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The Ceasefire Changes Nothing — And Britain Knows It

The Ceasefire Changes Nothing — And Britain Knows It

Editorial digest April 09, 2026 Last updated : 13:01 --- The guns fell silent in the Gulf. Markets exhaled. And then reality set in. Twenty-four hours after the US-Iran ceasefire was announced, the word heard most in Whitehall, in Brussels, and across European capitals was not "peace" — it

Trump Turns on NATO as Britain Plays Both Sides in the Gulf

Trump Turns on NATO as Britain Plays Both Sides in the Gulf

Editorial digest April 09, 2026 Last updated : 11:02 --- The Atlantic alliance is cracking — and this time, Washington isn't pretending otherwise. Donald Trump's overnight tirade against NATO, delivered in his signature all-caps fury, marks a new low in relations between the United States and its

Cooper Draws a Line on Lebanon as Britain Faces a Day of Reckoning

Cooper Draws a Line on Lebanon as Britain Faces a Day of Reckoning

Editorial digest April 09, 2026 Last updated : 09:16 --- Yvette Cooper chose the Mansion House — the seat of City power, not Whitehall — to deliver what amounts to Britain's clearest foreign policy statement since the Middle East crisis deepened. Lebanon, she will insist today, must be folded into

Ceasefire in Name Only: Lebanon Burns as Washington and Tehran Claim Victory

Ceasefire in Name Only: Lebanon Burns as Washington and Tehran Claim Victory

Editorial digest April 09, 2026 Last updated : 00:41 --- The ceasefire between Washington and Tehran is barely 48 hours old, and it is already buckling under the weight of its own contradictions. While the United States and Iran both rushed to declare victory this week — Trump's allies