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GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe needs smart rearmament]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nato must develop a nimbler technological edge than during the cold war]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/38feb53c-4dea-4fbe-a325-13516cafde37</link><guid isPermaLink="false">38feb53c-4dea-4fbe-a325-13516cafde37</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 17:08:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[UN officials fear funding cuts if they do not join US-led Gaza aid plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Washington-backed initiative would funnel aid into enclave with assistance of US private military contractors]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/f9d23764-152f-4434-a4bd-48ab0264ad09</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f9d23764-152f-4434-a4bd-48ab0264ad09</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 11:38:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel ‘disables’ Yemen’s main airport with air strikes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Attacks come in retaliation after Houthi missile hits Ben Gurion airport on Sunday]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/10164b1a-b2a8-418d-a1df-1b9f28c05049</link><guid isPermaLink="false">10164b1a-b2a8-418d-a1df-1b9f28c05049</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2025 14:52:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israeli warplanes strike Houthi targets in Yemen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Israel Defense Forces retaliate after militant group’s missile attack on Ben Gurion airport]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/b103e3c9-7bd1-4fe9-86b2-de60451baa66</link><guid isPermaLink="false">b103e3c9-7bd1-4fe9-86b2-de60451baa66</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 19:13:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel vows to hit back against Iran and Houthis after airport attack]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tensions surge across Middle East as missile fired by Yemen militant group lands near Ben Gurion airport]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/9814539d-f41c-47aa-82de-fcd7a9d98694</link><guid 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bombing campaign against Houthis tests his vow to ‘stop wars’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US is conducting its largest bombardment since the war on Isis — with no clear endgame]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/95607ebd-88c4-44c5-9e6d-77ac4eb1e05b</link><guid isPermaLink="false">95607ebd-88c4-44c5-9e6d-77ac4eb1e05b</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 04:00:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lebanon amends banking secrecy rules in victory for new government]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Joseph Aoun came to power vowing to enact sweeping reforms after financial crisis and Israel-Hizbollah war]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/05473c85-ed29-4b6f-b2eb-2c12cb5971e2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">05473c85-ed29-4b6f-b2eb-2c12cb5971e2</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2025 16:52:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What will an emboldened Netanyahu do next?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many Israelis fear a constitutional crisis is looming — but the prime minister also has his sights set on Iran]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/f7f43ca2-f3f2-4159-bf64-b49f64eb8199</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f7f43ca2-f3f2-4159-bf64-b49f64eb8199</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2025 04:00:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[US and Iran agree to another round of talks to end nuclear stand-off]]></title><description><![CDATA[Adversaries will meet in Oman next week after ‘forward-looking’ negotiations in Rome   ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/f87f289c-cb50-4be4-898b-241bfade8f06</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f87f289c-cb50-4be4-898b-241bfade8f06</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2025 15:08:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[US strikes on Yemeni port killed dozens, Houthis claim]]></title><description><![CDATA[Raids on Friday were deadliest in Trump administration’s bombing campaign against Iran-backed movement]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/a3eb3101-0752-41f1-bb4e-4f28c392b2d2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">a3eb3101-0752-41f1-bb4e-4f28c392b2d2</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:13:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘This is what victory looks like’: inside Israel’s aggressive new security plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shaken by October 7, the country is seizing territory and flattening villages to build buffer zones while routinely striking neighbours]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/ac0753b4-cd3d-4267-a67f-c9c57a5c7825</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ac0753b4-cd3d-4267-a67f-c9c57a5c7825</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2025 04:00:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU to give €1.6bn to Palestine amid Israel’s expanded Gaza offensive ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Also in this newsletter: should the EU introduce an ‘Amazon tax’?]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/c33b2c35-c163-4e06-8451-ccabed079ba2</link><guid 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the euphoria, Lebanon and Syria realise what lies ahead]]></title><description><![CDATA[In both countries, the mood is newly sober as a system of vested interests fights back]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/ef2034df-f1a7-4bb3-9ae9-73a07453eb85</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ef2034df-f1a7-4bb3-9ae9-73a07453eb85</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 16:01:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elon Musk transforms Wisconsin court race]]></title><description><![CDATA[State election has become most expensive judicial race in US history]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/e6298719-8302-4399-9772-15a145a01395</link><guid isPermaLink="false">e6298719-8302-4399-9772-15a145a01395</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel strikes Beirut for first time since November ceasefire]]></title><description><![CDATA[Attacks in retaliation for rockets launched from Lebanon follow weeks of mounting hostilities across the Middle 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