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People on sun loungers beside a pool in Dubai.

Opinion: Iran Has Shattered the Emirates’ Carefully Curated Image

Ash Sarkar

Westerners - once welcomed and coddled by the United Arab Emirates - are now falling foul of authoritarian laws for sharing footage of Iranian airstrikes, writes Ash Sarkar.

Opinion: Keir Starmer Is Too Spineless to Keep UK Out of Iran War

Harriet Williamson

The prime minister reckons he’s learnt from the mistakes of Iraq, but his decision to let the US use UK military bases for attacks on Iranian missile sites says different, argues Harriet Williamson.

Mid-18th century fresco depicting the Virgin Mary and child Christ in the church of Agios Giorgos in Proastio, Outer Mani, Greece. Alamy/Reuters

Report: Open University U-Turns on ‘Ancient Palestine’ Ban

Harriet Williamson

In December, the Open University told UK Lawyers for Israel it would stop using the term ‘ancient Palestine’ in teaching materials. Following a public outcry, the university now says the term isn't actually banned at all. Harriet Williamson reports.

Report: UK Gave £90k to Sexual Violence Report Central to Israel’s Genocide Propaganda

Rivkah Brown

Exclusive: The Foreign Office funded a sexual violence report subsequently used in a £33m Israeli campaign to whitewash its genocide in Gaza. Rivkah Brown reports.

Demonstrators step on a poster of US president Donald Trump during a protest against Israel and the US’s strikes on Iran, following the killing of late Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, outside the US embassy in Ankara, Turkey, 1 March 2026. Reuters/Efekan Akyuz

Opinion: When Has Western Intervention in the Middle East Ever Gone Well?

Steven Methven

The likeliest outcome of the US and Israel’s illegal attacks on Iran is destabilisation in the region and beyond, argues Steven Methven.

A protester arrested for holding a sign saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action" in Parliament Square in August. Photo: Martin Pope / SOPA Images

Report: Palestine Solidarity Systemically Targeted in Britain, Data Shows

Joshua Carroll

Opponents of Israel’s genocide have been systemically targeted by pro-Israel groups, rightwing media, police and the education system, new data shows. Joshua Carroll reports.

Report: Arsenal Kitman Sacked Over Israel Posts Did Not Breach FA Rules

Joshua Carroll

Exclusive: Mark Bonnick was fired after being accused of antisemitism for pro-Palestine social media posts – but an email seen by Novara Media shows English football’s governing body found no wrongdoing.

Protesters hold signs outside the High Court, after judges ruled the British government’s decision to designate pro‑Palestinian group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation unlawful, in London, Britain, 13 February 2026. Reuters/Jaimi Joy

Feature: Palestine Action Has Defeated the Government: What Happens Next?

Harriet Williamson

The group’s proscription as a terrorist organisation was unlawful and ‘disproportionate’, judges have ruled. But the fight isn’t quite over yet. Harriet Williamson reports.

Report: Government Terrorism Adviser Casts Doubt on Palestine Action Iran Link

Rivkah Brown & Simon Childs

In a forthcoming Channel 4 documentary, the government’s independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, Jonathan Hall KC, says he’s “not aware” of any evidence behind the government’s claims that Palestine Action is linked to Hamas and Iran. Rivkah Brown and Simon Childs report.

Novara Live: USA at Boiling Point: the ICE Murder Backlash

Donald Trump has sacked his border chief, Gregory Bovino – but rage at the killing of a second US citizen continues to engulf the country. Plus: Matthew Goodwin has been announced as Reform’s candidate in a forthcoming by-election, TikTok users report that anti-Trump content is being suppressed, and a certain right-wing conspiracy theory is back. […]

Novara Live: Donald Trump Tells Iranian Protesters “Help Is on Its Way”

Donald Trump has again signalled US intervention in Iran, and an Iranian security official has estimated the death toll from ongoing protests to be 2000. Plus: Concerns grow for the health of Palestine Action hunger strikers. With Aaron Bastani, Kieran Andrieu & Séamus Malekafzali.