War is spreading across the Middle East. There is an alternative: leader, page 9. America makes a big push to end the war in Gaza. And maybe bring a lasting peace too, page 35. The case for bailing out Egypt: leader, page 11, and analysis, page 38. Despite a threat to one of its main trade routes, China prefers to sit out the Red Sea's security crisis, page 31

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