Jessica Elgot

5 days ago | theguardian.com | Vicky Graham |Harry Taylor |Helen Davidson |Ben Smee |Jonathan Yerushalmy |Maya Yang | +14 more

Iran’s parliament has voted to shut down the vital Hormuz shipping channel in retaliation against Donald Trump’s attack on the country, prompting fears of a sharp spike in oil prices that could cause a global recession. A barrel of Brent crude was selling for about $77 on Friday, having risen by more than 10% since mid-June when Israel’s attack on Iranian nuclear sites prompted missile strikes from Tehran against Tel Aviv.

5 days ago | theguardian.com | Maya Yang |Vicky Graham |Harry Taylor |Helen Davidson |Ben Smee |Jonathan Yerushalmy | +9 more

Iran’s parliament has voted to shut down the vital Hormuz shipping channel in retaliation against Donald Trump’s attack on the country, prompting fears of a sharp spike in oil prices that could cause a global recession. A barrel of Brent crude was selling for about $77 on Friday, having risen by more than 10% since mid-June when Israel’s attack on Iranian nuclear sites prompted missile strikes from Tehran against Tel Aviv.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | John Harris |Jessica Elgot |Frankie Tobi |Zoe Hitch |Matthew Pearce

As Israel and Iran trade escalating blows, and the horrific situation in Gaza continues, Trump has suggested the US could get directly involved. So how is Keir Starmer going to handle all this? And what could it mean for millions of Iranians? John Harris speaks to the Guardian’s diplomatic editor, Patrick Wintour, and an Iranian woman who now lives in the UK. Plus, it’s a rare week in British politics, with the House of Commons voting on two big social issues: abortion and assisted dying.

1 week ago | msn.com | Rajeev Syal |Pippa Crerar |Jessica Elgot

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1 week ago | theguardian.com | Rajeev Syal |Pippa Crerar |Jessica Elgot

A culture of “blindness, ignorance and prejudice” led to repeated failures over decades to properly investigate cases in which children were abused by grooming gangs, a report has said. As the government announced a public inquiry into the scandal, Louise Casey said for too long the authorities had shied away from the ethnicity of the people involved, adding it was “not racist to examine the ethnicity of the offenders”.