• September 10 2025
  EU moves to freeze some funding to Israel over war in Gaza

  Ursula von der Leyen also backs sanctions on violent settlers and extremist ministers despite probable opposition

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• September 10 2025
  Middle East war

  Israel unbound: was Qatar a strike too far?

  Bombing of US ally comes after repeated Israeli attacks across Middle East since Hamas’s October 7 2023 assault

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• September 10 2025
  Qatar

  Israel says it will target enemies ‘everywhere’ after attack on Hamas in Qatar

  UAE president visits Doha in solidarity after strike on American ally provokes rare Trump censure

  
• September 10 2025
  Qatar

  Israel launches attack on Hamas in Qatar

  US issues rare censure after six killed in strikes on Gulf state

  
• September 10 2025
  FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen

  Israel escalates attacks on Hamas

  Allies grow weary as Israel strikes Qatar and orders the evacuation of Gaza City

  
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• September 9 2025
  UK foreign policy

  Israeli president Herzog to meet Starmer as calls grow for tougher UK action

  British government concludes Gaza offensive has not met criteria for genocide

  
• September 9 2025
  Middle East war

  Israel orders evacuation of Gaza City

  Benjamin Netanyahu has argued assault is needed to break Hamas

  
• September 9 2025
  News in-depthMiddle East war

  A day in the dangerous life of Gaza’s truck drivers

  Aid convoy truckers witness first-hand how Israeli bombing and blockades have pushed the enclave into famine

  
• September 8 2025
  Netanyahu vows harsh response after six killed in Jerusalem shooting

  PM threatens retaliation over deadliest incident in almost a year amid growing violence in occupied West Bank and Gaza

  
• September 7 2025
  Israeli airport hit by drone from Yemen’s Houthis

  First such strike in months comes after Red Sea cables cut in unexplained incident that disrupted internet access in parts of Middle East and Asia

  
• September 6 2025
  News in-depthMiddle East war

  The Palestinian journalists risking death to report on Israel’s offensive

  Israeli military has repeatedly claimed that correspondents for Al Jazeera are ‘terrorists’ before killing them

  
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• September 3 2025
  Middle Eastern politics & society

  Israeli annexation of the West Bank would be ‘red line’ for UAE

  Emirati foreign ministry’s warning is strongest sign of frustration with Israel since accords signed in 2020

  
• September 2 2025
  News in-depthMiddle East war

  Israel readies for assault on Gaza’s largest city

  Expectations that Netanyahu will back down from offensive fade as IDF mobilises reservists and plans strategy

  
• September 2 2025
  FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen

  Russia suspected of GPS interference on EU official's flight

  Flight of European Commission president was forced to land in Bulgaria using paper maps

  
• September 1 2025
  Middle East war

  Israel committing genocide in Gaza, say scholars

  International Association of Genocide Scholars joins growing number of experts warning that Israel has committed war crimes

  
• September 1 2025
  Bank of Israel

  Israeli banks plan giveaways after anger over wartime profits

  High interest rates during Gaza conflict have contributed to lenders’ record performance

  
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• August 31 2025
  Gaza

  Palestinians flee Israeli bombardment of Gaza City as dozens killed

  Local officials say thousands have registered at shelters as Israel claims killing of prominent Hamas spokesperson

  
• August 29 2025
  Europe Express

  Ribera demands ‘meaningful’ EU action on Gaza as ‘time is running out’

  Also in this newsletter: Brussels closes in on finalising Mercosur trade deal

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• August 28 2025
  Syria

  Israel launches air strikes and ground raid near Damascus

  Increase in attacks in Syria comes despite talks aimed at easing hostilities

  
• August 27 2025
  Gaza

  Blair joins Trump in White House talks on postwar plan for Gaza

  Former UK leader involved in meeting as Israel prepares new invasion of enclave

  
• August 27 2025
  Liberal Democrats UK

  Lib Dem leader to boycott UK state banquet for Trump in Gaza protest

  Sir Ed Davey accuses US president of being complicit in the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian enclave

  
• August 27 2025
  The Big Read

  After the shock of war, Iranians yearn for change

  Despite an initial mood of wartime solidarity, Iranians across the political spectrum believe the conflict has exposed the vulnerabilities of the system

  
• August 26 2025
  Middle East war

  Macron hits back at Netanyahu over ‘murderous’ Gaza war

  French president rejects Israeli prime minister’s accusations that France is fuelling antisemitism

  
• August 26 2025
  Middle East war

  Israel to keep troops in Syrian territory, defence minister says

  Military presence on Mount Hermon necessary ‘to protect’ towns and villages despite US-mediated talks

  
• August 25 2025
  Norway's Oil Fund

  Norway’s oil fund sells Caterpillar stake over Israeli allegations

  Divestment marks first time fund has sold out of a non-Israeli company because of role in Palestinian territories