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government to request more special defensive spending in the future,” Yang said. ## Restoring the US-China framework Xi is also eager to smooth over US-China relations after a tumultuous 18 months that saw Trump
US and Israel attacked Iran. "At the beginning, I did not want the war to happen... [But] through the middle of the war, as long as they were targeting key figures, I was genuinely overjoyed
government had been positive about the country’s economy last year, with the World Bank recording a modest 3.5 percent GDP growth in 2025. But with the country back in the throes
conflicted relationship between the US president and the Israeli prime minister, frenemies who could determine the fate of the current ceasefire. Trump went out of his way on Sunday to stress that
conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis) ### [Wives and children of foreign ISIS fighters stranded in Syria with no way home](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/11/nx-s1-5767032/in-syria-instability-allowed-isis-fighters-to-flee-camps-but-many-of-their-families-still-detained) Trump announced the joint operation in Africa's most populous country in a late
conflict between the US, Israel and Iran flickers on, but for now, airlines continue to defy dire warnings of impending shortages which had stoked fears of a [summer of chaos](https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/apr/18/europe-summer-holiday-flight-cross-channel-travel-cancelled-flights-airport-eu-ees) for European
government internally to withdraw its forces from Lebanon. Then the withdrawal occurred in May 2000, and to many, it felt like a natural result of all that was happening. This approach was never abandoned
conflict has also increased pressure on China’s economy and energy security. About half of China’s crude oil imports come from the Middle East, while disruptions in the Gulf have left commercial shipping vulnerable
government, said Australians wanted things Pauline Hanson wasn’t offering them. He said: > double quotation markWe’ll have a Fair Work decision handed down tomorrow where Labor has backed an economically sustainable increase in wages
conflict going on there, but there is still no legal basis in international law to take any actions to block any strait used for international navigation," Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez told the BBC. Donald Rothwell
impact of the US-Israel war with Iran, which has put up energy and fuel costs around the world. The Bank moves interest rates up and down to try to keep inflation on track
impact on the market because the UAE’s exports, like those of all its neighbouring countries, are currently constrained by Iran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz. The UAE has been able to sell
conflict with Iran has affected the domestic fortunes of the US president. But first, the headlines. ## Five big stories 1. ***UK politics*** | Keir Starmer was looking increasingly isolated over the Peter Mandelson scandal
governing maritime navigation is becoming a more dangerous, expensive, and, above all, politicised business. “We have not seen the oceans this turbulent and dangerous,” said Elisabeth Braw, senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft
conflict. Iran's grip on the vital waterway has jolted the world economy and spiked fuel prices far beyond the Middle East. The ongoing instability in the region comes as U.S. President Donald Trump
conflicts in the Middle East have driven a sea change in US public opinion, threatening a bipartisan consensus of support for military aid for [Israel](https://www.theguardian.com/world/israel) that has been the status
conflict-hit Iran, new figures show, as [diplomatic efforts](/news/2026/5/10/iran-sends-response-to-us-proposal-to-end-war-via-mediator-pakistan) to end the war launched by the United States and Israel intensify. “The people must realistically understand the conditions and restrictions of the country,” President
conflict, this war against Iran, has a direct impact on our economic output”. On Tuesday, Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that Merz “thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon
conflict in the first place, Trump claimed on social media that his deal would be “THE EXACT OPPOSITE” of the one agreed by Barack Obama, which Trump pulled out of in 2018. He added that
impact, reared its Medusa-like head. Again. "No worries," Spain's determined-to-appear calm prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, said to waiting journalists as he arrived at the leaders' summit. "We are fulfilling our obligations