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The pressure on Netanyahu is starting to tell – this truce shows something has changed

A deal to pause hostilities in Gaza and free some hostages has been struck, but both sides are split on what happens next, says foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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Netanyahu is a liability for Biden. Peace is impossible until he goes

The US president’s support for Israel’s PM is damaging America’s reputation abroad, hurting his own chances of re-election and prolonging the suffering in Gaza

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How two-faced Xi Jinping is exploiting war in Gaza to beget China’s new order

As with Ukraine, the Chinese president’s so-called neutrality is designed to advance his nation and make the US look weak

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In a world on fire, Biden struggles to banish the curse of Trump

From Afghanistan and Ukraine to the Middle East, the US president faces the fallout from his predecessor’s foreign policy blunders

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Israel is in a fight to the finish. Whatever comes next, it must change

The country faces multiple crises under a leader who is unpopular at home and distrusted abroad. Can it repair the damage?

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What will the children who survive the onslaught of Gaza think of those who let it happen?

Hour by hour, they are being killed, maimed and traumatised, while the leaders of our nations fail to intervene, says foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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Toxic Netanyahu could drag Biden down in his fight for political survival

The US president now ‘owns’ this war. Israel’s prime minister has no exit strategy and if he gets the long conflict he wants, the US may be drawn in ever deeper

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The peril now facing us: Israel invades, Iran intervenes – and this war goes global

Calls for restraint are right but unlikely to be heeded. A conflict setting Israel and the US against Iran has rarely seemed closer, says foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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Angry old men set the Middle East ablaze. The young will pay the price

Incompetent and discredited leaders, in thrall to worn-out ideologies, have brought Israel and Gaza to this catastrophe

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In the midst of war, Benjamin Netanyahu is a liability who can only make things worse. He must go

The so-called international community must also make up for its years of neglect of Israel-Palestine, says foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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All eyes in Europe are focused on Poland’s divisive election fight. But it’s not a pretty sight

The bitter struggle to unseat Warsaw’s hard-right government foreshadows a wider struggle throughout the EU

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Who wants to rule the world? I will, says Joe Biden. No, it’ll be me, says Xi Jinping

The US and China are building rival global coalitions as the UN stumbles. Tackling collective challenges will be harder in a fragmented world

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America needs fresh leaders – Biden and Trump should both stand down

Any system of government that pits a vengeful crook against a fading old-timer is not working well

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Putin’s collection of oddball allies grows by the day. It’s time the west got tougher

Russia’s isolated war-criminal president is seeking out useful idiots like North Korea’s Kim Jong-un to bolster his military rampage against Ukraine, writes Simon Tisdall

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Putin is waging a forever war. The west can’t pull the plug on Ukraine now

Moscow won’t stop short of subjugation of Kyiv. That’s why the Nato allies must ignore talk of talks and start fighting to win

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Cleverly’s humiliating China visit was the perfect symbol of isolated, ill-led ‘global Britain’

The foreign minister set off with the aim of both ‘standing up for our values’ and securing profitable trade. He failed at both, says foreign policy commentator Simon Tisdall

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China wants to erase Tibet. Will Britain stay quiet about this crime?

The US has taken a public stand over China’s crimes against humanity. In Beijing this week, the UK foreign secretary should do the same and shame his hosts

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Joe Biden aims for a Middle East hat-trick. He’s delusional and out of time

The US president is pushing for a Saudi-Israel deal, a breakthrough on Palestine and an understanding with Iran. But the ‘American century’ is long gone

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Putin and Xi are the Laurel and Hardy of statesmen – but it’s no laughing matter

China’s paramount leader, like his Russian counterpart, is making a fine mess of his country’s economy and world standing

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Putin has become a global bogeyman. Russians must exorcise this ghoul

Accursed, ostracised but heedless of the misery he causes, this accused war criminal is dragging his people into a moral abyss

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Can Europe’s marauding far right be slain? Spain’s voters hold the answer

Prime minister Pedro Sánchez gambled on a snap election. If he loses, the heirs of the age of Franco could be back in power for the first time in nearly 50 years

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Defeat for Ukraine would be a global disaster. Nato must finally step in to stop Russia

European allies are split over when to offer Nato membership to Kyiv. The bigger question is: are they doing enough now to help Ukraine?Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates

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Netanyahu’s attack on Jenin shows weakness. The Palestinians are weak too – and therein lies the danger

It is too early to know if a third intifada will follow this incursion or a wider conflict. But the signs are not good, says foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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China, Myanmar and now Darfur ... the horror of genocide is here again

Each time it happens, the world insists: ‘never again’. But the political and moral blindspots that allow these atrocities will persist until the lessons of history are learned

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Amid the battle of Xi Jinping and Joe Biden, a new global order struggles to take shape

While the US and China vie for supremacy, smaller countries, championed by Barbados PM Mia Mottley, are speaking out on key challenges of climate, poverty and migration

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