The Latest Breaking News from Civil War

Before Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr’s call for an end to the violence, analysts feared Iraq was headed to war.

Panel conducting review of Confederate-US military links called on Defense Department to go further

‘Was there blood everywhere? After the war, what did they do with all of the bodies? Did people eat them?’ Cruz reportedly asked in an eighth grade class

More than 2 in 5 Americans say a U.S. civil war is at least somewhat likely in the next decade, highlighting the deepening political divisions in the country heading into the midterms.

The Economist/YouGov poll finds self-described ‘strong Republicans’ most likely to say there could be a US civil war in the next decade

Minimum rise of 10in to occur regardless of climate action, scientists find. Plus, survey asks about likelihood of US civil war

I speak to myself whispering Our situation has defied resolution, our misery isn’t improving We are in despair and idling, that is why I am whispering. So sings Haacaaluu Hundeessaa to his people, the Oromo, in the song Waa’ee Keenya (Our struggle), calling on them to take action against centuries…

More than half of ‘strong Republicans’ think such a conflict is at least somewhat likely, poll finds

The New Yorker writer whose new book follows the militarised rightwing protests in Michigan that prefigured the Capitol attacks, on extremism and the possibility of civil war