Iran’s deputy foreign minister has warned the US it faces another Vietnam if it puts boots on the ground in the war. Saeed Khatibzadeh, speaking in his office in Tehran, told me that Iran was willing to fight as long as needed and the country was not currently focused on a diplomatic solution. The...

The latest shutdown of Dubai’s airport has disrupted the travel plans of thousands of UK passengers. Dubai International Airport announced on Monday, at 1.36am GMT, it had suspended flights after a drone hit a nearby fuel tank. Many Emirates flights already in the air were diverted, while others waiting...

Donald Trump has warned the US could take action in Cuba after his Iran war, days after a rare riot on the island. The US president said on Sunday that they could reach a deal with Cuba or “do whatever we have to do”. But Mr Trump suggested no action would be taken in Cuba ...

A woman scrambles down the steep embankment cradling a baby in her arms. A man extends a hand to someone else whose step quickens. The sirens start blaring, a warning that incoming missiles are just minutes away. We’ve all just pulled over at the side of a busy motorway on the outskirts of Tel Avi...

A total of 62 people, including eight children, have died after floods hit Kenya last week. The capital Nairobi was the worst hit with 33 deaths, police said on Saturday. It is up since the tally issued last week, which put the death toll at 42. More than 2,000 families have been displaced across the .....

The UK military is considering the deployment of two drone types to the Middle East after the US asked allies for help to secure a key shipping lane in the region, it is understood. Donald Trump has urged the UK and other countries to send warships to the region to help secure the Strait of ...

The road into Tyre is lined with the yellow and green flags of Hezbollah. Billboards are filled with the faces of fighters who lost their lives in the many battles with Israel over the years. We’re in the evacuation zone, the area of south Lebanon that Israel has told everyone to leave. And it...

The Formula 1 races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have been cancelled in the wake of the ongoing Iran war, organisers have confirmed. Both races were set to be held in April and alternatives were considered but rejected, the FIA said in a statement. The Formula 2, Formula 3 and F1 Academy rounds have also...

Two airmen killed when a US aircraft crashed in Iraq have been named.  Alex Klinner, 33, was deployed less than a week before his refuelling aircraft crashed in western Iraq on 12 March. All six crew members were killed. “It’s kind of heartbreaking to say, he was just a really good dad and r...

At least five people have been killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine, with a further 18 wounded, officials have said. Four of the deaths were in the Kyiv region, where President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia targeted energy infrastructure with around 430 drones and 68 missiles. Mykola Kalashnyk, the he...

North Korea has fired missiles into the sea in response to a United States military exercise. Around 10 ballistic missiles were fired from near Pyongyang’s international airport on Saturday as a show of force after a joint military exercise between US and South Korea. They flew around 220 miles be...

Donald Trump has said his forces carried out a bombing raid on Iran’s “crown jewel” Kharg, a small island in the north of the Persian Gulf, on Friday. The five-mile-long coral island – twice the size of London’s Heathrow Airport – is in the north of the Persian Gulf,...

An explosion has damaged a Jewish school in Amsterdam, according to Dutch media. The city’s mayor Femke Halsema said she believed the overnight blast was a targeted attack against the Jewish community. Police and fire services were able to respond to the incident quickly. Damage to the school was...

You don’t have to read between the lines when President Trump posts on Truth Social. The motive for the bombing of Kharg Island was writ large – literally – some of it, caps on. The tone was performative, the wording absolute, almost cinematic, and prepared for multiple audiences. His...

In an unusually unpredictable Oscars race, there is only one moment experts agree is a dead cert – Jessie Buckley, on stage once again, to collect the award for best actress. The big honours started with a Critics Choice award in January. A Golden Globe followed, then a BAFTA, and most recently, a...

Luxury Persian rugs are stacked in piles in the Los Angeles shop which Eric Saddigh has owned for decades. He shakes out a small handwoven rug with a peacock design. “This one is $25,000,” he says. A lot of his customers are Beverly Hills millionaires. The opulence seems far removed from the...

Three days of mourning have been declared in Ethiopia after 80 people died in landslides triggered by heavy flooding. The death toll is likely to rise as many more remain missing after heavy rains struck the southern Gamo Zone area on Tuesday. Another 3,461 people have been displaced by the landslides,...

Dozens of MPs are calling for the government to formally apologise for Britain’s actions during its administration of Palestine in the first part of the 20th century. In September, the Britain Owes Palestine campaign group submitted a 400-page legal petition to the government, but has yet to recei...

Formula 1 is set to cancel its upcoming races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia over security concerns because of the war in the Middle East, Sky Sports News understands. A grand prix was scheduled in each country next month, with Bahrain’s race on 12 April and Saudi Arabia’s on 19 April. The deci...

With Iran choking off one of the world’s most crucial shipping lanes, heads of government and industry now face a tough question: what can be done to stop them? What is happening? The Strait of Hormuz, which separates the Gulf States from Iran, is a waterway of huge economic significance, with a f...

Serbia, a NATO partner and candidate for EU membership, has bought Chinese missiles for its air force. The Balkan state is now the first European power armed with Chinese CM-400AKG missiles, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday. “We have a significant number of those missiles, and w...

The conflict in the Middle East just gets better and better for Vladimir Putin. It’s brought a spike in oil prices, a chance to play peacemaker, and now the easing of US sanctions on Russian oil. This latest development marks a stunning reversal of policy from the Trump administration, and a major...

The UK is considering possible options to help defend shipping in the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian attacks, the defence secretary has said. John Healey also signalled that British forces needed to be ready in coordination with allies to evacuate UK nationals from the Middle East if the US and Israeli w...

In a war increasingly determined by the flow and price of oil, one country is already emerging as a winner – and it’s not even a combatant. As US-Israeli strikes on Iran have sent the oil price soaring and raised questions about the American appetite for a prolonged price shock, Russia is al...

The US treasury secretary has told Sky News that the US Navy will be escorting oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on Thursday he plans to use the effective closure of the strategic waterway, through which 20% of the world’s oil supplies...

Iran’s new supreme leader has tried to turn the page on this conflict – but his demands are unlikely to be listened to. For five days there’s been mounting speculation about the health of Mojtaba Khamenei after he was reportedly injured in an air strike on the first day of the war whic...

Vladimir Putin’s “hidden hand” is likely helping Iran respond to Donald Trump’s war, the UK defence secretary has said, as it emerged that Iranian-linked drones hit a base in Iraq where some British troops are located. They were not hurt. John Healey said attacks by Iranian force...

The fear of mines laid by submarines, kamikaze drone boats and GPS jamming have effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has long threatened to shut the narrow waterway through which 20% of the world’s oil supplies passes, knowing that doing so would cause market havoc and send prices soaring...

Evidence is growing that outdated US intelligence was “likely” to blame for the attack on a school in southern Iran which killed more than 170 people, most of them children. The US and Israel say they are attacking military sites, trying to destroy Iran’s ability to create nuclear weap...

Kim Jong Un has been photographed firing guns with his teenage daughter as part of a drive by the dictator to modernise North Korea’s military. Pyongyang propaganda published on Thursday showed the tyrant and his child, Kim Ju Ae, testing a “new-type pistol” during an inspection of a l...

The head chef of world-renowned restaurant Noma has been forced to step down over allegations of bullying and abuse. René Redzepi, who founded the three Michelin star restaurant, announced that he would resign in a post on social media that acknowledged the concerns surrounding his “past leadershi...

The International Energy Agency (IEA), the developed nation body founded in the 1970s to deal with oil crises precisely like the one we’re now facing, has announced something extraordinary. Its members, which is to say most of the world’s rich nations, will release an unprecedented amount of...

A drone is circling in the skies above Zaki Ramadan when he takes my call. As a humanitarian worker in Sudan’s southeastern Blue Nile state, he is helplessly watching aid dwindle and civilians be killed by the meteoric rise in drone strikes. “We stopped all humanitarian activity. We cannot w...

A record release of strategic oil reserves has been agreed in a bid to help offset supply disruption since the Middle East conflict began. The International Energy Agency (IEA) said it would coordinate a flow of 400 million barrels into the market, with the UK government contributing 13.5 million barrel...

Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei was wounded in the US-Israeli airstrikes which killed his father. The 56-year-old assumed the top position after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the initial strikes on Iran, but has not been seen in public since. Mojtaba Khamenei had been lightly wounded i...

Donald Trump said Iran is “welcome to compete” in the World Cup, FIFA’s Gianni Infantino has said. Their participation was in doubt after US and Israeli forces struck Iran, with Iran retaliating with attacks on US assets and allies across the region. However, Mr Infantino has said he m...

“Under no circumstances” can Iran compete in this year’s World Cup, the country’s sports minister has said. The team’s participation has been in doubt after US and Israeli forces struck Iran, with Tehran retaliating with attacks on American assets and allies across the Midd...

A British married couple have drowned at a popular beach on the New South Wales coast in Australia. They ran into difficulty while swimming at Shellharbour Beach, about 70 miles (114km) south of Sydney, shortly after 11am (local time) on Wednesday. The 66-year-old man and 64-year-old woman were pulled f...

A van has been driven into a barricade near the White House, officials have said. The driver has been apprehended in Washington DC and no injuries have been reported, a police spokesman said. Officers were called at about 6.37am local time “to the vicinity of the White House… after a van dro...

One member of the Iranian women’s football team has decided to leave Australia, taking the number seeking asylum to six, amid fears they could be in danger after they did not sing Iran’s national anthem before a game. They were in Australia for the Asian Cup when the Iran war began just over...

Two more members of the Iranian women’s football team have been granted asylum in Australia, taking the total to seven, amid fears for their safety after they were criticised for not singing their national anthem. They were in Australia for the Asian Cup when the Iran war began just over a week ag...

Amid the sound of bombs and distant gunfire, we heard church bells ripple through Beirut’s suburbs. Then we saw a large group of people congregate, all dressed in black.  They had to come to a Maronite place of worship, Sacred Heart church, to commemorate the death of man called Sami Ghafari. The...

At least six people have died in a bus blaze in Switzerland, which was allegedly started by a man inside the vehicle, according to police and local media reports. Police said the blaze took place in Kerzers, a town in the western canton of Fribourg, at around 6.25pm on Tuesday. The victims have not yet...

👉Listen to The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim on your podcast app👈 Who is the new Iranian leader and will he make a difference to a war Donald Trump says is already “won”? Yalda is in Qatar and Richard is in Tel Aviv for this week’s episode, which also looks at who is set to...

Iran’s move to shut the Strait of Hormuz has brought shipping through the 24-mile stretch of water close to a standstill. Only a handful of vessels have transited in recent days, many switching off their tracking systems or linked to “shadow fleets”. “They can’t physically...

👉 Listen to This Is Why on your podcast app 👈 After a phone call with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump announced the US could ease oil sanctions on some countries to combat the rise in prices brought about by the Iran war. It wasn’t clear whether Russia would be included, but such a move could ...

When the sirens sounded around the city of Beit Shemesh on the second day of the war, Rabbi Yitzhak Biton suggested to his son they find a safe space at home rather than go to the nearest shelter. But Yaakov felt worried and preferred to go. Follow live updates on war in Middle East He ...

Who says the world is impossible to predict these days? Two things have just happened that we could have seen a mile off. Events in the Middle East have followed the exact script for “what happens if you attack Iran”, a scenario analysts have been predicting for decades. If you take on the a...

Oil prices have fallen and stock markets are clawing back some lost ground after Donald Trump raised hopes that Iran war disruption to the global economy would soon be over. Brent crude oil, the international benchmark, tumbled below $90 a barrel at one stage early on Tuesday after climbing above $118...

Metula in northern Israel is like a ghost town. Shops are shut, hotels closed and there’s very little sign of life. This is the frontline of the fight against Hezbollah in Lebanon, and it feels otherworldly. Middle East crisis: Follow live updates Image: Metula is on the frontline of Israel’...