Critics noted that the plan does not discuss Israel; others praised it for not conflating Jews with the state of Israel When the New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, announced the city’s first-ever municipal strategy to address antisemitism – a nuanced, multi-pronged approach ranging from greate

Gavin Newsom says Trump is a ‘gift’ to the climate cause for dispelling notions of fossil fuel energy security Of all the epithets hurled at Donald Trump since he became US president, perhaps the most unusual was delivered last week – that he is, in fact, some sort of environmentalist. Trump i

Netanyahu says it is too early to tell who was behind the apparent attempt to crash flight after pilot stabbed • Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. Benjamin Netanyahu has said it is too early to tell who was behind the apparent attempt to crash a ⁠Tel Aviv-

Ukraine, Iran, Palestine and Sudan: it has so many problems to confront and fails to do so. Seen up close, it is a study in stasis and decline UN general assembly meetings are not usually riveting occasions. But this year’s encapsulated a world in flux and crisis, an international law and organisa

Pentagon head hails military with ‘no fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals’ in anti-DEI rant Send us your questions about how the Iran war will affect US voters in the midterms The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has confirmed plans to cut 20% of generals and a

Our politics and foreign policy reporters will answer your questions live in a Q&A on Tuesday 6 October The war with Iran has had major implications for Americans’ wallets , government spending and US foreign policy. It’s also been key in reshaping the political landscape as it enters its se

Child marriage in Gaza is surging, with 20.6% of recent marriages involving girls under 18. Amid hunger, displacement, and a collapsed legal system, girls are losing their childhoods to a "protection" that doesn't exist.

When one track failed, Trump administration rushed immigration case of Palestine rights advocate Salah Sarsour An immigration judge has ruled that the president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque can be deported under a controversial, cold-war era law the Trump administration has sought to wield agains

Nine American citizens have been killed by Israeli settlers or security forces in occupied West Bank since 2022 The US Senate on Tuesday evening rejected along mostly party lines a Democratic resolution that would have forced the state department to report to Congress on violence in the occupied Wes

President uses social media post to deny reports that he was willing to ease sanctions in return for ‘concrete’ steps over its nuclear program Sign up to the US Breaking News email Three news outlets that Donald Trump banned from White House have asked a federal court to block the ban until the

The Israeli prime minister’s remarks at the UN weren’t just motivated by personal animosity In a boastful and defiant speech to the United Nations on Thursday, Benjamin Netanyahu called out a list of villains he insisted are intent on destroying Israel and promoting an anti-Jewish conspiracy by

Trump had told Axios he expected talks to resume a day after he rejected Iran’s proposal to reopen the strait of Hormuz Sign up for the Breaking News US email Donald Trump offered to sell weapons to China while hosting its leader, Xi Jinping, last week, the US ambassador to China said on Sunday. D