Start your day informed with the AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top stories for 22 March, covering the latest developments you need to know.
HMS Anson, a British nuclear-powered submarine armed with Tomahawk cruise missiles, has reportedly taken up position in the Arabian Sea, giving the UK the capability to launch long-range strikes if regional conflict escalates. The deployment follows Downing Street’s authorisation for the U.S. to use British bases against Iranian targets threatening the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran reported an attack on its Natanz nuclear enrichment site to the IAEA, with no increase in off-site radiation levels detected, and signalled it will allow Japan-linked vessels safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. In response, Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran would intensify.
The U.S. President’s Board of Peace has presented Hamas with a written proposal to disarm, sources say, as Washington presses ahead with its plan for Gaza’s future. The initiative, discussed in Cairo meetings last week, would see Israeli troops withdraw and reconstruction begin only after Hamas lays down its weapons, though the group has so far resisted any disarmament.
Cuba has firmly denied that President Miguel Díaz-Canel’s term or the country’s political system was discussed in talks with the United States, rejecting reports that Washington sought his removal. Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossio stressed that no Cuban official is up for negotiation, as Díaz-Canel warned of possible U.S. aggression amid ongoing tensions.
Robert Mueller, the former FBI director and special counsel whose 2017–2019 investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election defined much of Donald Trump’s presidency, has died at the age of 81. A decorated Vietnam War veteran and lifelong public servant, Mueller was widely respected for his integrity, discipline, and dedication to the rule of law.
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won the presidential runoff vote on Sunday, the...
France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen has formally launched her presidential campaign, promising to restore order and national confidence a...
Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic has conceded defeat to the student-led protest movement in parliamentary elections o...
Around 11,000 people joined a demonstration in Orléans on Saturday against the National Rally congress, according to the local prefecture.
Typhoon Champi swept past Taiwan on Saturday, leaving one person dead and more than 500 injured as strong winds and torrential rain brought down trees, cut power and disrupted transport across the island.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday described a deadly shooting in the towns of Trappes and La Verrière, west of Paris, as a racist attack and ‘a turning point’ for the country.
Israeli forces have maintained a tight closure on Hebron in the occupied West Bank for a second day, with Palestinian media reporting home raids, mass detentions and dozens of residents forced outside following a shooting incident the day before.
German police have detained a suspect after a major fire broke out at the historic Kehlsteinhaus, known as the “Eagle’s Nest”, a mountain retreat once used by senior Nazi officials, including Adolf Hitler.
France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen has formally launched her presidential campaign, promising to restore order and national confidence amid what she called mounting economic, social and security crises.
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won the presidential runoff vote on Sunday, the country's electoral court said, defeating right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro to secure an unprecedented fourth non-consecutive term.
Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic has conceded defeat to the student-led protest movement in parliamentary elections on Sunday.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has returned to the South American nation almost a year after she secretly left the country to travel to Norway for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.
Riot police fired tear gas at protesters in France’s largest cities and more than 1,300 people were arrested during demonstrations against the rising cost of living on Saturday (24 October). Police also used a water cannon on a group of around 500 hooded youths in Paris, after the main rally ended.
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