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telegraph.co.uk > world-news > 02/16/2026 > iran-navy-drills-control-hormuz-strait

Iran launches navy drills to ‘control’ Strait of Hormuz

just now  (35+ words) Iran launches navy drills to "control" Strait of Hormuz'The Telegraph Tehran"s response to Trump"s growing armada risks disruption in global oil chokepoint Akhtar Makoii is a foreign correspondentfor The Telegraph based in London...

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telegraph.co.uk > news > 02/16/2026 > palestinian-uses-echr-to-avoid-gazan-refugee-ban

Palestinian uses ECHR to avoid Gazan refugee ban

1+ hour, 50+ min ago  (262+ words) Mother wins right to join son and daughter in Britain in decision that "could open floodgates" A Gazan mother has won the right to move to Britain in an immigration decision that could allow more Palestinian refugees to follow. The…...

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telegraph.co.uk > opinion > 02/16/2026 > starmers-forced-u-turn-elections-double-victory-for-reform

A forced but welcome U-turn on cancelling elections

2+ hour, 45+ min ago  (419+ words) The move follows The Telegraph's campaign against Labour's attack on democracy Having spent weeks defending its decision to cancel elections to around 30 local councils in England, the Government has unexpectedly abandoned the idea in the latest U-turn staged by No10. This…...

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telegraph.co.uk > news > 02/16/2026 > starmer-u-turns-on-cancelling-local-elections

Starmer abandons plan to cancel local elections

3+ hour, 31+ min ago  (411+ words) Prime Minister's latest U-turn follows a Telegraph campaign against the decision to delay votes for 30 councils Sir Keir Starmer has abandoned plans to cancel local elections in May. Elections in 30 local authorities will now go ahead, reversing a previous decision…...

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telegraph.co.uk > politics > 02/15/2026 > national-security-adviser-jonathan-powell-departure

Chagos deal architect ‘considers No 10 exit’

20+ hour, 54+ min ago  (595+ words) National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell could depart this year " leaving another hole in Starmer's team The architect of the Chagos Islands deal is reportedly on the verge of stepping down as Sir Keir Starmer's National Security Adviser. Jonathan Powell is…...

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telegraph.co.uk > politics > 02/15/2026 > starmer-must-come-clean-over-labour-activists-smear-campaig

Starmer under fire over Labour group’s journalist smears

1+ day, 5+ min ago  (1451+ words) PM facing calls to sever ties with think tank previously run by Morgan McSweeney over anti-journalist investigation Sir Keir Starmer is under pressure to sever all ties with an influential Labour group accused of a smear campaign against journalists. The…...

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telegraph.co.uk > news > 02/15/2026 > prue-leith-researching-suicide-assisted-dying-bill-lords

Prue Leith: I am planning suicide in case assisted dying is not passed

1+ day, 33+ min ago  (741+ words) Bake Off judge anxious to avoid the same "agonising" death of her cancer-stricken brother Dame Prue Leith has said she is "plotting and planning" her suicide in case the assisted dying bill is not passed soon. The chef and entrepreneur…...

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telegraph.co.uk > world-news > 02/15/2026 > putin-moving-nuclear-missiles-to-eu-border

Putin ‘moving nuclear missiles’ to EU border

1+ day, 36+ min ago  (176+ words) West must "pay more attention to what's happening in Belarus', says exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Vladimir Putin is moving nuclear missiles to the border of the European Union, Belarus's exiled opposition leader has warned. In an interview with The…...

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telegraph.co.uk > politics > 02/15/2026 > cherie-blair-tony-better-at-politics-than-marriage

Cherie Blair: Tony is better at politics than marriage

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (815+ words) Former PM's wife suggests romance not his strong suit and that he made a mistake in not blocking Gordon Brown as successor Sir Tony Blair is better at politics than he is as a husband, his wife Cherie Blair has…...

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telegraph.co.uk > news > 02/15/2026 > labour-grooming-gangs-scandal-courts

Is Labour trying to cover up fresh revelations about the grooming gangs scandal?

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (422+ words) The Ministry of Justice has ordered the deletion of millions of court case records Katie Lam is the Conservative MP for Weald of Kent, which is a new constituency created after the 2023 boundary review. She currently serves in the Opposition…...