Tag: israel
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Return to Sender: August 2026
Right at the start of August, three countries in the Middle East region – Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey – came together to sign the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement. Similar to NATO’s article 5, this states that any attack on one will be considered as an attack on all three and be met with a…
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Return to Sender: July 2026
The recent news within the UK has been dominated by the Odyssey – not the latest cinematic retelling of Homer’s original poem – but Andy Burnham’s far less interesting journey from Westminster to Manchester and the long return back to Westminster to become Britain’s fifth prime minister in four years. He has promised a radical…
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Return to Sender: May 2026
A sudden and intense heatwave across Europe has caught many nations off guard and set new temperature records for May, including for both day and night time, from Ireland through to Slovenia as well as Britain, and which has contributed to several deaths.
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Return to Sender: April 2026
Once again, April has been dominated by the conflict in the Middle East, despite the continuing ceasefire. America claims to have already won the war but other countries should still help even though America doesn’t need them. Yay – Team USA.
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Letter from Lincoln…April 2026
This week’s annual spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington DC, USA, has set the tone for the geo-economic news, with the meeting itself overshadowed by the ill-advised American-led war in the Middle East.
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Return to Sender: March 2026
Clearly the main geopolitical news story from March continues to be the ongoing conflict in the Middle East but since there is wall-to-wall coverage of this on just about every available channel, there’s little point in adding any more commentary.
Nessan Cleary 