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Bridge clear up crucial to national economy

Crews of engineers have begun the dangerous and intricate job of removing the mangled wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge from the Patapsco River outside Baltimore, as top federal government and Maryland state officials stressed that the health of the US national economy depended on it.

Gulag survivors given voice at Venice Biennale

When Petko Ogoyski was released from communist Bulgaria's gulag in 1953, he built a sixstorey memorial tower in his home village of Chepintsi.

'New future' Opposition sweeps to victory in local polls

Turkey's main opposition party dealt an unexpected blow to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's rule last Sunday with a sweeping victory in local elections, maintaining control of major cities including the capital, Ankara, and Istanbul, where Ekrem İmamoğlu secured a second term as mayor.

Games threat Paris on alert for Olympics attacks

The French interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, met intelligence services to assess the terrorist threat to the country, after the Moscow concert hall attack claimed by Islamic State (IS) raised fresh security fears over the Paris Olympics.

IS affiliates could launch new wave of terror on the west

Islamic State (IS) remains defeated in its core strongholds of the Middle East but has made significant progress in Africa and parts of south Asia, winning territory and resources that could serve as a launchpad for a new campaign of extremist violence, analysts and officials believe.

Legal challenge Scale of suffering will make war crimes claims harder to deny

Israel has faced questions about whether its war on Hamas inside Gaza broke international law ever since the first few days of the campaign, when it cut off all food, water and fuel shipments to the enclave.

Excuses have run out' Thousands call for PM's removal

Demonstrators join families of hostages in cities across the country and vow to persist until Netanyahu is ousted

Has anything changed?

When the US allowed a UN ceasefi re resolution to pass, it marked a shift in Washington’s support for Israel as doubts about the conduct of the war and its legality have grown

Blind Spot Did Russian Intelligence Neglect The Islamist Threat?

As Russia observed a day of mourning last Sunday for the victims of the terror attack two days earlier, along with the sorrow came the hard question that follows most similar incidents: how could this have happened?

After Horror In Moscow, A Cynical Blame Game Takes Shape

The woman lay in a hospital bed, staring straight toward the ceiling.

Young people Dwindling prospects may lead to a beaten generation

Something is going wrong for young people between the ages of 15 and 24 across Europe, the US and Australia.

Trump fans the flames for mayhem in test of US democracy

The end of democracy, riotsin the streets Donald Trump has made such apocalyptic imagery a defining feature of his presidential election campaign, warning that if he does not win and avoid criminal prosecution America will enter its death throes.

Sunken treasure The battle to raise the San José

A Spanish galleon that was sunk in the 18th century has been at the centre of a dispute over who has rights to the wreck and its estimated $17bn in booty

Workers deported from Saudi Arabia tell of abuse

Among the joyful family reunions at the arrivals gate at Dhaka's international air-port, one group of travellers stands out.

On a bench, in sunshine: how Kate dropped her bombshell

There was no carpet of roses outside Windsor Castle last Saturday, no bunches of daffodils blocking the entrance to Kensington Palace - just an occasional bouquet.

'Full gamut' China hacking threat goes beyond raid on voters' data

In March last year an integrated review of the UK's defence and foreign policy said it would protect the country's \"democratic freedoms\" from Chinese state attacks.

UN ceasefire resolution is a painful moment for Tel Aviv

Diplomacy occasionally has the capacity to surprise, and when it does it often portends a deep shift.

Pocket full of poison An urgent and persuasive warning about the toll of 'phone-based childhoods' that miss out on many enriching activities

At the start of the 2010s, rates of teenage mental illness took a sharp upward turn, and they have been rising ever since.

Damien Hirst has sawn his electrifying past in half

The pioneering British artist changed my life-but by creating new works and backdating them to his nineties golden era, he has cast doubt on his legacy

Garrick row shows up the dinosaurs desperate to shut women out

Last week, the woman likely to become Britain's first female chancellor was invited to give a lecture at the heart of the economic establishment.

I advised US on the next pandemic.But what I learned is alarming

Four years on from the first Covid lockdown, life feels to be largely back to normal, although legacies of the pandemic remain.

SUMMON MY AGENT!

THE CELEBRITY AGENT MARK ROESLER is telling me about a new client he's just taken on - a big name with global reach.

THE ENIGMA OF HAMAS

How Israeli, Palestinian and US political actors understand Hamas is not merely a theoretical question it will determine how an end to the war can be found

'Here, there is no future'

Almost a year since conflict reignited in Sudan, its terrified people are crossing borders to Chad and beyond. An increasing number are trying to reach Europe as food supplies dwindle in the refugee camps and the eyes of the world look elsewhere

In Britain's Degraded Politics, Fighting Racism Is A Cynical Game Gary Younge

'The very serious function of racism is distraction," Toni Morrison argued in a lecture in Portland, Oregon, in 1975. "It keeps you from doing your work.

Growing Rift Why IVF Court Ruling Has Split GOP On Abortion

There is a growing rift in the long marriage between anti-abortion activists and Republican lawmakers.

Misleading messaging for fans is Taylor-made

Beforeanote from the next album has been heard, Swifties have turned sleuths, spreading baseless allegations about its assumed subjects

Romantic fiction: our addiction to swiping makes us miserable Georgina Lawton

On Valentine's Day this year, a lawsuit was brought by six people in the US against Match Group, the company behind dating apps such as Tinder, Hinge and Match. The suit blames dating apps for game-like tactics that, they say, contribute to addictive behaviour, making miserable swiping addicts of us all.

Putin may have been 're-elected', but Ukraine could yet topple him Timothy Garton Ash

Vladimir Putin has been \"re-elected\" president of Russia. In truth, Russian voters had no genuine choice last weekend, since Putin has killed his most formidable opponent, Alexei Navalny, and ordered the disqualification of any other candidate who presented even a small chance of genuine competition.

Facing Arizona

The state Republican party is undaunted by electoral defeats for those claiming voting is rigged - and election officials are bearing the brunt of their fury in the place that has become the ground zero of Trump's big lie