Talks, convened by the UK, will examine ‘all viable diplomatic and political measures’ to get critical waterway open Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia will join talks with 35 nations, convened by the United Kingdom, to explore ways to reopen the strait of Hormuz, the government confirmed on Thursday. The UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, announced the meeting on Wednesday, which will exclude the United Sta
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Deep divisions on Israel mean the union has failed to act over Lebanon, Gaza, or settler violence in the West Bank The human costs of Israel’s attacks on Lebanon were plain to see when the Irish MEP Barry Andrews visited Beirut last month. He met people who had fled Israeli airstrikes and complied with evacuation orders in southern Lebanon. At makeshift shelters – converted schools – conditions were even worse than during Israel’s last incursion in 2024, he was told. “There are dirty mattresses,
Trump's Strait of Hormuz remarks could concern Middle East
President Donald Trump delivered a prime-time address to the nation in the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday.
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Track the latest data on fuel prices, outages and oil tanker deliveries Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Hundreds of service stations across Australia have run empty, fuel prices are elevated and oil shipments have been cancelled. Australia is battling a fuel crises as Iran’s closure of the strait of Hormuz continues to bite. The federal government has released fuel reserves, cut fuel excise taxes and rolled out a
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Ukrainian president says ceasefire could show diplomacy works, while Russia dismisses statement as ‘PR stunt’. What we know on day 1,499 Volodymyr Zelenskyy has criticised Russia for responding to an offer of an Easter truce with airstrikes . The Ukrainian president said on Wednesday he had spoken to US negotiators about an Easter ceasefire but Russian forces had fired more than 700 drones – many of them Iranian-designed Shaheds – targeting parts of western and central Ukraine in a rare daytime
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Agreement comes after Wellington halted millions in aid to its former colony after Cook Islands formed strategic partnership with Beijing New Zealand and the Cook Islands have signed a defence and security declaration, ending a year-long diplomatic row that erupted after the Cook Islands struck strategic agreements with China. The Cook Islands was a dependent New Zealand colony from 1901-65 but has since operated as a self-governing nation in “free association” with New Zealand. Its roughly 17,0
