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3038 - The view from Beirut on Israel’s deadly strikes. And: Hungary’s pivotal elections

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3038 - The view from Beirut on Israel’s deadly strikes. And: Hungary’s pivotal elections

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The Briefing

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The view from Beirut on Israel’s deadly strikes. And: Hungary’s pivotal elections

US-Iran ceasefire tested by deadly Israeli strikes on Lebanon

Keir Starmer heads to the Gulf after the US and Iran agree to a ceasefire

Trump’s Iran deadline approaches and JD Vance visits Hungary to bolster Victor Orbán’s election chances

Asia’s worsening fuel crisis: a sign of what’s to come for Europe?

Is Donald Trump starting to fire his cabinet?

How would ending birthright citizenship change American society?

Ukraine’s Easter truce proposal and Israel’s death-penalty bill for Palestinians

Iran hits Kuwaiti oil tanker in Dubai – are energy targets now fair game?

A new front in the Middle East as Houthis enter the conflict

Marco Rubio arrives at the G7 as Trump lashes out at allies

The Philippines becomes the first country to declare a state of emergency over the global energy crisis

The true state of US-Iran negotiations amid conflicting reports from Tehran, Washington and Islamabad

Israel to hold a ‘security zone’ in the south of Lebanon

A new mayor in Paris: who is Emmanuel Grégoire?

The scramble to take energy infrastructure off the hit list in the Middle East

All talk? The European Council convenes in Brussels amid global disruption

Zelensky in Europe as focus shifts to Iran

Trump delays direct talks with Xi as the Iran war rages on

Can the US rely on its allies in the war in Iran?

The future of the far right in Germany. And: The winner of the Pritzker Prize

Iran steps up attacks in the Gulf as oil prices jump

Turkey’s mass corruption trial gets under way

How the war in Iran is changing Qatar’s global standing. And: urban festival Mipim

Mark Carney on the attractiveness of Canada’s military

A war of numbers: can the Gulf keep up?

The US Senate votes against limiting Trump’s war powers

Who will take over from Ayatollah Khamenei? Plus: business news and Paris Fashion Week

Who will lead Iran next, and how much control does the IRGC have?

The conflict in the Middle East gains new fronts and oil prices soar

Pakistan declares ‘open war’ against Afghanistan

Geneva’s place as a diplomatic hub

Trump’s State of the Union address. Plus: Milano Fashion Week

Reflections on four years of war in Ukraine

Nordic co-operation over Greenland, the Baftas and Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar

How Sweden is training its civilian reserve and a look at the future of European defence

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested and former South Korean president sentenced to life

What makes you feel proud of your country?

The legacy of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson

Palestine drafts a constitution, while Israel moves closer to ‘de facto annexation’ of the West Bank

Monocle Radio at the World Governments Summit in Dubai – Omar al-Olama and more

Monocle Radio at the World Governments Summit in Dubai – President Vjosa Osmani and more

Monocle Radio at the World Governments Summit in Dubai – Adel Mardini and more

EU leaders agree a ‘Buy European’ policy

What to expect from the Munich Security Conference in a new era of diplomacy

The aftermath of a deadly shooting at a Canadian high school

Netanyahu and Trump plan to meet in Washington. Plus: ‘Zootopia 2’ and animated film’s significance

Hong Kong sentences pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison

The US and Iran hold direct talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme

Human Rights Watch suggests the world is in a democratic recession. Plus: Puerto Rico’s top artists

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