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Key House Democrat refuses to clear Trump’s $2.8bn arms sale to Israel https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/16/us-arms-sale-israel-gregory-meeks #UsForeignPolicy #Democrats #UsNews #WorldNews #TrumpAdministration #Israel #UsPolitics #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #UsMilitary

Key House Democrat refuses to clear Trump’s $2.8bn arms sale to Israel
By Joseph Gedeon in Washington

Pro-Israel Gregory Meeks raises concerns over threat to civilian lives from package of 40,000 one-ton bombs

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/16/us-arms-sale-israel-gregory-meeks

#USforeignpolicy #Democrats #USnews #Worldnews #Trumpadministration #Israel #USpolitics #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #USmilitary #TheGuardian #JosephGedeoninWashington

More Republicans are turning on Iran war as midterms come into view
By Chris Stein

Three more GOP members voted for war powers resolution to force withdrawal from the conflict as election looms

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/16/republicans-iran-war-midterm-elections

#Republicans #USmidtermelections2026 #USIsraelwaronIran #HouseofRepresentatives #USSenate #USCongress #USmilitary #USforeignpolicy #USpolitics #USnews #Israel #Iran #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #TheGuardian #ChrisStein

More Republicans are turning on Iran war as midterms come into view https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/16/republicans-iran-war-midterm-elections #Republicans #UsMidtermElections2026 #UsisraelWarOnIran #HouseOfRepresentatives #UsSenate #UsCongress #UsMilitary #UsForeignPolicy #UsPolitics #UsNews #Israel #Iran #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews

US officials decide against backing Saudi Arabia in Yemen after meeting Houthi leaders https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/16/us-officials-decide-against-backing-saudi-arabia-yemen-meeting-houthi-leaders #Yemen #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews #Houthis #UsisraelWarOnIran #SaudiArabia #UsForeignPolicy #Iran #UsNews #JdVance

US officials decide against backing Saudi Arabia in Yemen after meeting Houthi leaders
By Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Armed group appears to reach agreement with Trump administration over safety of Red Sea shipping

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/16/us-officials-decide-against-backing-saudi-arabia-yemen-meeting-houthi-leaders

#Yemen #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #Houthis #USIsraelwaronIran #SaudiArabia #USforeignpolicy #Iran #USnews #JDVance #TheGuardian #PatrickWintourDiplomaticeditor

US to bar some South Africans over claims of anti-white discrimination
By Rachel Savage in Johannesburg

Announcement of visa restrictions comes after Trump alleges ‘white genocide’ taking place in South Africa

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/16/us-visa-restrictions-south-africans-trump-claims-anti-white-discrimination

#SouthAfrica #USimmigration #Trumpadministration #MarcoRubio #DonaldTrump #USforeignpolicy #USnews #Africa #USpolitics #Worldnews #TheGuardian #RachelSavageinJohannesburg

US to bar some South Africans over claims of anti-white discrimination https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/16/us-visa-restrictions-south-africans-trump-claims-anti-white-discrimination #SouthAfrica #UsImmigration #TrumpAdministration #MarcoRubio #DonaldTrump #UsForeignPolicy #UsNews #Africa #UsPolitics #WorldNews

Owen Jones welcomes journalist #AkbarShahidAhmed to discuss his book #CrossingTheRedLine: #Biden, His Advisors, and #Israel's War in #Gaza

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duTm2Tz65ww
#Palestine #USpol #USpolitics #GenocideJoe #GazaGenocide #shitlibs #BlueMAGA #USforeignPolicy #USMiddleEastPolicy #niOubliNiPardon #books @bookstodon

#usa #israel palestine : #usforeignpolicy / #armssales / #dangerofescalation

„The Trump administration is planning to deliver powerful 2,000lb bombs to Israel as part of an upcoming arms deal, weapons that prompted such concerns about the possibility of mass casualties in #Gaza that the Biden administration paused their delivery two years ago.“

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/15/trump-administration-bomb-supply-israel-gaza

US lawmakers spar over bill giving Trump more power to sanction Russia https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/15/congress-tariff-legislation-trump-russia-ukraine #UsCongress #TrumpTariffs #Russia #Ukraine #DonaldTrump #UsSenate #HouseOfRepresentatives #Tariffs #UsForeignPolicy #UsPolitics #UsNews #WorldNews

US lawmakers spar over bill giving Trump more power to sanction Russia
By Andrew Roth and Chris Stein in Washington

Proponents say sanctions would help Ukraine, but some Democrats say Trump shouldn’t have more tariff authority

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/15/congress-tariff-legislation-trump-russia-ukraine

#USCongress #Trumptariffs #Russia #Ukraine #DonaldTrump #USSenate #HouseofRepresentatives #Tariffs #USforeignpolicy #USpolitics #USnews #Worldnews #TheGuardian #AndrewRoth #ChrisSteininWashington

#usa #israel #iran #turkey saudiarabia : #nuclearweapons / #nuclearfacilities / # nuclearmaterial / #nucleararmsrace / #usforeignpolicy / #npt

„A Saudi-US nuclear pact and further attacks on Iran could prompt Tehran to withdraw from the non-proliferation treaty, analysts warn.“

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3367595/doing-north-korea-why-middle-east-could-be-entering-new-nuclear-age?utm_source=rss_feed

The trans CIA official ousted by Trump: ‘We’re a government crippled by its own decisions’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/15/julia-curlee-trans-cia-official-trump #WashingtonDc #TrumpAdministration #Transgender #LgbtqRights #DonaldTrump #Cia #UsNews #UsPolitics #Society #UsNationalSecurity #UsForeignPolicy #UsisraelWarOnIran #WorldNews

The trans CIA official ousted by Trump: ‘We’re a government crippled by its own decisions’
By Sam Levin

Julia Curlee, a former senior CIA officer, speaks on Trump administration’s purge of national security staff, attacks on DEI and failures in Iran war

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/15/julia-curlee-trans-cia-official-trump

#WashingtonDC #Trumpadministration #Transgender #LGBTQrights #DonaldTrump #CIA #USnews #USpolitics #Society #USnationalsecurity #USforeignpolicy #USIsraelwaronIran #Worldnews #TheGuardian #SamLevin

‘I believed the hype’: the white South Africans denied refugee status in the US
By Rachel Savage in Johannesburg

Drive to save thousands of Afrikaners from false claims of ‘white genocide’ appears to show signs of slowing

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/15/white-south-africans-denied-refugee-status-us

#SouthAfrica #USforeignpolicy #USnews #Worldnews #Refugees #Race #Africa #Thefarright #Trumpadministration #TheGuardian #RachelSavageinJohannesburg

‘I believed the hype’: the white South Africans denied refugee status in the US https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/15/white-south-africans-denied-refugee-status-us #SouthAfrica #UsForeignPolicy #UsNews #WorldNews #Refugees #Race #Africa #TheFarRight #TrumpAdministration

CBS’s 60 Minutes accused of peddling pro-Iran war propaganda in segment
By Richard Luscombe

Critics say segment on US rescue operation in Iran was made to boost public perception of Trump’s unpopular war

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/sep/14/cbs-60-minutes-iran-war-propaganda

#CBS #USIsraelwaronIran #DonaldTrump #USmilitary #PeteHegseth #USforeignpolicy #Iran #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #USnews #UStelevisionindustry #Media #BariWeiss #TheGuardian #RichardLuscombe

CBS’s 60 Minutes accused of peddling pro-Iran war propaganda in segment https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/sep/14/cbs-60-minutes-iran-war-propaganda #Cbs #UsisraelWarOnIran #DonaldTrump #UsMilitary #PeteHegseth #UsForeignPolicy #Iran #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #UsNews #UsTelevisionIndustry #Media #BariWeiss

Gulf states postpone strait of Hormuz talks with Iran as Yemen conflict intensifies https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/14/gulf-states-postpone-strait-of-hormuz-talks-iran-yemen-houthi-saudi-arabia-airbase-pipeline #StraitOfHormuz #Yemen #SaudiArabia #Houthis #Iran #SaudiArabiaDroneAttacks #UsForeignPolicy #TrumpAdministration #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews

Gulf states postpone strait of Hormuz talks with Iran as Yemen conflict intensifies
By Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Impasse comes amid growing Saudi anger with Tehran over Houthi advances and strikes on airbase and pipeline

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/14/gulf-states-postpone-strait-of-hormuz-talks-iran-yemen-houthi-saudi-arabia-airbase-pipeline

#StraitofHormuz #Yemen #SaudiArabia #Houthis #Iran #SaudiArabiadroneattacks #USforeignpolicy #Trumpadministration #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PatrickWintourDiplomaticeditor

Making Iraq ‘normal’ again: do mass arrests and cash seizures signal end to corruption?
By Ghaith Abdul-Ahad in Baghdad

Government insiders say the new PM is unleashing an ‘earthquake’ to clean up the system. But Iraqis have heard it all before

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2026/sep/13/iraq-normal-again-mass-arrests-cash-seizures-end-corruption

#Iraq #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #USnews #Trumpadministration #USforeignpolicy #TheGuardian #GhaithAbdulAhadinBaghdad

Donald Trump says he would ‘love’ to see united Ireland
By Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

US president say on visit to republic that unification will happen eventually so ‘may as well happen now’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/12/donald-trump-says-he-would-love-to-see-united-ireland

#DonaldTrump #Ireland #NorthernIrishpolitics #Europe #USforeignpolicy #NorthernIreland #UKnews #Politics #TheGuardian #RoryCarrollIrelandcorrespondent

Donald Trump says he would ‘love’ to see united Ireland https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/12/donald-trump-says-he-would-love-to-see-united-ireland #DonaldTrump #Ireland #NorthernIrishPolitics #Europe #UsForeignPolicy #NorthernIreland #UkNews #Politics

From socialist student to Trump proxy: the 25-year rise of Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez
By Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent

Those who have encountered the interim president paint her in starkly different ways, but all agree she is likely to remain in power

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/12/venezuela-president-delcy-rodriguez-trump-rise-to-power

#DelcyRodrguez #Venezuela #Worldnews #Americas #USforeignpolicy #Trumpadministration #Oil #TheGuardian #TomPhillipsLatinAmericacorrespondent

#usa #israel #palestine : #gaza / #genocide / #government / #usforeignpolicy

„Getting rid of one bad leader won’t bring justice.“

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/netanyahu-haaretz-report-october-7/

Wake up, Britain: Donald Trump’s US is no friend of ours. We must secure our own place in the world | Simon Jenkins
By Simon Jenkins

The US president is ever more wayward – and has little interest in defending Europe. The constitution may hold him to account, but we can’t wait

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/11/britain-donald-trump-us-president-secure-defence-europe

#DonaldTrump #Trumpadministration #USpolitics #USforeignpolicy #Defencepolicy #USnationalsecurity #USmidtermelections2026 #USnews #Worldnews #TheGuardian #SimonJenkins

Wake up, Britain: Donald Trump’s US is no friend of ours. We must secure our own place in the world | Simon Jenkins https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/11/britain-donald-trump-us-president-secure-defence-europe #DonaldTrump #TrumpAdministration #UsPolitics #UsForeignPolicy #DefencePolicy #UsNationalSecurity #UsMidtermElections2026 #UsNews #WorldNews

Trump’s clash with Canada is his latest imperialistic embarrassment | Sidney Blumenthal
By Sidney Blumenthal

The president’s chaotic schemes of aggrandizement, from Venezuela to Iran, have no larger rationale

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/11/trump-carney-canada-imperialism

#DonaldTrump #USnews #Canada #MarkCarney #Americas #USforeignpolicy #TheGuardian #SidneyBlumenthal

Violence erupts in Yemen again: why it matters globally and how it is linked to the US-Iran war
By William Christou

Houthis try to take control of more of Yemen’s Red Sea coast from Saudi-backed government, giving Iran and its allies control over a key shipping lane

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/10/violence-erupts-in-yemen-again-why-it-matters-globally-and-how-it-is-linked-to-the-us-iran-war

#Yemen #Houthis #SaudiArabia #Iran #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #USforeignpolicy #USnews #TheGuardian #WilliamChristou