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IRAN-ISRAEL WAR: MILITARY ESCALATION AND GLOBAL ECONOMIC IMPACTBLIND SPOTS

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BY COUNTRYHow each country covers this story SIDE BY SIDETwo countries, one story TIMELINEHow the coverage evolvedWHAT'S LEFT OUTWhat some media leave out

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What each country's media omits, downplays, or underrepresents — and who covers those topics.

VIEWPOINT:

Apocalyptic dramatisation of the conflict as a civilisational turning point

Covered by GERMANY

Portrayal of Europe as a helpless collateral victim

Covered by GERMANY

Recasting an emergency economic intervention as democratic consensus

Covered by MEXICO

Promotion of ASEAN multilateralism as alternative to polarisation

Covered by SINGAPORE

Questioning of American source credibility

Covered by QATAR

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