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ASK ME ANYTHING: Readers shared their urgent questions about Israel, Iran, Trump, and Netanyahu with our world affairs editor, Sam Kiley, who has been reporting from Tel Aviv amid rising tensions in the region

Supporters of a motion of censure against Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hope it will put enough political pressure on her leadership to force a resignation – mirroring the 1999 downfall of Commission President Jacques Santer.

European Commission president says EU will ‘defend the European interest as needed’ as Trump threatens 50% steel tariffs

Rights groups say the war and the blockade have sparked a humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, though Israel says it is allowing in vital aid.

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday became the most prominent European leader to describe the situation in Gaza as a "genocide", as rescuers in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory said Israeli forces killed 35 people.

As Donald Trump suggests he could send Patriot air defence missiles to Ukraine, The Independent takes a look at which countries are the key military backers behind war in Europe

Mark Rutte had an unenviable task at the Hague summit this week. The Nato secretary-general had to work with diverging American and European views of current security threats. After Rutte made extraordinary efforts at highly deferential, overt flattery of Donald Trump to secure crucial outcomes for the alliance, he seems…

Amazon was not represented at a hearing of the European Parliament after a row with the employment committee over which personnel should appear before it.

From Lisbon to Amsterdam, housing policy has led to haves and have-nots. But, as our new series uncovers, it doesn’t have to be this way, says Guardian Opinion deputy editor Kirsty Major