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Pete Hegseth guarantees Iran will ‘surrender’ as oil prices soar past $100 a barrel driven by war: Live updates

By SAM LAWLEY, NEWS REPORTER and ADAM POGRUND, REPORTER and NOOR QURASHI, NEWS REPORTER and MELISSA KOENIG, US REPORTER Updated: 06:35 EDT, 9 March 2026 US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth…

Iranian women’s football team signal ‘SOS’ from bus taking them back home after being branded ‘traitors’ for refusing to sing national anthem

Members of the Iranian women’s football team made ‘SOS signals’ as they returned home from Australia, social media posts have claimed after they were branded ‘traitors’ by their country for refusing to…

The ‘Welshman’ on death row: Man who raped and murdered nurse has spent 30 years waiting to be executed in Florida

A man of Welsh descent nicknamed the ‘Florida Strangler’ who raped and murdered a nurse in 1992 has spent three decades on death row awaiting his fate. Roderick Orme, 64,…

Brits ‘face highest EVER petrol pump prices’ as Middle East crisis deepens with FTSE slumping… but Trump says spiralling energy bills are ‘small price to pay’ for taming Iran

Brits are being urged to drive less today amid fears the Middle East crisis will send pump prices to record highs. Saudi Arabia – the biggest oil supplier in the…

Andrew’s former PA says she would speak to police about her time serving ex-prince

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s former private assistant says she would be happy to speak to the police about her time serving the ex-royal, who is under investigation for suspected misconduct in public…

Alabama governor SPARES death row inmate, 75, at last minute because he didn’t pull the trigger that killed murder victim

The governor of Alabama made a last-minute decision to spare a 75-year-old inmate from execution because he wasn’t the one who pulled the trigger on the gun that killed a father…

Royal Navy FINALLY sets sail to defend Cyprus after the island condemned Starmer for lack of protection from Iranian attacks… and after French aircraft carrier arrived

By DAVID WILCOCK, DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR Published: 12:25 EDT, 10 March 2026 | Updated: 16:23 EDT, 10 March 2026 Royal Navy warship HMS Dragon has finally left Portsmouth to travel to…

David Lammy’s ‘soft justice’ reform of jury trials is backed by MPs in first Commons hurdle after Labour MP condemned curbs in emotional speech about being raped

David Lammy’s ‘soft justice’ reforms of jury trials have been supported by MPs who voted by a majority of 101 to pass the bill at its first Commons hurdle.  Tonight’s decision…

Staggering number of US troops wounded in Trump’s Iran war

By ROSS IBBETSON, ASSOCIATE EDITOR Published: 14:23 EDT, 10 March 2026 | Updated: 22:57 EDT, 10 March 2026 More than 140 US troops have been wounded in the Iran war,…

Iran will be hit ‘at a level never seen before’ if they place mines in Strait of Hormuz, White House warns as Trump says he is ‘not afraid’ to use military force to keep passage open and Tehran faces ‘most intense’ day of strikes: Live updates

By SAM LAWLEY, NEWS REPORTER and JAMIE BULLEN, LIVE COVERAGE EDITOR and RACHEL BOWMAN, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER and MELISSA KOENIG, US REPORTER Updated: 04:24 EDT, 11 March 2026 A…