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Opposition Blasts Macron for Risking Escalation in Ukraine

Attacked at home and abroad for his statement last month that sending troops to Ukraine “should not be ruled out,” President Emmanuel Macron faced a torrent of outrage from the left and right on Thursday when he met with leaders of major political parties to hammer home his new position. Mr. Macron’s remark startled his

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BMJ Decries Necrocide in Gaza as UN Describes “Shocking, Desperate Conditions”; John Hopkins Estimates Escalation Would Produce 85,000 More Deaths in 6 Months

The horrors in Gaza continue even if the press has only so much bandwidth for Israel’s continuing genocide. The focus so far has been on the consequences of Israel’s military campaign against civilians (and lack of success in eliminating Hamas), in particular the systematic destruction of hospitals. But that death pattern is linear, in the

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Missile attacks across Middle East raise Gaza escalation risks

Missile attacks in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen on Saturday threw into sharp focus the increasing risk of the war in Gaza triggering a wider regional conflict pitting Iran and its allies against Israel and the United States. Iran said five of its Revolutionary Guards were killed in a missile strike on a house in

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Could the Pakistan-Iran airstrikes be the start of regional escalation?

Eleven people have been killed this week in airstrikes by Iran and Pakistan – what is behind them and what could it mean for the future? ADVERTISEMENT This week’s airstrikes between Iran and Pakistan which killed at least 11 people marks a significant escalation in fraught relations between the neighbours. Long-running, low-level insurgencies on either

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