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Lufthansa Cargo Sees Demand Surge as Iran War Disrupts Rivals  Bloomberg.com

Graeme Biggar said the Middle East conflict could drive more arrivals as he issued his annual assessment of threats facing Britain – including soaring drugs deaths

The impact of the Strait of Hormuz on grocery prices  CBS News

Iran live updates: Trump says US doesn't 'need' NATO allies for Iran war  ABC7 Los Angeles

Israel has ‘won’ war with Iran, foreign minister says, but goals remain unmet  Reuters

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Home secretary Yvette Cooper says this amounts to a third of those who were in region at outset of hostilities The number of UK nationals flown back from the Middle East since the start of the conflict with Iran reached 100,000 on Tuesday, Britain’s foreign secretary has said. This is a third of the 300,000 who were in the region at the outset of hostilities, Yvette Cooper told parliament, many of whom were stuck when airspace was closed. The figure included tourists and Gulf residents who have temporary left. Continue reading...

The Iran war is good for the Russian economy but bad for Putin’s prestige  Atlantic Council

EU pushes for end of Iran war in a manner where 'everybody saves face'  Fox News

WA’s Joe Kent leaving Trump administration over war in Iran  Washington State Standard

Trump seeks to delay China summit as Vance denies ‘wedge’ over Iran war  The Guardian

Turkey calls Israel’s killings of Iran leaders ‘illegal’ Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has lashed out at Israel after it claimed to have killed Iran’s powerful national security chief Ali Larijani, denouncing its targeting of Tehran’s leaders as “illegal”. “Israel’s political assassinations, especially those targeting Iranian statesmen and politicians, are truly illegal activities outside the normal laws of war,” Fidan told a news conference. Larijani’s death has not been confirmed by Iran.

What would it take to secure ships in the Strait of Hormuz? More than naval escorts  Straight Arrow News - SAN

Trump reacts to top intel official resigning over Iran war | CNN Politics  CNN

Trump says NATO allies won’t get involved with Iran war | CNN Politics  CNN

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, met the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, in London on Tuesday for talks on peace and Russia sanctions. Starmer told Zelenskyy it's important the 'focus must remain on Ukraine' despite the war in Iran UK politics live Continue reading...

Iran war: NATO making 'mistake' on Hormuz, Trump says  DW.com

LONDON, March 17 (Reuters) - The British government on Tuesday opened an inquiry into how details of a top-secret national security meeting to discuss a U.S. request to use British military bases at the start of the Iran conflict were leaked to a journalist. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer initially blocked the U.S. from using the air base of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean and RAF Fairford in England, before later allowing the U.S. to use the bases for "defensive" strikes against Iranian targets.

By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - President Donald Trumpon Tuesday said he was postponing a highly anticipated trip to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping as the war with Iran upends U.S. foreign policy and delays an effort to ease tensions between the world’s two biggest economies. "We are resetting the meeting ... We're working with China. They were fine with it," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.