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Middle East and north Africa

November 2026

  • A boy lies in a hospital bed as his parents stand alongside, the boy's father resting his hand on the boy's head

    ‘What’s our crime?’: A Palestinian family’s fight to get care for son injured by Hamas rocket

    Kinaan Dadou, 10, has been left disabled since 7 October 2023 as his parents struggle to find funding for specialist treatment

31 October 2026

  • Two women sitting and talking

    ‘You need the power of all your votes’: Bedouin women secure success for Arab parties in Israeli election

  • A Rubik's cube with faces showing an explosion and American flags appears twisted apart, surrounded by smoke

    As Trump fans the flames of a world on fire, can diplomacy take back control?

30 October 2026

  • Palestinians speak about the results of this week's elections, with some questioning whether a change in government will improve their lives

    'Nothing will change for us': Palestinians react to Israeli elections – video

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  • Jonathan Freedland in Tel Aviv

    This is the hard lesson from Israel’s election: to stop nationalist populists, you can’t play by gentlemen’s rules

    Jonathan Freedland in Tel Aviv
  • A delivery rider passes as a huge smoke plume rises near Dubai airport

    Gulf states must rethink trillion-dollar defence in light of US-Iran war, says report

  • Pople gather around yellow and white jerrycans

    Houthis sending Taiz ‘back to the stone age’, governor of besieged Yemen city says

  • First Edition newsletter
    Friday briefing: Israel has a dilemma - can its opposition govern with Palestinian parties?

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  • Sudanese diaspora and human rights groups denounce UAE nominee for UN top job

29 October 2026

  • Benjamin Netanyahu clasps his hands together at an election night rally

    Netanyahu accused of smearing Arab voters to hold on to power

  • JD Vance waves as he boards a plane

    JD Vance letter may offer last chance to avert fresh conflict between US and Iran

  • Netanyahu speaks into two microphones

    Israel election results: Qatar says accusations of election interference in Israel ‘ridiculous and dangerous’ – as it happened

  • Artist Hoda Afshar holds a large vintage box camera up to her face in her studio

    The beautiful, shocking work of artist Hoda Afshar: ‘I don’t take freedom of speech for granted’

28 October 2026

  • Supporters gather at the Likud Party election-night event in Jerusalem as exit polls show the blocs of Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot are neck-and-neck.

    Netanyahu bloc loses majority as most ballots counted – as it happened

  • a man speaks into a microphone

    New book makes fiery claims about Jared Kushner’s finances in Trump’s first term

  • Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot

    Coalition talks loom in Israel as Netanyahu and Eisenkot blocs set to fall short of majority

  • Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at the Teddy Hall, Israel, on 28 October 2026

    The Guardian view on Israel’s elections: Netanyahu lost his mandate. If opponents unite, he’ll lose power too

  • Israel’s choice: Netanyahu remaining in power or a Palestinian-backed coalition

  • Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi given new prison sentence

  • Israel election: what we know so far

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