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US issues ‘worldwide caution’ for American citizens – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-21T05:32:17+00:00

This blog is now closed – our live coverage of the Middle East crisis continues hereThe price of oil jumped in early Asian trade on Monday after the US carried out its latest wave of strikes on Iran and a vessel caught fire in the strait of Hormuz.Brent crude for September delivery rose 2.72% to $90.50 a barrel by around 0100 GMT, after briefly crossing $91 – its highest price since June.CENTCOM assets targeted Iranian military command centers, air defense and coastal surveillance sites, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and communications networks to further diminish Iran

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« Certains ont été licenciés, d’autres sont expulsés de leur logement » : des dizaines de milliers d’étrangers chassés d’Afrique du Sud

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-21T05:30:07+00:00

Au moins 67 000 ressortissants africains ont quitté le pays depuis le 27 juin, selon les autorités sud-africaines, alors qu’un mouvement de lutte contre l’immigration illégale sème la terreur dans les townships. Le nombre des départs pourrait être bien plus élevé.

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Iran claims attacks in strait of Hormuz; Houthis announce blockade of Red Sea shipping route – Middle East crisis live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-21T05:26:55+00:00

Revolutionary Guard claims attack on oil tanker and two other ships; Houthis in Yemen say they are imposing an immediate maritime blockade of Saudi Arabia in the Red SeaFull report: Almost 100 troops injured in recent weeks, Pentagon admits, as Iran launches reprisals on US alliesWelcome to our live coverage of the latest developments in the Middle East crisis.Iran attacked a tanker in the strait of Hormuz early on Tuesday, forcing its crew to abandon the ship, as Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis announced they were imposing an immediate maritime blockade of Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea after the tw

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : enveloppe du FMI pour Kiev, cinq morts dans la région russe de Belgorod... Les dernières informations

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-21T05:03:58+00:00

Ce versement entre dans le cadre du programme de prêt du Fonds monétaire international, qui attend de l’Ukraine le maintien de sa stabilité économique et la poursuite de plusieurs réformes, notamment en matière de corruption, de fiscalité et de monnaie.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : enveloppe du FMI pour Kiev, cinq morts dans la région russe de Belgorod… Les dernières informations

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-21T05:03:58+00:00

Ce versement entre dans le cadre du programme de prêt du Fonds monétaire international, qui attend de l’Ukraine le maintien de sa stabilité économique et la poursuite de plusieurs réformes, notamment en matière de corruption, de fiscalité et de monnaie.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : plus de 5,2 millions de réfugiés ukrainiens accueillis en Europe depuis le début de la guerre, le HCR

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-21T05:03:58+00:00

Le nombre de réfugiés ukrainiens dans le monde (hors Russie) s’élevait à 5,762 millions de personnes au 30 avril 2026, dont 5,213 millions enregistrés en Europe et 549 000 hors du continent, selon le dernier bulletin mensuel du ministère de l’économie et de l’environnement d’Ukraine, qui cite les données du Haut-Commissariat des Nations unies pour les réfugiés.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : plus de 5 millions de réfugiés ukrainiens accueillis en Europe depuis le début de la guerre, selon le HCR

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-21T05:03:58+00:00

Le nombre de réfugiés ukrainiens dans le monde (hors Russie) s’élevait à 5,762 millions de personnes au 30 avril 2026, dont 5,213 millions enregistrés en Europe et 549 000 hors du continent, selon le dernier bulletin mensuel du ministère de l’économie et de l’environnement d’Ukraine, qui cite les données du Haut-Commissariat des Nations unies pour les réfugiés.

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UK surrogacy law ‘creaking at seams’ as demand rises sharply

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-21T05:00:02+00:00

Experts urge ministers to update legislation to prevent intended parents resorting to riskier arrangements abroadSurrogates, parents and children are being failed by the UK’s archaic laws, which are “creaking at the seams” as demand for surrogacy grows rapidly, experts have said.Figures obtained by the Guardian show there were just under 1,000 children born to surrogates in 2025, double the number in 2015. The rise has been driven by a rise in the number of gay couples seeking to be parents, increasing infertility and shifting cultural attitudes. Continue reading...

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Election voting advice from AI chatbots ‘inaccurate and unreliable’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-21T05:00:01+00:00

Research during Hungary election shows AI recommended parties not running and gave highly volatile answers to identical promptsAI chatbots provide inaccurate, inconsistent and unreliable guidance to voters asking which party they should back, a study suggests, often recommending the wrong party, not mentioning the right one, or listing parties not even running.“The results raise serious concerns about the reliability of general-purpose AI systems in electoral contexts,” the study, published by the civil liberties group Liberties and based on research during this year’s Hungarian parliamentary

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Gruel and graft: museum asks if you could survive a Victorian workhouse

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-21T05:00:01+00:00

Revamped Ripon attraction reopens as a more immersive experience telling ‘national story’ of poverty and welfareVisitors to one of Britain’s most complete surviving Victorian workhouses won’t have to strip and bathe in someone else’s bath water. But they might get some gruel, they can sweep the yard and there are “schoolmaster” volunteers happy to tell children how to behave.“You are literally going to walk in the footsteps of people who have experienced this place,” said the director of the Ripon Museums Trust, Alexa Vernon. Continue reading...

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Wealth tax on UK’s super-rich could raise £10bn a year, Andy Burnham told

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-21T05:00:01+00:00

New prime minister urged to introduce 2% minimum charge on households with more than £100m in wealthA wealth tax on the UK’s super-rich households could raise £10bn a year, according to academics who urged Andy Burnham to include the measure in his plans to “make tax fairer” and pay for better public services.The sum could be raised through a 2% minimum charge on households with more than £100m in wealth and would affect fewer than 1,000 of the richest UK households, according to the study by Gabriel Zucman, a professor of economics at the Paris School of Economics, and Ben Tippet, a lecturer

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Kumanjayi Little Baby’s mother was not supported to protect her children while escaping domestic violence, review finds

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-21T04:55:37+00:00

Interim report not able to draw ‘nexus’ between matters referred to child protection and circumstances leading to five-year-old’s alleged murder•Warning: This story contains references to Indigenous Australians who have diedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastKumanjayi Little Baby’s mother was “effectively” left alone to protect her children while also experiencing domestic violence, because child protection authorities failed to adequately assess multiple threats to her safety, a draft review has found.But the interi

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Climate and rock art advocates take on Woodside’s ‘carbon bomb’ WA gas project in federal court

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-21T04:18:09+00:00

Albanese government’s approval of North West Shelf gas extension being challenged by the Australian Conservation Foundation and Friends of Australian Rock ArtThe Albanese government’s decision to approve one of the world’s largest gas projects in Western Australia is being challenged in the federal court, setting up a significant test of how Australia’s environment law deals with the threat of climate change.The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) and Friends of Australian Rock Art (Fara) are this week running concurrent court challenges against the approval of the extension of Woodside’s

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Almost 100 troops injured in recent weeks, Pentagon admits, as Iran launches reprisals on US allies

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-21T04:09:54+00:00

Iran has attacked a tanker in the strait of Hormuz, forcing its crew to abandon the ship, after the US launched a tenth consecutive night of strikesMiddle East crisis live: follow latest updatesNearly 100 US service members have been injured over the last two weeks of escalating strikes on Iran, the Pentagon has said, as Tehran launched a wave of reprisals to the tenth consecutive night of attacks.Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday they had targeted US military sites including air defence systems and a radar installation in Bahrain and Kuwait, while a tanker in the strait of Hormuz re

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NSW land-clearing up 16% in 2024 as conservation groups say Minns government failing to rein in habitat loss

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-21T04:09:45+00:00

Decline in clearing of trees and shrubs offset by sharp jump in clearing of non-woody vegetationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlmost 90 rugby league fields’ worth of woody habitat were bulldozed in New South Wales every day in 2024, according to new government data which shows the state has failed to rein in high rates of clearing.Clearing of vegetation across the state increased by 16% in 2024, reaching 81,293 hectares (200,879 acres) in total – an area more than 275 times the size of the Sydney CBD. The increa

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Almost 90 football fields of woody habitat were bulldozed every day in NSW – despite pledges to rein it in

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-21T04:09:45+00:00

Decline in clearing of trees and shrubs offset by sharp jump in clearing of non-woody vegetationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlmost 90 football fields’ worth of woody habitat were bulldozed in New South Wales every day in 2024, according to new government data which shows the state has failed to rein in high rates of clearing.Clearing of vegetation across the state increased by 16% in 2024, reaching 81,293 hectares (200,879 acres) in total – an area more than 275 times the size of the Sydney CBD. The increase w

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