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But US influence will be decisive ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/981f42b4-6565-4b26-be49-ba06bddab193</link><guid isPermaLink="false">981f42b4-6565-4b26-be49-ba06bddab193</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 17:50:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Entire Gaza population at risk of famine, says UN]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latest warning on starving population comes as Hamas considers ceasefire proposal]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/0064bb39-88c9-4016-9b85-27bb0ac30d3c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">0064bb39-88c9-4016-9b85-27bb0ac30d3c</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 15:50:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia: A Modern History — tradition versus modernity ]]></title><description><![CDATA[David Commins’ nuanced analysis of the kingdom’s transformation highlights the ongoing tensions that the monarchy needs to manage]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/8c4c9672-8cfb-4dfc-b840-6de0af864dd8</link><guid 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GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top Kinahan drug cartel sidekick extradited to Ireland from UAE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pressure rises on organisation’s boss Daniel Kinahan, who remains in Dubai, as Sean McGovern is charged in Dublin]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/ab653bc6-8858-4a11-9572-4cbceb64f332</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ab653bc6-8858-4a11-9572-4cbceb64f332</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 21:09:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[US contractor hires obscure Gaza group for aid rollout after local snubs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Private military company agrees deal with little-known firm to provide Palestinians to staff controversial centres]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/9dbbf0cb-cc29-4eba-aa9b-2c7c9dcf46e8</link><guid isPermaLink="false">9dbbf0cb-cc29-4eba-aa9b-2c7c9dcf46e8</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 11:32:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palestinians loot food warehouse as hunger deepens Gaza chaos]]></title><description><![CDATA[Incident follows disruption at food distribution site as Israel continues to limit supplies in 79-day siege]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/9c8de78e-a9f6-4e0c-9f5e-eb3d42cc1b5c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">9c8de78e-a9f6-4e0c-9f5e-eb3d42cc1b5c</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 10:51:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia to ‘take stock’ of spending after oil price drop]]></title><description><![CDATA[Finance minister tells FT the kingdom’s priority is to avoid long-running ‘trap of booms and busts’]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/2ac37f09-40b7-4767-a388-57c00d4ce184</link><guid isPermaLink="false">2ac37f09-40b7-4767-a388-57c00d4ce184</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 10:00:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel announces expansion of settlements in occupied West Bank]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ministers hail decision as ‘historic’ but move likely to increase international 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