Middle East crisis live: Israel strikes Tehran; Netanyahu suggests need for ‘ground component’ in Iran war
Strikes reported around Iran’s capital during Nowruz; Israeli PM says you can’t ‘do revolutions from the air’ Iran says it will show ‘zero restraint’ if energy infrastructure is targeted again…
‘Validation was an insatiable monster’: Dave Grohl on Foo Fighters’ punk-rock return – and life after his infidelity
In his first newspaper interview after fathering a child outside his marriage, Grohl discusses his changed outlook, his grief for Taylor Hawkins, and the 430 therapy sessions he’s had ‘I’m…
Adorable alert! A Tasmanian possum has fallen asleep among the soft toys in an airport gift shop | First Dog on the Moon
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Three more rate hikes tipped as prices begin to rise
Mortgage holders could face as many as three interest rate hikes by Christmas, according to money markets, as concerns mount over the Iran war’s impact on inflation. Rates traders upped…
Trump thinks brute force will arrest the US’s decline. His heavy-handed actions in Iran are only accelerating it | Owen Jones
From Venezuela to the Middle East, this is gangsterism fused with colonialism. It repudiates the moral language through which US power once justified itself Gone are any pretences about saving…
We can tell you who will really get rich from this oil crisis – and how we can stop them | Isabella Weber and Gregor Semieniuk
Soaring oil costs signal the great transfer of wealth away from households, but also a new opportunity to redistribute it The strait of Hormuz is now at the centre of…
Iran could be the US’s Boer war: a hollow victory that marks the beginning of the end of empire | Larry Elliott
US leaders anticipated a walkover. Now they’re embroiled in a conflict that could hasten the end of US economic dominance Nobody gave the Boers a prayer when the war in…
The Guardian view on the Iran war escalation: as Trump breaks things, who will pick up the pieces? | Editorial
The US president wanted an easy win, but the conflict is spiralling following Israel’s attack on a gas field and Iranian retaliation across the region Shortly after the US and…
‘Our lead actor doesn’t know he’s in a television show!’ The return of an unbelievable TV hoax
Jury Duty’s first season convinced a member of the public he was taking part in a documentary about how courts work – but it was really a reality show where…
I asked AI to explain my mother to me. It translated her worldview
A chatbot won’t fix your family drama, but it might help you hear what someone’s really trying to say Sign up for AI for the People, a six-week newsletter course,…