Shock and retribution: Israel pounds Gaza after Hamas attack
In the past, Israelis have morbidly likened intervening in Gaza to "mowing the grass", operations that are a periodic necessity. This time, it's different.
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How far will it escalate? Region on edge as Israel ramps up response to Hamas
As Israel mobilises and seals off the Gaza Strip, will it be the prelude to an incursion, an invasion, an occupation? For civilians on the Palestinian side, the nightmare is only at its beginning.
How far will Israel go? Gaza braces for ground offensive after Hamas attack
But the potential prospect of a ground offensive in one of the planet's most densely populated territories comes at a very high cost. How long a war? How many casualties? What endgame? If it's to eliminate Hamas, what should it be replaced with? Israel left Gaza in 2005. Does it want to return? Most pressing is the cost to a civilian population already running low on drinking water.
Iran activist wins Nobel Peace Prize, Ukraine and conflicts at EU's doorstep, Paris bedbug fright
The panel, which included regular guests Paul Moreira, Nico Hines, Matthew Dalton and Ana Navarro Pedro, went on to discuss the situation in Ukraine, whose leader was in Granada this Friday asking for aid to European allies as American support wavers, and in the other two conflicts on Europe's doorstep: Armenia and Kosovo.
Not just Ukraine: How does Europe prevent bloodshed at its doorstep?
Both Azerbaijan's President Ilan Aliyev and his Turkish ally Recep Tayyip Erdogan refused the invite to Granada, Spain for what has been a brainchild of France's president, a summit of the European political community: essentially the EU and friends. We ask about the south Caucasus and the Balkans with the leaders of Serbia and Albania sending junior delegations to the summit in Granada in the wake of another spike in tensions on the EU’s doorstep.
Burning down the House? Trump loyalists provoke ouster of Speaker McCarthy
The overwhelming majority opted for compromise in last weekend’s budget deal, but already Donald Trump is blowing away the rest of the field in polls for his party's nomination next year – Trump, who regularly blasts institutions as well as judges presiding over his own trials. How vulnerable are those US institutions?
Battle for blue-collar votes: Biden, Trump court striking auto workers in Michigan
Biden was in Michigan one day before Donald Trump's own pitch to auto workers, albeit at a non-union plant outside Detroit. It was so-called Reagan Democrats who switched allegiances in 2016 to put Trump over the line in key Midwest Rust Belt states. What's the message they want to hear in 2024?
What next for Armenians? Regional rivalries on display after Nagorno-Karabakh takeover
Ethnic Armenians are also wary of Ilham Aliyev's choice of company and location for that offer of reassurance: Azerbaijan's own enclave inside Armenia, Nakhchivan. Baku has a backer: Turkey and its leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The pair were in Nakhchivan for talks on Monday. With traditional mediator Russia showing the cold shoulder these days to Yerevan, what are the prospects for EU-sponsored talks and, more broadly, for a peace that can last?