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‘You say genocide, I say war’: Boy George releases pro-Israel song, We Will Dance Again https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jul/27/you-say-genocide-i-say-war-boy-george-releases-pro-israel-song-we-will-dance-again #BoyGeorge #Music #PopAndRock #Culture #Israel #Palestine #UkNews #WorldNews #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica

YouTube star Ms Rachel to match Macklemore’s $1m Palestine aid donation By Uwa Ede-Osifo Educator talks of ‘moral obligation’ and urges ‘every wealthy white celebrity’ to make similar donation https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/sep/17/ms-rachel-macklemore-palestine-donation #Culture #Palestine #USnews #Worldnews #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Celebrity #Macklemore #Music #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #UwaEdeOsifo

Gaza refugee says sister-in-law ‘would be alive’ if Home Office had let her come to UK https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/05/gaza-refugee-visa-refusal-home-office #ImmigrationAndAsylum #HomeOffice #Gaza #Palestine #Refugees #UkNews #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #Politics

Drought, water rationing and dry rivers: our water crisis is here | Peter Gleick https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/11/drought-water-climate-crisis #ClimateCrisis #Water #AccessToWater #Environment #DatacentersUs #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #TrumpAdministration #WorldNews #UsNews

Trump warns of return to ‘strong military action’ if Iran diplomacy fails By Patrick Wintour Washington and Tehran issue conflicting messages over the status of talks to end Middle East crisis https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/27/trump-warns-return-strong-military-action-iran-diplomacy-fails #USIsraelwaronIran #Iran #Oman #USnews #StraitofHormuz #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #DonaldTrump #TheGuardian #PatrickWintour

Reclaiming stolen childhoods: swimming classes resume in Gaza after three years of war By Seham Tantesh in Gaza and Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem; photographs by Amjed Tantesh In sea pools built with sandbags and rubble, Amjed Tantesh gives traumatised children brief respite from their daily lives https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/25/swimming-classes-resume-gaza-after-three-years-war #Gaza #IsraelGazawar #Children #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Palestine #Society #Worldnews #TheGuardian #SehamTanteshinGaza #EmmaGrahamHarrisoninJerusalem #photographsbyAmjedTantesh

Ireland urged to put pressure on Germany over pro-Palestinian activist’s trial https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/24/irish-pm-germany-pro-palestinian-activists-trial-ulm-5 #Ireland #Germany #IsraelgazaWar #Israel #Palestine #PalestineAction #Protest #Activism #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #Europe #WorldNews #UkNews

Iran targets Bahrain and Jordan in retaliation as US strikes continue By William Christou in Beirut US hits targets in port cities of Bushehr and Bandar Abbas while Iran attacks two tankers in strait of Hormuz https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/14/us-strikes-iran-bahrain-jordan-uae-tankers #USIsraelwaronIran #Iran #USnews #Bahrain #Jordan #UnitedArabEmirates #StraitofHormuz #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #TheGuardian #WilliamChristouinBeirut

UK to list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as terrorist organisation https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/13/uk-list-iran-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps-irgc-terrorist-organisation #CounterterrorismPolicy #Iran #UkSecurityAndCounterterrorism #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #Politics #UkNews #WorldNews

US congressman says ‘IDF is lying’ about his detention by settlers and soldiers https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/12/ro-khanna-israel-detention-reaction #UsPolitics #Israel #Democrats #Palestine #UsNews #WestBank #BenjaminNetanyahu #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews

Donald Trump threatens to annihilate Iran after crossfire over Hormuz – Middle East crisis live https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jun/28/iran-strait-of-hormuz-donald-trump-vance-peace-talks-bahrain-kuwait-strikes-latest-news-updates #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #US-IsraelwaronIran #StraitofHormuz #DonaldTrump #Worldnews #Bahrain #Kuwait #Iran

The week around the world in 20 pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/jun/26/the-week-around-the-world-in-20-pictures #Photography #ArtAndDesign #Culture #WorldNews #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #UsNews #UkNews #Europe

Trump’s failure to maintain ceasefires is part of the new world disorder – and ordinary people pay the price | Simon Tisdall https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/07/donald-trump-ceasefire-failure-ukraine-iran-gaza-lebanon-gaza #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Internationallaw #DonaldTrump #Worldnews #Ukraine #Lebanon #Israel #USnews #Iran #Gaza

The Guardian view on the expanding Iran crisis: no clear aim and no end in sight | Editorial https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/05/the-guardian-view-on-the-expanding-iran-crisis-no-clear-aim-and-no-end-in-sight #Iran #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews #DonaldTrump #PeteHegseth #UsNews