By SARAH VINE, COLUMNIST Published: 09:04 GMT, 5 March 2026 | Updated: 10:10 GMT, 5 March 2026 It’s interesting that a lot of the influencers stuck in the Middle East are so very positive about Dubai’s government’s reaction to what’s happened. I wonder how much of that is because they…
Another country is dragged in to war as drone slams into international airport in Azerbaijan six miles from Iran’s border
By WILL STEWART and OLIVIA ALLHUSEN, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 09:27 GMT, 5 March 2026 | Updated: 09:40 GMT, 5 March 2026 Drones from Iran crashed and exploded Azerbaijan today, triggering an immediate warning that the country ‘reserves the right to take retaliatory measures’. The strikes risk widening the conflict, with…
Terror on the cruise ships trapped in the Gulf: Passengers and captain describe continuous explosions overhead, panicking families and sleepless nights as they await evacuation
Cruise ship passengers trapped in ports in the Gulf have described hearing non-stop explosions as panicking families are desperate to leave the region. The passengers and crews are unable to leave the ships, which have become floating hotels, after escalating hostilities raised fears over safety in the Strait of Hormuz,…
Keir Starmer ‘would have been ousted from No10’ if he had joined Trump’s air strikes on Iran – after Ed Miliband ‘led Cabinet resistance’
By JAMES TAPSFIELD, UK POLITICAL EDITOR Published: 08:25 GMT, 5 March 2026 | Updated: 08:26 GMT, 5 March 2026 Keir Starmer would not have survived backing Donald Trump’s Iran strikes, it was claimed today – after Ed Miliband spearheaded Cabinet resistance to the idea. The PM is engaged in a…
Iran war latest: Chaos for Brits left stranded in Middle East after first government chartered flight fails to take off – live updates
Chartered flight for Brits to leave Oman did not take off The UK Government’s first chartered flight to bring Brits home reportedly did not jet off from Oman on Wednesday night as planned. Terrified passengers were said to be smashing on windows and having panic attacks as they sat helplessly…
Was it REALLY a French-speaking Jim Carrey who accepted an award in Paris this week – or could the crazy conspiracy theories be true?
Jim Carrey claims he’s descended from a French pirate – and he certainly plundered la langue francaise when he accepted a prestigious film award in Paris on Thursday. The reclusive Canadian-American was making a very rare public appearance to collect an honorary Cesar award – the French equivalent of an…
British Museum suffers another embarrassing theft as ancient African gold disc is stolen by screwdriver-wielding thief before it is sold at Sothebys
When a striking Asante gold disc in the British Museum was stolen from its wooden display case in 1991, it had apparently disappeared without trace. But, over the next few years, it was in fact exhibited by leading museums and sold by a famous auction-house – with none of their…
Scientists just looked inside Darwin’s 200-year-old specimen jars without opening them
Scientists have found a way to study Charles Darwin’s original specimens from his famous HMS Beagle voyage (1831 to 1836) to the Galapagos Islands. Even more remarkable, they were able to examine the samples without opening the nearly 200-year-old jars that preserve them. Studying Darwin’s Historic Specimens The research focused…
Heartbroken family members remember last phone call with fallen US service member Declan Coady after he was killed in Iran drone strike
Declan Coady, the youngest of the six soldiers killed in a drone strike in Kuwait following the US attack on Iran, spoke to his brother just hours before he died. All six Army Reserve soldiers were killed when a drone hit a command center in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait on Sunday…
On the Ground in Beirut
new video loaded: On the Ground in Beirut Our Beirut bureau chief, Christina Goldbaum, reports on the escalating conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah, as Israel’s military seizes areas of southern Lebanon and carries out bombings. March 5, 2026 Source link