Sudanese migrant Mohammed Abdulraziq has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl after kidnapping her off the streets of multicultural Birmingham.
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This page is an archive of main headlines from the UK for 18.03.2026.
It displays 78 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
18.03.2026 ⇢ The Day Khatib Was Killed and Qatar's Gas Field Burned
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Morning coverage focused on Israel's strikes in central Beirut and US targeting of Iranian missile sites, following Iran's vow to avenge Ali Larijani's death from the previous day. By midday, editorial emphasis shifted decisively to Israel's claim to have killed Iran's intelligence minister Esmail Khatib in those Beirut strikes, with Iran confirming the death in later reports. Throughout the afternoon, coverage consolidated around Iran's vow to retaliate for the attack on its South Pars gas field, which triggered oil price surges. Evening reports detailed Iran's retaliatory strikes on Qatar's Ras Laffan gas facility, causing extensive damage, while Trump threatened to abandon allies in the Strait of Hormuz.
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07:25⇢Larijani's Death Confirmed
⌨UK media reports focus on escalating US-Iran tensions, with multiple outlets covering the confirmed death of Iranian security chief Ali Larijani and Trump's criticism of UK allies (BBC News, The Guardian, The Independent, The Mirror, Sky News, Channel 4 News, Spiked, Breitbart London, Morning Star Online). Several sources also report on a meningitis outbreak declared a national incident (The Times, Metro).
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BBC
Israel strikes central Beirut as US targets Iran's missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz
The US military says it used "deep penetrator munitions" to hit the missile sites, as Tehran launches deadly strikes against Israel.
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Ali Larijani killed in an Israeli strike; Israeli military calls for evacuations in central Beirut as it targets Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah
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HuffPost UK
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UK | Luke Alsford
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UK | Luke Alsford
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UK | Noora Mykkanen
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The Green Party’s newest MP lives in her own pastel-coloured, CBeebies bubble.
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09:01⇢Beirut's Central Strike
⌨UK media reports focus on escalating Middle East conflict, with multiple outlets covering Israeli strikes in central Beirut and US targeting of Iranian missile sites, following Iran's vow to avenge the killing of security chief Ali Larijani (BBC News, The Guardian, The Times, The Independent, New Statesman). Several sources also report on a meningitis outbreak in Kent, with cases rising to 20 (Evening Standard, Sky News, Metro).
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Britain was built on seapower and is the “nation of Nelson” but has been emasculated and humiliated on the world stage by its own government.
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IDF calls for evacuations in central Beirut with Lebanese health ministry reporting 12 people killed
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The Spectator
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The Guardian
Israeli defence minister says Esmail Khatib has been killed after death of Larijani; Lebanese health ministry reporting 12 people have died on Wednesday
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BBC
Israel says it has killed Iran's intelligence minister in overnight strike
Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz says Esmail Khatib has been "eliminated". Iran has not yet commented.
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Desperate journalists are trying to revive the fear and dread of the Covid era.
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13:40⇢Khatib's Beirut Elimination
⌨UK media reports focus on escalating Middle East conflict, with multiple outlets covering Israel's claim to have killed Iran's intelligence minister Esmail Khatib in strikes on central Beirut and Iranian missile strikes targeting UAE bases hosting RAF personnel (BBC News, The Guardian, Sky News, The Times, The Independent, The Spectator, Daily Mail). Several sources also report on a meningitis outbreak with cases rising to 20 and private vaccine shortages (Evening Standard, Metro, Spiked).
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Masoud Pezeshkian confirms that Esmail Khatib has been killed; Lebanese health ministry reporting 12 people have died on Wednesday
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BBC
Iran confirms intelligence minister killed after Israeli strike
Iran's president confirms Esmail Khatib has been killed after Israel earlier said he has been "eliminated" in an overnight attack.
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BBC
Iran confirms intelligence minister killed in Israeli strike
Iran's president confirms Esmail Khatib has been killed after Israel earlier said he has been "eliminated" in an overnight attack.
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Strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field was approved by Trump administration says report; Esmail Khatib confirmed killed
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Iran says it will retaliate after reports say Israel attacked major gas field
Iranian media says no-one was injured in the attack on the world's largest natural gas field.
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UK | Noora Mykkanen
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Breitbart UK
A scathing behind-the-scenes book detailing the Labour Party-run Downing Street has revealed that government insiders view Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer as nothing more than a walking and breathing automaton with no principles, beliefs, or semblance of intellect.
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16:34⇢Iran's Gas Field Vengeance Vow
⌨UK media reports focus on escalating Middle East conflict, with multiple outlets covering Iran's vow to retaliate after Israel attacked the South Pars gas field and killed intelligence minister Esmail Khatib, triggering oil price surges and US coordination claims (BBC News, The Guardian, Sky News, The Times, The Independent, Daily Mail, The Spectator, New Statesman, Channel 4 News, Morning Star Online). Several sources also report on a meningitis outbreak spreading to a second university amid vaccine rollout issues (Evening Standard, Metro, Spiked).
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His new Netflix film fails to interrogate why boys feel they’re being pushed towards the Andrew Tate types.
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Revolutionary Guards say they will strike infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar after South Pars field hit
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Spiked
Grooming-gangs whistleblower Maggie Oliver on what she saw in Rochdale.
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Channel 4
For the first time, we’ve obtained raw ambulance callout data on 1.3 million ambulance journeys in the West Midlands.
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BBC
'Extensive damage' at Qatar industrial site as Iran retaliates for strike on gas field
Qatar's Ras Laffan refinery was among a list of sites Iran threatened had become targets after an earlier attack on its South Pars gas field facilities.
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20:05⇢Qatar's Gas Field in Flames
⌨UK media reports focus on escalating Middle East conflict, with multiple outlets covering Iran's retaliatory strikes on Qatar's Ras Laffan gas facility following earlier attacks on its South Pars field, causing extensive damage and oil price surges (BBC News, The Guardian, Sky News, The Times, Daily Mail, The Independent). Several sources also report on Trump threatening to abandon allies in the Strait of Hormuz (The Independent, The Spectator).
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