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The International Energy Agency will hold an extraodrinary meeting on Tuesday to discuss a possible release of emergency stockpiles.

The 10-year Treasury yield was flat as oil prices tumbled after Trump warned that Iran would be hit harder if it tried to halt Strait of Hormuz shipments.

Steve Emt and Laura Dwyer represent the U.S. in the Paralympics' new mixed doubles wheelchair curling event. They could bring home Team USA's first wheelchair curling medal ever.

It is only the second commutation for Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican. The inmate, Charles Burton, was scheduled to die even though the gunman’s sentence had been commuted years ago.

Investors now expect that the Fed will delay a rate cut until September instead of July, as they had before the war in Iran began.

Allison Ziogas, a first-time candidate, hopes to unseat Representative Nicole Malliotakis by appealing to the district’s union roots.

Blaming chatbots, they are joining an earlier push for better protections by parents who say social media contributed to their children’s deaths.

At 67, the actress is still reinventing herself, with two new TV shows, “The Madison” and “Margo’s Got Money Troubles,” and an evolving attitude about her work.

The legislation’s progress is all the more surprising because it addresses an issue that is shaping up to be the main battleground of the midterm elections: affordability. The effort could still stall.

Two doctors affiliated with the university and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital stepped down after an external report found that the administrators mishandled allegations of abuse against Robert Hadden.

Investors now expect that the Fed will delay a rate cut until September instead of July, as they had before the war in Iran began.

Lebanese leaders and aid groups warned of a growing humanitarian crisis as Israel targeted Hezbollah. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said there would be extensive strikes in Iran.

The police are searching for two men who both fired at the building with a single handgun and fled in a white SUV.

Though high rates of the disease persist among the nearby Indigenous communities, the Canadian government is weighing rules that may allow energy giants to release treated mining waste into the river system.

Health experts warn of long-term respiratory and neurological risks as smoke from burning oil spreads across the region.

Hegseth said Tuesday ‘will be yet again our most intense day of strikes’

Secretary of State has said he’d be one of the first people to support the vice president if he runs for the White House

Ali Larijani, Iran’s top security chief, said the Islamic Republic did not fear Trump’s ‘empty threats’

Joe Bennett is travelling to the US to lobby Trump for support as the US ramps up strikes on Iran

The British Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon is destined for the eastern Mediterranean where it will protect UK bases in Cyprus

The victim survived on as little as a single egg a day, authorities said

A judge held him in contempt and sent him to prison at the end of 2015

Majorities of Americans don’t support the war but now fear an attack on U.S. soil, a recent poll finds

British Airways will also pause repatriation flights from Muscat, Oman due to ‘reduced demand’

The shooting unfolded Tuesday afternoon near a synagogue

As Trump delivers bafflingly mixed messages about the end of the Iran war, he has suggested he may lift oil sanctions on Russia, but that will suit only one man – Vladimir Putin. World affairs editor Sam Kiley asks: whose side is the US president really on?

The cause of the fire is currently under investigation, officials said

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Pete Hegseth warned that Tuesday, 10 March, will bring the most intense day of strikes against Iran so far, after Donald Trump vowed to end the conflict soon.

Steve Witkoff says denial came during phone call that US president had with Russian president Vladimir Putin on MondaySign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxHegseth says the aftermath of the conflict is “going to be in America’s interests” and says it “will not live under a nuclear blackmail” from Iran.It comes shortly after the defence secretary reiterated president Donald Trump’s threat that if Iran does anything to prevent the flow of oil in the strait of Hormuz, it will be hit “twenty times harder”. Continue reading...

US president is ‘not afraid to use’ options to continue to allow free flow of oil through strait of Hormuz, says White House press secretary Karoline LeavittPete Hegseth warns of day of ‘most intense’ US strikes on Iran yetHow have you been affected by the latest Middle East events?Investor hopes for a swift resolution to the Middle East conflict propelled Australian shares higher today, with the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 finishing the day up 1.1% and recovering about $35bn in value after yesterday’s $90bn plunge.Oil prices surged to a four-year high early in the week before coming back down below $US90 a barrel after Donald Trump suggested the Iran conflict would end soon, sending global stock markets higher. Continue reading...

Widow of murdered rightwing activist Charlie Kirk replaces husband on 16-member panel of military training facilityDonald Trump has appointed Erika Kirk, the widow of murdered rightwing activist Charlie Kirk, to a key advisory board of the US Air Force Academy.The 37-year-old joins a number of other loyalists to the president on the 16-member panel of the academy’s board of visitors, which according to its website “inquires into the morale, discipline, curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, academic methods and other matters” of the Colorado Springs military training facility. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Report suggests only 1% of annual spend on food and drink adverts will be affected after industry lobbyingThe junk food ad ban intended to curb childhood obesity will only affect 1% of the £2.4bn spent annually on advertising food and drink, and may prove a “paper tiger”, ministers have been told.The government has hailed the ban on advertising foods high in fat, salt and sugar, which came into force on 5 January, as a decisive and world-leading move that will remove 7.2bn calories from UK children’s diets every year. Continue reading...

Emanuel Shaleta, bishop of a Chaldean Catholic parish in the San Diego area, pleaded not guilty to 17 felony chargesThe bishop of a small Chaldean Catholic community in the San Diego area has resigned amid charges that he embezzled $270,000 from his parish, Pope Leo XIV announced Tuesday.Bishop Emanuel Shaleta pleaded not guilty to 17 felony charges, including money laundering, during a hearing attended by many of his supporters. Continue reading...

Charlotte Nichols speaks out in opposition to bill proposing changes to jury trials in England and WalesAn MP has told the House of Commons that she was raped after an event that she attended as a member of parliament, revealing that she waited 1,088 days for her case to get to court.Speaking at a debate on Tuesday to discuss changes to the law under which some jury trials would be limited, Charlotte Nichols said she was waiving her right to anonymity to speak about her own experience and opposition to the bill. Continue reading...

NYPD officers responded to the alert, days after two men threw homemade explosives at Gracie MansionSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe New York police department (NYPD) responded to a reported suspicious device near Gracie Mansion on Tuesday afternoon, days after two men threw homemade explosives during protests outside mayor Zohran Mamdani’s home in what authorities have called an act of “ISIS-inspired terrorism”.The NYPD posted an advisory on X, which said: “Due to a suspicious device, East End Avenue between East 85th and East 87th Street, as well as East 86th Street between York Avenue and East End Avenue are closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper concerned about effect of student visa ban on female Chevening scholars from Afghanistan and Sudan The Home Office rejected an appeal from the foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, that would have protected outstanding students in some of the world’s most dangerous countries from changes to the UK’s immigration system, the Guardian understands.Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, turned down proposals from the Foreign Office to maintain a carve-out for Chevening scholars, a government-funded programme for “exceptional individuals” to study for a master’s degree at a UK university. Continue reading...

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe among more than 100 signatories to letter urging PM not to get drawn further into the conflictNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is among three of Iran’s former political prisoners and more than 100 Iranians living in the UK who have urged the British prime minister not to get drawn further into the Iran conflict.They are all signatories in a letter to Keir Starmer saying the way the war is being conducted is strengthening the regime in Tehran. Continue reading...

Joani Reid denies any involvement in business activities of spouse, who was arrested last week by anti-terror policeJoani Reid, the MP who resigned the Labour whip last week after her husband was arrested on suspicion of spying for China, received a donation from his company the previous month, it has emerged.Reid, who said after the arrest that she had no involvement in her husband’s business activities, declared a donation in February worth £2,400 for media training from Earthcott Ltd, the lobbying company run by David Taylor. Continue reading...

Former footballer accused of assault occasioning grievous bodily harm after incident outside Liverpool golf clubJoey Barton has been remanded in custody charged with attacking the headteacher of a school for children with additional needs.The former footballer was arrested after an alleged incident outside Huyton and Prescot golf club in Liverpool at 9pm on Sunday. Continue reading...

US and Iran dig in and ramp up threats as war rages with no end in sight  AP NewsExplosions in Tehran as Hegseth says today will be 'most intense' day of strikes on Iran so far  BBCIran Live Updates: U.S. Warns of ‘Most Intense’ Strikes on Iran as It Eases Limits on Russian Oil  The New York TimesWhat we know on the 10th day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran  CNNWATCH LIVE: White House holds briefing as U.S. announces 'most intense' day of strikes on Iran  PBS

US launches its 'most intense day of strikes': Iran war live updates  USA TodayLive updates: US will end war with Iran ‘on our timeline,’ Hegseth says  CNNTehran endures ‘worst night of strikes’ amid mixed US messages about more to come  The GuardianLive updates: Hegseth says today will be the ‘most intense day of strikes inside Iran’  AP NewsThe Pentagon says this will be 'our most intense day of strikes inside Iran'  NPR

Ukrainian and Russian officials have claimed battlefield successes in the more than four-year war.

Israel has released video it says shows the moment a missile fired by Hezbollah struck a satellite and radar station.

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has walked back a deleted social media claim from Energy Secretary Chris Wright.

Israel's military says it targeted Quds Force operatives after a return to war with Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, but Iran says they were diplomats.

The US president's comments lead to a drop in crude costs and a rebound in shares.

Epic Games said it had to increase the price as the cost of running the game had "gone up a lot"

The West Indies team is to return home via commercial flights from India after a "distressing" wait following their exit from the men's T20 World Cup.