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Dow rallies 400 points, continuing comeback from Iran war lows, as oil prices retreat: Live updates  CNBC

Pete Hegseth warned that Tuesday, 10 March, will bring the most intense day of strikes against Iran so far, after Donald Trump vowed to end the conflict soon.

Victims of the Philippines’ drug war finally see a path to justice in The Hague.

Trump’s war against Iran is uniquely unpopular among US military actions of the past century  The Conversation

Is the Iran war ending soon? What Trump has said  USA Today

Iran-US war mapped as more countries dragged into widening Middle East conflict  the-independent.com

The impacts of the conflict have been compared to Russia’s war on Ukraine, which pushed prices up for British households

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Hegseth follows Trump’s suggestion war will soon be over by saying US will not stop until Iran ‘decisively defeated’ Tehran residents say the Iranian capital has endured what they described as its worst night of aerial bombardment, as the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, followed Donald Trump’s suggestion on Monday the war could soon be over with a warning of more strikes to come. “We are under heavy bombardment and I can hear back-to-back explosions. The place they hit has caught fire. It’s not clear where it exploded, but the buildings are shaking,” Niloufar, who lives in east Tehran said early on Tuesday, speaking under a pseudonym for security reasons. “They are destroying Iran,” they added, saying there were low-flying jets above. Continue reading...

Iran war’s oil shock fuels GOP political anxiety  The Washington Post

Qatar warns the world Iran war could yield 'catastrophic results'  Euronews.com

Britain must end all participation in the US-Israel war on Iran | Letter  The Guardian

'Forever war:' Democrats rebut Trump's assertion that Iran war nearing end  CNBC

Ordinary people and families have made their homes there, writes Mark Husbands. Plus a letter from Jessamy Hadley Regarding Gaby Hinsliff’s article (Influencers sold the world a fantasy Dubai – and now it’s gone in a puff of missile smoke, 6 March), Dubai has certainly been marketed as a place of aspiration, often through social media. But the suggestion that recent events somehow represent a moral reckoning for those living there feels glib. Most residents are ordinary professionals and families who have built lives in Dubai over many years. When tensions rise in the region, their first concern is the safety of their families, not the preservation of a “fantasy lifestyle”. Many people move to places like Dubai not out of frivolity but because they are seeking a tax and regulatory environment that allows them to keep more of what they earn. Continue reading...

As thumping techno music reverberated around a basement in downtown Tel Aviv, some 200 Israeli twentysomethings danced through the night despite the war with Iran upending life above. While missile alerts and piercing sirens have become a regular occurrence for Israelis since the conflict started 11 days ago, a few happy revellers have been getting the party started in bomb shelters converted into night clubs. "Dancing in difficult times is a relief. It gives us strength," said Ruben Chekroun, one of the organisers of these semi-clandestine dance nights.

Meta ‘Must Evolve’ Approach to AI Content, Says Board after Iran-Israel War Case Study  TipRanks

Lebanon’s death toll from Israeli attacks reaches 570 The number of people killed in Lebanon since Israel’s renewed attacks on the country has risen to 570, according to a report issued by the Lebanese government’s Disaster Risk Management Unit. At least 1,444 people have also been wounded and a total of 760,000 have registered as displaced since the outbreak of the new war, according to the report.

Unesco condemned the attack in Minab, Iran as a ‘grave violation of humanitarian law’ - a US investigation is underway. Bryony Gooch and Maira Butt report