Jonathan Yerushalmy is Guardian Australia's UK/US site editor
December 2024
2024: Year of elections
Did democracy survive the 2024 global election marathon?
From India to Venezuela and Senegal to the US, democracy was tested, as more people voted than in any year before
November 2024
US politics live with Chris Stein
Trump health secretary choice is ‘courting catastrophe’, says rights group – as it happened
Trump 2.0: are his cabinet picks more extreme than in 2016?
What’s behind the global political divide between young men and women?
US politics live
Trump reportedly tells Putin to not escalate war in Ukraine – as it happened
Full Story
Bonus episode: US election count update – Full Story podcast
US politics live
Millions of Americans cast their ballots – as it happened
October 2024
Middle East crisis live
Southern Beirut hit by airstrikes – as it happened
Middle East crisis live
Hezbollah claims to have hit Tel Aviv factory – as it happened
Middle East crisis live
Four Israeli soldiers killed in Hezbollah drone attack – as it happened
Middle East crisis live
Middle East crisis: Lammy to visit Bahrain and Jordan – as it happened
Middle East crisis live
US warns Israel not to attack Beirut airport – as it happened
Middle East crisis live
Gulf states call on international community to fulfil responsibilities in the region – as it happened
Middle East crisis live
US defence secretary tells Israeli counterpart Iran attack an ‘outrageous act of aggression’ – as it happened
Middle East crisis live
US secretary of defence warns of ‘serious consequences’ for Iran if it attacks Israel or exploits tensions – as it happened
September 2024
Middle East crisis live
Strike on central Beirut as Lebanon death toll passes 100 – as it happened
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Israel strikes Lebanon and Yemen: what we know so far
Israel’s military has struck more targets in Yemen and Lebanon, including a strike on central Beirut for the first time since 2006, in the wake of Friday’s killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah
Middle East crisis live
Middle East crisis threatens Lebanon’s ‘very existence’, foreign minister tells UN – as it happened
Middle East crisis live
US and France working on Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire plan – as it happened
Middle East crisis live
Middle East crisis: Hezbollah confirms death of senior commander – as it happened