The day’s serious news moved along two familiar tracks: war raised prices, and politics added more of them. Courts, cabinets and weather services then reminded everyone that domestic systems can strain just as quickly as foreign policy.

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The Middle East after Gaza

US airstrikes against Iran continued for a tenth night, and the Lebanese army began deploying into pilot zones, indicating a continuation of existing trends rather than a new escalation or de-escalation.

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