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The Ceasefire's Real Winners — And They're Not in Washington

The Ceasefire's Real Winners — And They're Not in Washington

Editorial digest April 09, 2026 Last updated : 11:03 The guns may have fallen silent between Washington and Tehran, but the scramble to claim credit — and dodge blame — is only getting louder. Twenty-four hours into the most fragile ceasefire the Middle East has seen in months, the outlines of a

Cooper's Mansion House Gambit and the Battles Britain Can't Avoid

Cooper's Mansion House Gambit and the Battles Britain Can't Avoid

Editorial digest April 09, 2026 Last updated : 09:17 Yvette Cooper stands at Mansion House today with a message aimed well beyond the City audience in front of her. The Foreign Secretary will demand that Lebanon be folded into the US-Iran ceasefire and that the Strait of Hormuz reopen fully

The Ceasefire Illusion — And the Reckoning Australia Can't Escape

The Ceasefire Illusion — And the Reckoning Australia Can't Escape

Editorial digest April 09, 2026 Last updated : 09:16 The ceasefire between Washington and Tehran is barely forty-eight hours old and already fracturing. Markets rallied on Tuesday's announcement, then sobered up. Oil is climbing again. Asian stocks slid overnight, and European indices opened in the red. The reason

From the Gulf to the Campaign Trail, Britain's Search for Leverage

From the Gulf to the Campaign Trail, Britain's Search for Leverage

Editorial digest April 09, 2026 Last updated : 00:42 Keir Starmer landed in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday with a message calibrated for two audiences at once. To Gulf allies nervous about Washington's unpredictability, the prime minister offered Britain as a steady hand — a country ready to help reopen

A Ceasefire That Satisfies No One — And a War Still Spreading

A Ceasefire That Satisfies No One — And a War Still Spreading

Editorial digest April 09, 2026 Last updated : 00:41 The guns have not fallen silent. A two-week ceasefire between Washington and Tehran was supposed to mark a turning point in the Middle East. Instead, it has become a mirror — reflecting American division, Israeli defiance, and the dangerous entanglement of conflicts