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Deal or no deal in the Gulf?

by our Arab Affairs correspondent

They say the Middle East cease fire still stands. But it was business as usual in the Persian Gulf this week with Iran and the USA trading blows for a couple of days before ending with Donald Trump yet again telling the world he’s on the brink of reaching a final settlement with the Islamic Republic.

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Ukraine: Steps To Nuclear Catastrophe

by a Kiev observer

At the end of May the Ukrainians carried out a reckless drone strike on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant that was liberated by Russian forces in 2022. The drone was controlled and guided via an optical line and broke through the wall of the machine room.

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Editorial

Stand up to racism!

Loyalist mobs are rampaging through Belfast, spreading terror amongst the black and immigrant population in the run-up to Orangemen’s Day on the “Glorious Twelfth” of July. But attempts to spread hate in England have, so far, failed, despite the best efforts of Tommy Robinson, Elon Musk and the Faragists to trigger racist pogroms in the wake of the Southampton riots.

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