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Briefing: Iran and the US Hardening Positions Over Ceasefire Talks

Strategic angle: Tensions escalate as both nations take firm stances in the ongoing conflict.

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Briefing: 'My daughter is under the rubble': Inside Tehran as civilian toll of strikes rises

Strategic angle: One month since the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, Tehran residents tell the BBC their lives have been devastated.

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Briefing: Is Iran using cryptocurrencies to circumvent sanctions?

Strategic angle: Experts say Iran's Revolutionary Guards are using cryptocurrencies to circumvent Western sanctions and finance allied militias.

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Briefing: Newsletter: ‘Not our war’ - Rubio joins G7 talks amid transatlantic rift over war in Iran

Strategic angle: Also in this newsletter: Lebanon’s Minister of Culture Ghassan Salamé tells Europe Today that Israel's "creeping military action" in the country's south has become an "invasion."

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Briefing: 'They're putting up quite a fight': Hezbollah pushes back against Israel's advancing troops

Strategic angle: FRANCE 24 correspondent Renée Davis reports from Beirut on the ongoing conflict as Hezbollah resists Israeli advances.

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Briefing: Zelenskyy courts Saudi support as U.S. reportedly weighs redirecting Ukraine aid to Middle East

Strategic angle: Zelenskyy met Gulf leaders to seek support for Kyiv as the U.S. reportedly weighs diverting military resources to the Middle East.

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Briefing: Iran seeks to cash in on Strait of Hormuz

Strategic angle: Tehran suggests system of charging fees and limiting passage to ‘non-hostile’ ships could endure beyond current war.

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Briefing: UAE pushes for international force to reopen Hormuz

Strategic angle: Abu Dhabi is hardening its stance as it suffers from Iran’s retaliation to US-Israeli war.

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Briefing: In Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, 'no one ventures outside anymore apart from rescue teams'

Strategic angle: The ongoing conflict has left the city in despair, with rescue workers facing deadly risks.

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Briefing: 'As he approached the sands of the Arabian-Persian Gulf, Trump fell prey to a common phenomenon in these lands: mirages'

Strategic angle: The American president's disappointments and contradictory statements on the conflict in Iran obscure the key question of how to end the war, writes Le Monde columnist Alain Frachon.

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Trump extends pause on attacking Iran energy facilities to April 6

Trump announced the U.S. would continue a pause on energy sites in Iran as key stock market indices fell and oil prices rose.

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Briefing: United States and Israel are facing the same Iranian foe but are fighting different wars

Strategic angle: Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu share many objectives. However, their respective public opinions and electoral interests may ultimately highlight significant differences between the two leaders.

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Briefing: Brendan Carr clarifies comments on broadcast license threat

Strategic angle: FCC Chair Brendan Carr insists his remarks were misinterpreted and not aimed at punishing media coverage of the Iran war.

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Briefing: Oil price volatile as traders assess trajectory of Iran talks

Strategic angle: Donald Trump delays possible attack on Iranian regime’s energy plants until April 6 after bruising day on Wall Street

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Briefing: Winding down or spinning out of control? Trump's mixed signals on Iran rattle traditional allies

Strategic angle: As G-Seven foreign ministers root for the offramp in the Iran war, François Picard’s panel weighs the damage done to the region, to the world economy and to transatlantic trust.

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Briefing: Iran’s hardline new leaders take control

Strategic angle: US-Israeli assassinations have left a regime that looks more hawkish at home and abroad

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Briefing: US fixed 30-year mortgage rate jumps to six-month high as Iran war drags on

Strategic angle: The ongoing conflict in Iran has contributed to a significant rise in mortgage rates.

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Briefing: G7 meets in France to mend rupture with US on Middle East war

Strategic angle: Foreign ministers from the G7 are attending a two-day meeting outside Paris to address differences with the US regarding the Middle East conflict.

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Briefing: Iran war will spare no major economy, says OECD — but the UK is more vulnerable than others

Strategic angle: The U.K. is predicted to be worse hit by the Iran war than its developed market counterparts, the OECD said in its interim economic outlook on Thursday.

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Briefing: Iraq caught between US and Iran, facing attacks from both warring sides & Iran-aligned actors within

Strategic angle: Iraq navigates a precarious balance between two powerful allies amid escalating conflict.