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Canterbury meningitis and septicaemia outbreak
Meningitis B confirmed as strain behind outbreak that has left two dead in Kent
Some cases of meningitis seen in Kent have been confirmed as meningitis B, health officials have said, as hundreds of people are being urged to get antibiotics to stem the spread of infection.

Tue, 17 Mar, 2026

Iran US Israel
Israel launches new strikes on Tehran and Lebanon as Iran hits Gulf neighbours
Residents of Dubai and Doha, Qatar, awoke to the sound of explosions on Tuesday as air defences worked to intercept new waves of incoming Iranian fire, and Israel launched new strikes on Iran and Lebanon, as the war in the Middle East showed no ...

Tue, 17 Mar, 2026

BBC presenter explicit photos allegations
BBC warns of ‘chilling effect’ of Trump lawsuit in bid to have case thrown out
Programme faced criticism for giving the impression the US president had encouraged his supporters to storm the Capitol building in 2021 after he had lost the election to Joe Biden

Mon, 16 Mar, 2026

Belgium EU Foreign Ministers
Europeans seek clarity about Trump’s Iran war aims before agreeing to demands
European countries have sought more details about US president Donald Trump’s plans for the war on Iran and warned that Nato must not become involved it, as they weighed whether to agree to his call to send warships to help shore up security in the ...

Mon, 16 Mar, 2026

'This is not our war': European countries reject Trump’s call for help to reopen strait of Hormuz
'This is not our war': European countries reject Trump’s call for help to reopen strait of Hormuz
Leaders seek a diplomatic solution despite US president’s threat of ‘a very bad future’ for Nato unless it provides warships

Mon, 16 Mar, 2026

Women's Asia Cup Iran Exit
Iranian women’s football team leaves Malaysia for Oman after asylum reversal
The Iranian women’s football team has left Malaysia and is heading for Oman, ending days of uncertainty after five of the seven squad members who sparked a diplomatic furore by seeking asylum in Australia reversed their decisions and rejoined the ...

Mon, 16 Mar, 2026

Donald Trump
China warns Trump’s latest tariff moves could damage trade ties
The meeting was meant to prepare for Mr Trump’s planned trip to China in about two weeks, though the president has warned that it could be delayed

Mon, 16 Mar, 2026

Nicolas Sarkozy
Ex-French president Sarkozy appeals against conviction over campaign financing
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has returned to court for an appeal hearing in Paris over his conviction linked to the alleged illegal campaign financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by Libya.

Mon, 16 Mar, 2026

LEBANON-ISRAEL-US-IRAN-WAR
Hamas holds talks with Trump-led board as Iran war strains Gaza plan
The new international body personally headed by Trump has been tasked with overseeing post-war Gaza

Mon, 16 Mar, 2026

LEBANON-ISRAEL-US-IRAN-WAR
Israel says it has plans for at least three weeks of war as airstrikes pound Iran
Trump warned the NATO alliance faces a 'very bad' future if its members fail to come to Washington's aid

Mon, 16 Mar, 2026

queen elizabeths grammar school in the market town of faversham kent uk 2013
School pupil among two dead in meningitis outbreak in Kent
A school pupil is the second person to have died following an outbreak of meningitis in Kent, England. The student was in Year 13 at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School in Faversham and is understood to have died on Saturday.

Mon, 16 Mar, 2026

Emirates Iran US Israel
Dubai airport forced to temporarily close after Iranian drone attack
As morning broke on Monday, a drone hit a fuel tank near Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international passenger traffic, causing a large fire

Mon, 16 Mar, 2026

Dubai airport resumes some flights after drone attack spotlights risks
Dubai airport resumes some flights after drone attack spotlights risks
The US-Israel war against Iran has thrown global aviation into turmoil

Mon, 16 Mar, 2026

Emirates Iran US Israel
Middle East war disrupts pharma air routes, risks cancer drugs supply
Some medicines have short shelf lives and need strict cold-chain storage

Mon, 16 Mar, 2026

France Ukraine
Zelenskyy offers anti-drone expertise to Middle East states attacked by Iran
The Ukrainian president told reporters that Kyiv had sent three teams of experts on drone warfare to the Middle East

Mon, 16 Mar, 2026

Trump
Trump seeks help to keep Strait of Hormuz open as Iran 'sees no reason to talk'
Iran has said the strait, through which one fifth of global oil exports normally pass, is open to all except the United States and its allies

Sun, 15 Mar, 2026

US Hungary Rubio
Political rivals Viktor Orban and Peter Magyar march in Budapest
Politcal parties Fidesz and Tisza were due to stage large-scale marches in Budapest to mark Hungary’s March 15 national day

Sun, 15 Mar, 2026

Pope Leo XIV
Pope Leo hits out at 'atrocious violence' of Iran war as he calls for ceasefire 
'In the name of Christians in the Middle East ​and of all women and men of good will, I appeal to those responsible for this conflict: Cease fire!'

Sun, 15 Mar, 2026

Why attacks on Iran's Kargh Island could keep oil prices high
Why attacks on Iran's Kargh Island could keep oil prices high
The bombardment took aim at military assets on the island, and has so far spared oil facilities

Sun, 15 Mar, 2026

Russia Ukraine War
Zelenskyy says Ukraine waiting on US and Russia to set next round of talks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in comments released on Sunday that he was ready for the next round of trilateral peace talks to end Russia’s more than four-year-old invasion of Ukraine.

Sun, 15 Mar, 2026

Emirates Iran US Israel
Tehran claims US attacked it from UAE as war enters its third week
Iran said the US used “ports, docks and hideouts” in the UAE to launch strikes on Kharg Island, home to the main terminal handling Iran’s oil exports.

Sun, 15 Mar, 2026

Iran Islands Explainer
Iran’s strategic islands which have become latest US target
The islands off Iran have become the latest focus of the war after a US strike destroyed military targets on Kharg Island, which is vital to Tehran’s oil network.

Sat, 14 Mar, 2026

Michigan Synagogue Attack
US faces elevated terror threat amid war in Iran
Three acts of ideologically inspired violence in the past week in the United States have laid bare the heightened terrorism threat unfolding against the backdrop of the war with Iran.

Sat, 14 Mar, 2026

Dutch police van on the street
Amsterdam police hunt suspect filmed setting off blast outside Jewish school
Dutch authorities are hunting a person who was filmed setting off an explosion outside a Jewish school in Amsterdam.

Sat, 14 Mar, 2026

France Ukraine
Four killed in Russian strike on Kyiv region as war in Iran halts peace talks
A combined missile and drone attack on the Kyiv region has killed at least four people and wounded 15, regional officials have said.

Sat, 14 Mar, 2026

Trump
Trump says US forces destroyed military targets on Iranian island handling oil exports
President says forces ‘obliterated’ military targets on Kharg Island and warned its oil infrastructure could be next

Sat, 14 Mar, 2026

Iran US Israel
US orders 2,500 marines and assault ship to Middle East as crisis worsens
In an interview with Fox News, US president Donald Trump said the war would end 'when I feel it in my bones'

Fri, 13 Mar, 2026

Iran US Israel
Trump calls Iran leaders ‘deranged scumbags’ as Middle East violence spirals
Tehran residents report relentless bombing with US and Israeli planes launching wave of attacks

Fri, 13 Mar, 2026

All six crew members confirmed dead after US military plane crash in Iraq
All six crew members confirmed dead after US military plane crash in Iraq
Number of American troops to be killed in Iran war after incident in western desert now stands at 13

Fri, 13 Mar, 2026

Michigan Synagogue Attack
Man in US synagogue attack ‘lost family members in Israeli airstrike on Lebanon’
A man with a rifle who crashed into a large US synagogue in what officials say was an attack had lost four family members in an Israeli airstrike in his native Lebanon last week, an official said.

Fri, 13 Mar, 2026

John Lennon 80th birthday
John Lennon’s Beatles‑era piano sells for record amount at auction
Memorabilia from Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain also went under the hammer, including the Fender Mustang guitar played in the 'Smells Like Teen Spirit', which became his most expensive item ever sold at auction at $6.9m

Fri, 13 Mar, 2026

Epstein files
Prince Andrew and Mandelson pictured in bathrobes with Jeffrey Epstein
Undated photograph has been unearthed as part of the US department of justice’s so-called Epstein files

Fri, 13 Mar, 2026

North Korea runs rocket test launches after US-South Korea military drills
North Korea runs rocket test launches after US-South Korea military drills
South Korea’s military said on Saturday that North Korea fired more than 10 ballistic missiles towards the sea off the country’s east coast

Fri, 13 Mar, 2026

Iraq Iran US Israel
Middle East latest: Rescue effort underway after US military plane crashes in Iraq
US Central Command officials say ‘incident occurred in friendly airspace during Operation Epic Fury’

Fri, 13 Mar, 2026

Trump
‘Watch what happens’ – Donald Trump issues new threat to Iran
US President Donald Trump issued a new threat online to Iran, writing: “Watch what happens to these deranged scumbags today.

Fri, 13 Mar, 2026

Michigan Synagogue Attack
Man who rammed vehicle into synagogue was naturalised citizen, officials say
The armed man who rammed his vehicle into one of the nation’s largest Reform synagogues has been identified as a 41-year-old naturalised citizen born in Lebanon, according to federal officials.

Fri, 13 Mar, 2026

Iran US Israel
Iran’s leader vows to keep up attacks in first statement since being appointed
Iran’s secretive new supreme leader vowed on Thursday to keep up attacks on Gulf Arab countries and use the effective closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz as leverage against the United States and Israel.

Thu, 12 Mar, 2026

Iran's new supreme leader vows to keep Hormuz shut in defiant first remarks
Iran's new supreme leader vows to keep Hormuz shut in defiant first remarks
Iranian officials have said Khamenei was lightly wounded in the ​initial February 28 airstrikes, but the extent of his injuries is unclear

Thu, 12 Mar, 2026

Suspected shooter reportedly killed in attack on Michigan synagogue
Suspected shooter reportedly killed in attack on Michigan synagogue
Police sources said there were no casualties after suspect crashed vehicle into building and security guards confronted him

Thu, 12 Mar, 2026

Nepal Election
Ex-rapper’s party sweeps election in first ballot since youth-led uprising
A political party created just four years ago and led by an ex-rapper has swept Nepal’s parliamentary poll, results published by the electoral commission on Thursday showed.

Thu, 12 Mar, 2026

APTOPIX Iraq Iran US Israel
Iran will use Strait of Hormuz as leverage, says country’s new leader
Iran is trying to inflict enough global economic pain to pressure the United States and Israel to halt their bombardment

Thu, 12 Mar, 2026

Lord Peter Mandelson - Epstein files scandal
Mandelson’s £75,000 payout after sacking was ‘value for money’, claims minister
The sum awarded to Peter Mandelson after his dismissal over his ties to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein was revealed in the first set of government documents published this week

Thu, 12 Mar, 2026

Iraq Iran US Israel
Iran targets busiest international airport as strikes escalate
Also, an attack on Iraq’s Basra port killed at least one person and forced a halt to operations at all the country’s oil terminals

Thu, 12 Mar, 2026

Russia Trial
Russian court convicts 19 people over deadly 2024 Moscow concert hall attack
A Russian court has convicted 19 people of involvement in the 2024 shooting rampage in a Moscow concert hall that killed 149 people and wounded over 600 in one of the deadliest attacks in the capital in years.

Thu, 12 Mar, 2026

Iran US Heritage Sites
Damage to historical sites in Iran raises alarm about war’s impact
US and Israeli strikes on Iran have damaged at least four cultural and historical sites, including palaces and an ancient mosque, raising alarms about the impact of the widening war on protected landmarks that are important to Iranian identity and ...

Thu, 12 Mar, 2026

Iraq Iran US Israel
Middle East latest: Tankers burn near Iraq as Iran warns world to prepare for $200 a barrel oil
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says more than 1,100 children had been killed or injured in just under two weeks of conflict

Thu, 12 Mar, 2026

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