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Cruise missiles were seen launching into the sky as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw naval tests.

Seoul says it can deter Pyongyang even if Washington transfers weapons to the Middle East South Korea asserted on Wednesday that it was capable of deterring its northern neighbour from attacking it, even if the United States transfers military assets to the war-torn Middle East. Washington, a key security ally of Seoul, has some 28,500 troops stationed in South Korea and has positioned missile defence systems there to help deter any aggression from North Korea. The two bordering countries are technically still at war since the 1950-1953 conflict, and the North possesses nuclear weapons. The Washington Post reported this week that, according to anonymous officials, the United States was transferring elements of its THAAD, a high-altitude anti-missile system considered one of the most advanced in the world, from South Korea to the Middle East. "Whether or not some USFK (United States Forces Korea) assets are deployed abroad, there is not the slightest problem concerning our deterrent posture towards North Korea, given the level of our military capabilities," the defence department said in a statement sent to AFP on Wednesday.

Israel not seeking endless war with Iran, foreign minister says  1470 & 100.3 WMBD

TEHRAN, Mar. 11 (MNA) – The Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has said that the United States has sustained $25 billion losses as a result of US-Israeli aggression against Iran.

Israeli attack on eastern Lebanon kills seven Seven Syrians were killed in an Israeli air strike on Tamnin al-Tahta in Lebanon’s eastern Baalbek district, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported. The Lebanese health ministry’s Emergency Operations Centre said in a statement that 18 people were wounded in the attack on the town in the Bekaa Valley.

Hundreds of papers relating to his appointment as ambassador to the US to be put into public domain today Cabinet minister Darren Jones said a “big number” of documents will be released about Peter Mandelson’s appointment, Press Association reports, although it is only expected to be a fraction of the papers demanded by Parliament. Last month, MPs ordered the government to release tens of thousands of documents relating to Lord Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador in 2024 after questions over how the peer was vetted and what was known about his links to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. A pro-Palestinian march in London on Sunday has been banned by the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, after police warned of a risk of “serious public disorder”. The annual Al Quds Day march has drawn criticism over apparent backing for the Iranian regime after its organisers expressed support for the country’s late leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. MPs voted 304 to 203 in favour of the courts and tribunals bill, which passed its second reading in the Commons. It includes measures to scrap some jury trials, remove the automatic right of appeal from magistrates courts and introduces a new criminal court. Hereditary peerages will be abolished before the next king’s speech after a deal was struck granting life peerages to some Conservatives and cross-benchers losing their seats. On Tuesday evening the upper chamber accepted a final draft of the House of Lords (hereditary peers) bill, marking the end of its passage through parliament and clearing the way for it to be added to the statute book. Continue reading...

By Sarah Young LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - British police said they had banned a pro-Iranian march due to take place in London on Sunday, citing the possibility of "extreme tensions" with counter-protesters and the risk posed by Tehran during the conflict in the Middle East. The Al Quds march in central London is organised annually by the Islamic Human Rights Commission, which the police said was supportive of the Iranian regime.

Energy bills rising is an inflationary pressure the UK’s economy could do without

Ship on fire in Strait of Hormuz, two more struck  Seatrade Maritime News

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Israeli casualties during the U.S.-Israel war with Iran 2026, by civilian status  Statista

Iran's new supreme leader 'safe and sound' despite reports of war injury, says president's son  Le Monde.fr

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2nd cargo vessel in hours hit by 'unknown projectile' in Strait of Hormuz: UK Maritime Trade Operations  Anadolu Ajansı

Car bombing kills three in Lebanon's Beirut Three people were killed in a drone strike this morning on a vehicle in the Saf al-Hawa area of ​​Bint Jbeil, Lebanon's National News Agency reported. Another drone strike targeted the town of Barashit in the Bint Jbeil district, wounding two Syrians, one critically, the agency said, adding that the injured were transported to Tebnine Governmental Hospital.

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Heating oil’s more volatile pricing is fed straight through to consumers, a key difference to gas and electricity energy supplies

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US attacks Iran’s mine-laying boats in strait of Hormuz as tensions rise over oil  The Guardian