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Belgium’s music festival Les Francofolies de Spa kicks off this week and is under pressure to cancel the performance of Franco-Israeli singer Amir. Three acts have already walked away from their festival slots - with one citing Amir’s presence in events “organised in support of the Israeli army.”

Desperate for news and contact during a 13-day shutdown, Iranians searched for proxy links outside the country• Middle East crisis – live updates

Tehran was far from its usual hustle and bustle on Tuesday, but life was regaining some colour despite concerns from residents that a tentative ceasefire between Iran and Israel may not hold, after nearly two weeks of war.

Iranian-US dual nationals have taken long trips to leave Iran since conflict began, but others have decided to stay.

Afghan fathers, brothers and husbands are, often unwillingly, inflicting the country’s repressive laws on their families, for fear of social shame or reprisals

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Investigation: They fought shoulder-to-shoulder with British troops in UK-run units in Afghanistan. Now these highly trained commandos are reduced to living in shacks, surviving on bread and scavenged food as the UK drags its heels despite promises to relocate them to safety. Holly Bancroft, May Bulman, Fahim Abed and Jessica…

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The unscripted moment was caught after Tyson’s son Amir interviewed his father in the locker room

A recent post on Reddit caught our attention, not only because the subject was a 1919 motorcycle and sidecar of some sort, but because the British Army had turned it into a gun emplacement.

Casualties rising as assault on Hezbollah leaves war-weary nation apprehensive of more pain to come