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Trump says he will suspend petrol tax amid soaring US fuel prices

Iran is on “life support”](/news/2026/5/11/trump-says-ceasefire-on-life-support-slams-iran-response-to-us-proposal). On Monday, Trump said he would suspend the petrol

Pentagon announces deal with seven AI companies for classified systems

Iran](/news/2026/4/17/iran-wars-big-winners-wall-street-weapons-firms-ai-and-green-energy). In a statement, the Department of Defense said the new agreements with SpaceX

Series of tremors near Tehran renews concerns over major quake risk

Iran’s Mehr news agency reported on Wednesday, renewing fears among experts and residents that

UK borrowing costs hit highest since 1998 amid Starmer uncertainty

Iran war will stoke inflation. The pound dropped 0.5% to $1.354 and was 0.3% lower

US Senate rejects seventh war powers measure as more Republicans break rank

Iran, even as the ranks of Republicans opposed to Donald Trump’s strategy grew. The war powers

Trump-Xi meeting: Could China, US form a ‘G2’?

Iran](/news/liveblog/2026/5/12/iran-war-live-trump-slams-iranian-proposal-as-ceasefire-hangs-by-a-thread), comes as Trump needs a foreign policy win amid [dissatisfaction at home](/news/2026/4/28/trump-approval-dips-to-record-low-amid-iran-war-inflation-woes-poll

Could a leadership change undo Israel’s international isolation?

Iran and Lebanon wars, with the president issuing humiliating diktats to Israel on Truth Social

US says China to buy billions in agricultural goods after Trump-Xi talks

Iran “can never have a nuclear weapon.” Beijing did not explicitly state that Iran should

UK promises jets, drones and warship for Strait of Hormuz defence mission

Iran has been controlling the Strait of Hormuz - one of the world's busiest oil shipping

A decade on, Trump will return to a stronger and more assertive China

Iran being a new source of tension, alongside trade, technology and Taiwan. But a lot has changed

A fresh financial crisis may be coming - it won't play out like the last one

Iran. Today, oil prices have risen to over $100 a barrel, with warnings they could

No 10 dismisses Reeves’s reported plan for freeze on private rents

Iran war. They added: “We have no plans to implement this. Our focus remains on cutting

Ranking the World Cup 2026 groups: Which teams are favourites to progress?

Iran and New Zealand. Iran’s [preparations have been chaotic](/sports/2026/6/4/iran-footballers-describe-how-war-with-us-israel-affects-their-world-cup) given the US-Israel

The end of Trump's 'weaponisation' fund is another sign Republicans are fighting back

Iran, high gas prices at home and a low approval rating that could drag down

Pete Hegseth accuses Nato countries of ‘free riding’ in combative address

Iran in the spring. Though Hegseth’s remarks were delivered behind closed doors to a group

Wednesday briefing: Where Starmer stands after another precarious day in Parliament

Iran war adds to the pressure on Keir Starmer’s government, the National Institute of Economic

The strike that changed the geometry of war

Iran, when the compound of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was targeted in Tehran. In both

Rand Paul’s son apologizes for antisemitic and anti-gay rant after accosting lawmaker

Iran, and said the US was “trying to steal Iran’s land for the Jews

Executions nearly doubled in the U.S. last year, and soared abroad

Iran accounted for most of last year's executions, putting 2,159 people to death

UAE to quit Opec in blow to oil exporters’ cartel

Iran war. The stunning loss of the UAE, a longstanding [Opec](https://www.theguardian.com/business/opec) member