A screengrab from footage broadcast by Iranian state TV purportedly shows Iranian troops seizing the continer ship Francesca on Wednesday. Reuters

Iran's fast boat attacks intensify Strait of Hormuz confrontation

Despite a major US fleet assembling in the region, Tehran's vessels continue to escalate pressure on shipping

MENA

Middle East leaders head for war summit in Cyprus with European counterparts

Europe

UK inflation leaps in March as Iran war takes toll

UK

UK energy crisis seeps into local election support for the anti-war Greens

UK

Lebanon's Prime Minister says he will 'not be intimidated by Hezbollah' as he asks Europe to support army

Europe

Masdar and ScottishPower install UK's largest wind turbines

UK

Police arrest seven suspected of plotting Iran-backed attack on Jewish target

UK
Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Prevot talks with Tom Berendsen, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs and Maria Malmer Stenergard, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden. EPA / Olivier Hoslet

EU to discuss push for partial suspension of Israeli relations over Lebanon war

Foreign ministers set to meet – but fully severing trade ties remains unlikely

Europe

UK to drop natural gas as benchmark for electricity prices

UK

Special reportFrance mourns Unifil soldier as Lebanese security questions haunt withdrawal

Europe

UN's Tom Fletcher urges countries to maintain foreign aid despite Iran war

UK

Labour looks north for potential new leader after Manchester rivals hold summit

UK

Iranian 'state aggression' feared as hired thugs carry out spree of London attacks

UK

Anthropic expands in London as it looks beyond Pentagon dispute

Business
From left, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner and Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham. Speculation is mounting over a leadership challenge to Mr Starmer by his two colleagues. Getty Images

Labour looks north for potential new leader after Manchester rivals hold summit

Prime Minister Keir Starmer placates parliament over flawed appointment of Mandelson as US ambassador

UK

Iranian 'state aggression' feared as hired thugs carry out spree of London attacks

UK

Anthropic expands in London as it looks beyond Pentagon dispute

Business

UAE welcomes IMO condemnation of Iranian actions in Strait of Hormuz

UK

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