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The US can revive it]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our commitment to acting responsibly to avoid a full-scale regional war should not be misinterpreted as weakness]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/1106cea5-8024-4379-9416-68382be55a26</link><guid isPermaLink="false">1106cea5-8024-4379-9416-68382be55a26</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 14:26:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[No breakthrough on Middle East peace as Trump and Netanyahu meet]]></title><description><![CDATA[US president hails ‘tremendous success’ with Israel and claims progress on plan to move Palestinians out of Gaza]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/626a2f57-41d5-4ef2-82c0-37143eed2a3d</link><guid isPermaLink="false">626a2f57-41d5-4ef2-82c0-37143eed2a3d</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 08:48:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Algeria buffeted by winds of change in north Africa]]></title><description><![CDATA[New tensions with the UAE, France, Russia and Israel have jolted authoritarian regime]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/f866bb2b-cda2-4073-b65b-8ba905f104a5</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f866bb2b-cda2-4073-b65b-8ba905f104a5</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 04:00:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran’s president says Israel tried to kill him during 12-day war]]></title><description><![CDATA[Masoud Pezeshkian says he would be open to renewed dialogue with the US over country’s nuclear programme]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/65f35602-94e5-41c6-869a-4192550e9eb0</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65f35602-94e5-41c6-869a-4192550e9eb0</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 18:01:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[BCG gets caught up in a scandal in Gaza ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The episode raises serious questions over processes at the global consulting firm]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/d35d2dc3-8fcb-4f56-b42b-97326fa05d94</link><guid isPermaLink="false">d35d2dc3-8fcb-4f56-b42b-97326fa05d94</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 18:00:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel strikes Yemeni ports soon after Houthi attack on Red Sea vessel]]></title><description><![CDATA[Intense assault on Magic Seas is the first by rebel group since December]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/e08ab9e5-99be-449b-abe6-e65e5d18cf55</link><guid isPermaLink="false">e08ab9e5-99be-449b-abe6-e65e5d18cf55</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 17:50:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Netanyahu and Trump to discuss new Gaza deal at White House]]></title><description><![CDATA[Negotiators discuss terms of potential ceasefire with Hamas but big gaps persist as Israeli leader heads for Washington]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/223832bc-ad79-48f1-bb42-8dc5309b8495</link><guid isPermaLink="false">223832bc-ad79-48f1-bb42-8dc5309b8495</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 22:01:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tony Blair’s staff took part in ‘Gaza Riviera’ project with BCG]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former UK prime minister’s institute participated in meetings on plan to turn shattered enclave into trading hub]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/0b1bc761-c572-4b61-882a-fb4467259dcd</link><guid isPermaLink="false">0b1bc761-c572-4b61-882a-fb4467259dcd</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 20:25:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran’s supreme leader appears in public for first time since Israeli attack]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s attendance at ceremony follows speculation about his safety]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/8e4f08c8-5da2-4d21-904f-f9e0dc4d259e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">8e4f08c8-5da2-4d21-904f-f9e0dc4d259e</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 13:08:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[PwC lines up UK managing partner as new Middle East head  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Planned leadership reshuffle at Big Four firm comes after recent clash with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/0b8ad72b-3197-4eff-855d-8d13a0458fe0</link><guid isPermaLink="false">0b8ad72b-3197-4eff-855d-8d13a0458fe0</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 04:00:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gaza on brink of running out of fuel in Israeli siege]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lack of diesel and other fuels threatens water supplies, sanitation and hospitals ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/20dd3b04-a3b5-440c-bf7f-980b840eec72</link><guid isPermaLink="false">20dd3b04-a3b5-440c-bf7f-980b840eec72</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 04:00:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel’s quiet war in the West Bank]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Palestinian village was forcibly emptied this week. Its former residents say more will follow]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/8d9cdf41-6caf-4a31-8150-2ca6cc2dc20c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">8d9cdf41-6caf-4a31-8150-2ca6cc2dc20c</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 04:00:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel to join ceasefire talks despite ‘unacceptable’ response from Hamas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Netanyahu says he will send a negotiating team to Doha to begin indirect negotiations aimed at halting the war in Gaza]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/1da3906b-a2d1-4b5b-8b33-ba54057c69b7</link><guid isPermaLink="false">1da3906b-a2d1-4b5b-8b33-ba54057c69b7</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2025 22:28:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hamas gives ‘positive’ response to Trump proposal for Gaza ceasefire]]></title><description><![CDATA[US president says there could be ‘deal next week’ after militant group expresses willingness to enter new round of talks ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/0772acd7-a5e9-47e6-8729-b9c9567f44cb</link><guid isPermaLink="false">0772acd7-a5e9-47e6-8729-b9c9567f44cb</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2025 07:17:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Return to Syria: what I found amid the ruins of Homs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Living in exile, Ammar Azzouz studied urban destruction in war. Then he returned to the ruins of his own city]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/fedbcb96-9315-4d47-9afd-941af016469a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">fedbcb96-9315-4d47-9afd-941af016469a</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2025 04:00:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palestine Action loses bid to secure block on UK government ban]]></title><description><![CDATA[Activist group that broke into RAF military base will be proscribed as a terrorist organisation from midnight]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/603086c5-ec41-48de-9139-157b92545cdb</link><guid isPermaLink="false">603086c5-ec41-48de-9139-157b92545cdb</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 21:45:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[BCG modelled plan to ‘relocate’ Palestinians from Gaza]]></title><description><![CDATA[Consulting firm had multimillion-dollar role in contentious new aid scheme for shattered enclave ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/c0e661cc-55db-4e2a-b17b-a656e0cf6c14</link><guid isPermaLink="false">c0e661cc-55db-4e2a-b17b-a656e0cf6c14</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 17:15:17 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>