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In today’s newsletter: Former PM returns to Middle East ​politics​ as civil society groups argue that any real solution must begin with Palestinian agency

Flight Centre isn't expecting its profit to grow until 2026 after its 2024/25 earnings took a hit from Middle East hostilities and a downturn in US travel.

Nearby NYMEX crude oil prices fell to the 2025 low of $55.12 per barrel in April, following the U.S. announcement of unprecedented tariffs on its trading partners worldwide. However, the turmoil in the Middle East lifted the price to $78.40 in late June, after which it ran out of upside…

Find out how Dubai’s blistering temperatures are pushing workshops to adopt smarter, faster, and more sustainable car AC repair solutions.

Researchers have found that the Bedale Viking hoard contains silver from Middle Eastern coins, highlighting that the Vikings profited from long-distance trade networks and brought this imported silver with them when they settled in England.

The bipartisanship about the path to a long-term settlement in the Middle East has finally been irrevocably broken.

Global condemnation of Israel’s takeover plan includes UK’s Starmer saying escalation will ‘only bring more bloodshed’ and Germany halting arms exports

COMMENT: Steve Witkoff – the president’s international diplomatic Mr Fixit – has failed to bring peace to the Middle East or deliver on Trump’s boast that he would end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

France – alongside other European nations – is pursuing airdrops of humanitarian aid into the Gaza strip, with the help of Middle East partners. However, it insists that fully opening land crossings is the only efficient way to help the more than two million Palestinians who aid agencies say are…