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The Iran war has strengthened Ukraine in surprising ways. Could a ceasefire with Russia be closer?

Strait of Hormuz. Trump has renewed a waiver allowing countries to buy sanctioned Russian oil because of spiralling costs worldwide. The more money Russia has, the longer and, in theory, harder, it can prosecute

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

threat to the world economy. The issues affecting some funds account for a small fraction of the overall market, he says. BlackRock itself is one of several firms to have limited withdrawals by nervous investors

Crew members on hantavirus cruise ship to be evacuated | First Thing

strait. - **This is a developing story.** Follow the live blog [here](https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/may/06/trump-iran-hormuz-us-project-freedom-live-updates-middle-east-crisis). ## **Trump-backed Republicans win big in Indiana midterm primaries** ![A green and white sign declaring “vote centers” stands in a flower

US-Iran ceasefire? Not for Indian sailors being killed in Hormuz

Trump is expected to meet his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, next week at the Group of Seven (G7) summit in France. So, why are Indian sailors dying in the Strait of Hormuz? ## Which ships

Andrew Hastie accuses Pauline Hanson of being ‘Maga first’ – as it happened

strait of Hormuz open, and we get the oil supply”.  Shadow minister Andrew Hastie. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP Hastie criticised the One Nation leader’s stance. He said: > double

Cloud over US-Iran talks: What are the key sticking points?

threat of striking “bridges and power plants”, which [experts said](https://www.justsecurity.org/135423/professors-letter-international-law-iran-war/) could amount to war crimes under international law. Iran, however, has so far denied it will participate in the talks, accusing