The madness is contagious â and nowhere has this been more evident than in the newly minted two-week ceasefire with Iran The Madness of King Donald. Unless youâve spent most of the last few years on a silent retreat â and who could blame you? â it canât have escaped you that the American president is both not that bright and borderline sociopathic. A lethal combination. Posting âOpen the Fuckinâ Strait you crazy bastards or youâll be living in Hellâ on his social media account is not the action of a well man. Certainly not when the Middle East is on a knife-edge. But what you may have missed is that the madness is contagious. It also affects many of those who come in contact with him. Trying to deal with the madness makes them mad too, as they try to behave as if things that are most definitely not normal are all quite usual. All in a dayâs work. And nowhere has this been more in evidence than with the two-week ceasefire. A ceasefire in which no one is able to agree on what precisely â if anything â had been negotiated and which Israel has taken to mean it can continue to bomb Lebanon. Now it will come as no surprise that those closest to Trump in the White
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The US military said a third aircraft carrier had arrived in the Middle East, the highest number of American carriers deployed to the region in more than 20 years, according to analysts. The announcement on Thursday came around the same…
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The US military said a third aircraft carrier had arrived in the Middle East, the highest number of American carriers deployed to the region in more than 20 years, according to analysts. The announcement on Thursday…
Read original at CNN →Gas stations are rationing fuel. Hospitals are running out of medical supplies. People are hoarding plastic bags, and factories face packaging shortages. That could become a problem for the United States: About half the…
Read original at CNN →Household energy prices will continue to be high into the autumn and winter if the Iran crisis continues for another four to six weeks, MPs have been told. Wholesale energy prices have soared since the Iran war began on…
Read original at BBC →The war in the Middle East has helped to trigger a surge in air fares, with the lowest-priced economy tickets costing 24% more on average than they did a year ago, according to new research. The report, from the…
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Read original at The Guardian →The madness is contagious â and nowhere has this been more evident than in the newly minted two-week ceasefire with Iran The Madness of King Donald. Unless youâve spent most of the last few years on a silent retreat…
Read original at The Guardian →On Tuesday, April 7, following six weeks of conflict, the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire. The temporary pause will allow for negotiations between the two countries, set to begin on Friday, April 10 in…
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The US military said a third aircraft carrier had arrived in the Middle East, the highest number of American carriers deployed to the region in more than 20 years, according to analysts. The announcement on Thursday came around the same…
View source →Gas stations are rationing fuel. Hospitals are running out of medical supplies. People are hoarding plastic bags, and factories face packaging shortages. That could become a problem for the United States: About half the stuff Americans buy…
View source →Household energy prices will continue to be high into the autumn and winter if the Iran crisis continues for another four to six weeks, MPs have been told. Wholesale energy prices have soared since the Iran war began on 28 February. The…
View source →The war in the Middle East has helped to trigger a surge in air fares, with the lowest-priced economy tickets costing 24% more on average than they did a year ago, according to new research. The report, from the consultancy Teneo, says…
View source →US president told reporters he was ânot happy with Australia because they were not there when we asked them to be thereâ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast…
View source →Ahmed Shihab-Eldin was arrested after reporting on friendly fire incident during US conflict with Iran Middle East crisis live – latest updates The detention of a prize-winning international journalist in Kuwait is raising questions about…
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