can read Andrew Roth’s story on Trump’s plan to meet Putin in Alaska hereAccording to new reporting by the New York Times, the president has secretly signed a directive to the Pentagon to begin using military force against certain Latin American drug cartels that the...

09/08/2025 01:35 The Guardian
UN chief calls Israel’s Gaza City plan ‘dangerous escalation’ as security council to meet on Saturday – as it happened

This blog has now closed. Read our latest story hereThe UK’s ambassador to Israel has said extending the war in Gaza would only lead to more deaths and that occupying Gaza would be a “huge mistake”.Simon Walters was quoted by Israel’s Haaretz newspaper as saying on Thursday:The IDF has achie...

09/08/2025 01:22 The Guardian
UK joins four countries in condemning Israel's plan for new operation in Gaza

The UK and four allies have criticised Israel's decision to launch a new large-scale military operation in Gaza - warning it will "aggravate the catastrophic humanitarian situation" in the territory....

09/08/2025 01:06 Skynews
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