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Firing Peter Mandelson, convening with Marco Rubio – then handling the fallout of conflict in the Middle East… it’s been a busy time for the secretary of state, and our writer has had a ringside seat Before Yvette Cooper joins me in a plush side room at the Foreign Office, an aide comes in and draws the heavy curtains. Outside is Horse Guards Parade. I can see a strip of Downing Street, a patch of the No 10 garden, daffodils in bloom. I say that it’s a shame to block the light on such a beautiful spring afternoon. The aide coughs, embarrassed, and explains that it’s actually for security. So that people can’t see in? Continue reading...

Refusal to kowtow to US president has won public backing – and left Badenoch and Farage playing catch-up It is not often that Keir Starmer’s allies believe he has Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch on the run – but on Iran, they think he is on the right side of history and public opinion. “It could be the making of him,” said Emily Thornberry, the Labour chair of the foreign affairs committee, who was first out of the blocks to say she thought Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran were illegal. “You’ve not had a British prime minister say no to an American president since Vietnam. This is a big deal.” Continue reading...

Starmer’s Hopes to Revive UK Economy Fade as Iran War Drags On  Bloomberg.com

Sameerah Munshi says her resignation is in protest of ousting of commissioner who used hearing on antisemitism last month to voice opposition to Zionism and Israel The post Muslim advisor quits Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission, citing ‘Zionist’ agenda appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Iran war: Could Russia come to its ally's rescue?  dw.com

Iran war: What is happening on day 15 of US-Israel attacks?  Al Jazeera

TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) – The IRGC Aerospace Force commander has said that Iran fired 30 one- and two-ton ballistic missiles towards the occupied lands and territories on the eve of Night of Ghadr (Destiny), total of which were hit their targets.

Opinion | Trump And The Rise Of A Supposedly Unipolar America  NDTV

Military targets on Iran’s key oil export island ‘totally obliterated’, Trump says  BBC

Kharg island holds 94 per cent of Iran’s oil exports and could choke off the country’s economy for years

March 14 (Reuters) - Kharg Island, where U.S. forces on Friday destroyed military targets, is the hub for 90% of Iran's oil exports and has long been seen as a key vulnerability that would provoke a severe response by Tehran if attacked. President Donald Trump said on social media that the U.S. "totally obliterated every MILITARY target" on Kharg and threatened that oil infrastructure could be targeted if Iran continues to interfere with shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran threatened Saturday to reduce US-linked oil facilities to "a pile of ashes" as the two-week-old Middle East war spilled over into a global oil price crisis. Iranian armed forces issued the warning after US President Donald Trump said he may decide to "wipe out" Iran's largest oil export hub on its Kharg Island. Waves of drone, missile and aerial bombing have displaced millions in the region and reportedly killed more than 1,200 people in Iran since the United States and Israel opened hostilities on February 28.

The Israel-U.S. War of Opportunity Against Iran Sets a Destructive Precedent  Haaretz

Israel says it still has thousands of targets in Iran, as Trump and Starmer discuss Strait of Hormuz  BBC

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Kharg Island is the linchpin of Tehran’s oil industry

Live updates: Iran war news; US strikes military assets on Kharg Island oil export hub  CNN

The War in Iran Is Illegal. Here’s Why That Matters.  The Free Press

TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that the United States and Zionist regime are seeking to disintegrate major Islamic countries.