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Appointing a new leader is the least of Iran’s troubles
Patrick Wintour
The election of Mojtaba Khamenei as the new Iranian supreme leader, succeeding his assassinated father, represents a symbolic and real triumph for conservative continuity at a time when the regime is under unprecedented challenge.
It also raises questions about how the hereditary principle complies with a revolutionary ideology formed in 1979 that never envisaged the post of supreme leader being passed from father to son.
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A man was killed and several more were injured in an airstrike fired toward central Israel on Monday, the Israeli emergency services, Magen David Adom, said.
It is unclear who launched the attack. Several people who were injure sustained their injuries as they made their way to a shelter, Magen David Adom said, including a 78-year-old man with a head injury.
The man who was killed was about 40 years old, according to Magen David Adom. From that same location, another man, also about 40 years old, was rushed to a hospital in serious condition.
Further to the scene at a construction site in central Israel, MDA EMTs and paramedics pronounced the death of a man, approximately 40 years old, and evacuated to Sheba Tel Hashomer Hospital a man, approximately 40 years old, in serious and unstable condition. pic.twitter.com/cmKg8rkk4u
— Magen David Adom (@Mdais) March 9, 2026
Two people were injured in two separate locations in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates after they were hit by debris from an intercepted airstrike, authorities posted on X on Monday.
The first person, a Jordanian national, suffered a minor injury while the second person, an Egyptian national, suffered a moderate one, the Abu Dhabi media office said.
تعاملت الجهات المختصة في إمارة أبوظبي مع حادثين نتيجة سقوط شظايا على موقعين، عقب الاعتراض الناجح من قبل الدفاعات الجوية. أسفر الحادث الأول عن تعرض شخص من الجنسية الأردنية لإصابة بسيطة، وأسفر الحادث الثاني عن تعرض شخص من الجنسية المصرية لإصابة متوسطة.
ونهيب بالجمهور استقاء…
— مكتب أبوظبي الإعلامي (@ADMediaOffice) March 9, 2026
Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of using white phosphorus weapons in Lebanon
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday said the Israeli military unlawfully fired white phosphorus munitions in the town of Yohmor in southern Lebanon.
The international NGO said its researchers made this determination after verifying and geolocating seven images showing airburst white phosphorus munitions deployed over a residential part of the town on 03 March.
White phosphorus is highly toxic, creating clouds of phosphorus pentoxide that then react with the moisture in the air – or in people’s lungs – to form phosphoric acid. It reacts violently with oxygen, meaning it can ignite and set fire to certain targets once released.
White phosphorus can be used by militaries to obscure operations and is not listed a chemical weapon under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), but use of it against humans in a civilian setting is considered a violation of Protocol III of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCCW).
“The Israeli military’s unlawful use of white phosphorus over residential areas is extremely alarming and will have dire consequences for civilians,” Ramzi Kaiss, Lebanon researcher at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement.
HRW has previously accused the IDF of using white phosphorus munitions in Gaza and Lebanon, which it denied. The IDF did not immediately respond to the Guardian on the HRW’s latest allegations.
G7 to discuss release of emergency oil reserves as price tops $100
Lauren Almeida
G7 finance ministers are preparing to discuss the release of emergency oil reserves, according to reports, after the US-Israel war with Iran sent the price of crude above $100 (£75) for the first time since 2022.
The ministers will discuss the release of the reserves in a call coordinated by the International Energy Agency (IEA), according to a report from the Financial Times.
The emergency meeting will take place at 8.30am New York time to discuss the impact of the Iran war, the FT reported, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
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Luca Ittimani
The surge in oil prices has triggered a stark sell-off across some of the world’s leading stock markets, raising concerns that the continuing US-Israeli war on Israel could set the stage for a global economic shock.
The Middle East conflict has sparked an energy supply crisis that could risk driving up inflation and interest rates, according to economists, who believe growth is set to weaken while prices rise. Fears of stagflation – where economic activity stagnates, but inflation increases – loom large.
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The Israeli military issued a new warning in Lebanon, calling for residents of the southern suburbs of Beirut to heed earlier evacuation orders.
Avichay Adraee, a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, posted on social media that the IDF will act “forcefully” against terrorist infrastructure belonging to Al-Qard al-Hassan in “the coming hours”.
Al-Qard Al-Hassan is a US-sanctioned financial organisation that Israel has accused of financing the Iran-backed Hezbollah. Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese bank with al-Qard al-Hassan, which became popular particularly in areas where Hezbollah operates following a 2019 banking crisis that saw commercial banks freeze accounts.
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Interim summary
In case you’re just tuning in to our live coverage, here’s a snapshot of the latest developments in the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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Fresh missile and drone strikes by Israel and Iran reverberated across the Middle East as the war entered its 10th day. The Israeli military said on Monday it had begun a wave of attacks in central Iran and had struck Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut.
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Iran and its proxies appeared to have launched attacks across the region. Those included reports of strikes targeting a US diplomatic facility near Baghdad’s international airport but being intercepted, a drone interception east of Saudi Arabia’s northern Jawf region, and thick smoke seen rising from the direction of the Bapco oil refinery in Bahrain.
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The US military reported a seventh American had died from wounds sustained during Iran’s initial counterattack. The Israeli military said two of its soldiers had been killed in southern Lebanon. The US-Israeli attacks have killed at least 1,332 Iranian civilians and wounded thousands, according to Iran’s UN ambassador.
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Turkey plans to deploy six F-16 fighter jets to northern Cyprus on Monday to bolster the defences of the Turkish community there, broadcaster NTV said, citing a civil aviation official from the breakaway Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
On Saturday a Turkish defence ministry source said Turkey was considering the deployment of F-16 aircraft to Cyprus, among other steps being taken to ensure the security of the Turkish Cypriot state as conflict spreads in the region, Reuters reported.
Bahrain’s Bapco declares force majeure after oil refinery attack
Bahrain’s state-owned energy company Bapco Energies has declared force majeure on its group operations after Iran attacked the country’s only oil refinery, news reports are saying.
A statement from the company said it “hereby serves notice of force majeure on its group operations which have been affected by the ongoing regional conflict in the Middle East and the recent attack on its refinery complex”.
Last week Qatar – the Gulf’s biggest liquefied natural gas producer – suspended activity at its facilities on Monday and declared force majeure on gas exports on Wednesday, freeing it from contractual obligations to its customers.
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