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Ministers to attend Cobra meeting amid escalating situation in Gaza

Ministers will attend a high-level Cobra meeting later on the Middle East, after Rishi Sunak joined calls for a humanitarian ‘pause’ in the conflict.

The Independent UK

US planning for evacuation of Americans from Middle East if conflict escalates

US officials are in the early stages of drawing up plans for wider evacuations of Americans across the Middle East that would potentially be carried out if conflict between Israel and Hamas forces spills out into a wider regional conflict, the White House said on Monday.

The Independent UK

The Middle East crisis is stirring up a 'tsunami' of mental health woes

The Israel-Gaza conflict is likely to leave people in the region struggling with trauma-related mental health symptoms for a long time to come.

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Dollar Strengthens on Higher Bond Yields and Weak Stocks

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Wednesday rose by +0.24%. The dollar moved higher after better-than-expected U.S. Sep new home sales pushed T-note yields higher. Also, the weakness in stocks on Wednesday sparked some liquidity demand for the dollar. In addition, ramped-up geopolitical risks in the Middle East boosted safe-haven...

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White House dinner for Australia offers comfort food, instrumental tunes in nod to Israel-Hamas war

The White House is hosting a state dinner to celebrate U.S. relations with Australia while paying heed to the death and suffering unfolding in the Middle East

The Independent UK

Vivek Ramaswamy teams up with Alex Jones after Fox News ‘disaster’

GOP hopeful sat down with the conspiracy theorist after an interview with Sean Hannity in which they clashed over the Middle East

The Independent UK

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis bans pro-Palestine student organisation

As fighting ratchets up in the Middle East, Palestinian activists in the US say they are experiencing growing hostility.

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Middle East conflict stirs up French domestic tensions

The flare-up in the Middle East sparked by the Hamas attack on Israel is rekindling deep tensions in France.

Radio France Internationale

Israel-Hamas war: six key moments for the Gaza Strip

Once again, the Gaza Strip is at the epicentre of violence in the Middle East. This tiny 41km-by-13km band of territory on the Mediterranean, sandwiched between the often hostile neighbours of Israel and Egypt, has faced repeated rounds of violence in recent history – but the current war is the…

The Conversation

Despite their rhetoric, neither Iran nor Hezbollah want an escalation of war in the Middle East. Here’s why

A Lebanese front is unlikely: it wouldn’t be in Iran’s interests, as it would probably spark US intervention, says Lina Khatib, director of the Soas Middle East Institute

The Guardian - UK

Live updates | Israel's bombardment in Gaza surges, reducing buildings to rubble

Israel has ramped up airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, reducing residential buildings to rubble and crushing families

The Independent UK

‘The trauma will take years to overcome’: Hamas attack rattles Israeli support for peace

The deadly fighting between Israel and Hamas has brought the long-festering Israeli-Palestinian conflict back to the fore, fueling international calls to revive a dormant Mideast peace process. But are pleas for peace still audible amid all the trauma? FRANCE 24 spoke to Israeli peace activists and former government officials about…

France 24

Australia sends aircraft and troops to Middle East in case ‘this gets worse’

Contingency force on standby if Australians in region need to be flown to safety, Richard Marles says

The Guardian - AU

Citing 'tumultuous times,' the White House is toning down a state dinner for Australia

The state visit for Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was planned months ago. But the Middle East crisis prompted the White House to change the tenor of the event.

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Macron in the Middle East: Where does France stand on Israel-Hamas war?

The Middle East fell off their radar. Now comes a steady stream of leaders who have donned their penitent's garb and flown in to show support and push for peace. The latest is Emmanuel Macron. The French president is travelling to both Israel and the West Bank as the war…

The Guardian - UK

The Great Jimmy Dimly does the real diplomatic donkey work – in his dreams

The foreign secretary, James Cleverly, claims he’s making a difference in the Middle East but barely has a walk-on part

The Guardian - UK

Why I won’t join any march about the war in the Middle East

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The Independent UK

UN chief warns that the risk of the Gaza war spreading is growing as situation becomes more dire

The United Nations chief is warning that the situation in the Middle East is growing more dire by the hour with the risk of the Gaza war spreading through the region increasing as societies splinter and tensions threaten to boil over

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The Guardian - AU

The polarised discourse on the Middle East is hurting us. We must find ways to listen across the divide

As a trauma psychologist I understand the urge to pick a side and protect ourselves but we should try to acknowledge each other’s pain

The National (Scotland)

Refugee scheme for Palestinians 'not right response', UK Government minister says

A REFUGEE scheme for Palestinian people is not the “right response” at this stage of the conflict in the Middle East, a UK Government minister…

Reason

What Joe Biden Got Right—and Wrong—Last Week in the Middle East

Plus: A listener asks the editors about mandatory maternity leave.

Barchart

Crude Prices Sharply Lower on Possible Delay of Israeli Ground Invasion of Gaza

December WTI crude oil (CLZ23 ) on Monday closed down -2.59 (-2.94%), and Dec RBOB gasoline (RBZ23 ) closed down -4.22 (-1.79%). Nov WTI crude oil and gasoline prices on Monday closed sharply lower as geopolitical risks in the Middle East eased. Diplomatic efforts to release hostages taken by Hamas...

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak dodges ceasefire questions as he cosplays global statesman

The PM, just back in the Commons after meeting Netanyahu, had only vain hopes to offer in the search for peace between Israel and Hamas

The Conversation

The Israel-Hamas war deepens the struggle between US and Iran for influence in the Middle East

As Israel readies for a ground invasion of Gaza, and Palestinian and Israeli civilian deaths continue to mount, a broader struggle for influence continues in the Middle East between the United States and Iran.

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3 Small-Cap Energy Stocks Analysts Expect to Rally

With Chevron's acquisition sending waves through the energy sector - and tensions in the Middle East still running high - here are three standout small-cap oil stocks to consider buying at current levels.

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