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Taiwanese authorities have warned that Bavi could bring up to 1m (39 inches) of rainfall. Some 29,000 soldiers have been put on standby to help with relief efforts, according to the island’s defence ministry. Bavi is set to be the largest storm, by size, to hit the island since 1987, Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration told…

Welcome and summary Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s coverage of the continuing crisis in the Middle East. Iran was pummelled with a volley of missiles for a second consecutive night, with the US military claiming to have struck 170 Iranian targets in the last 48 hours. US Central Command (Centcom) said the intense bombing…

Summary of the day so far… Here is a quick recap of events so far today: Iran launched missiles and drones at its Gulf neighbours this morning in retaliation to a number of US strikes and announced the closure of the strategic strait of Hormuz until further notice. Jordan, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the UAE…

Meanwhile, a delegation from Qatar travelled to Iran on Friday for talks aimed at defusing tensions and easing navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social earlier on Friday: “The Islamic Republic of Iran has asked us to continue ‘talks.’ “We have agreed to do so, but the United…

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced the creation of a national memorial to the victims of a “genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists” during World War Two. Tusk was speaking on the anniversary of what Poland calls the “massacre” in Volhynia – a Polish territory in German-occupied Poland now part of Ukraine and known as…

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