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Forecasters targeted as conspiracy theories swirl
The Guardian Weekly

Forecasters targeted as conspiracy theories swirl

Meteorologists tracking the advance of Hurricane Milton were targeted by a deluge of conspiracy theories that they were controlling the weather, abuse and even death threats, amid what they say is an unprecedented surge in misinformation as two major hurricanes hit the US.

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October 18, 2024
Tributes paid to ex-Scottish first minister Alex Salmond
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Tributes paid to ex-Scottish first minister Alex Salmond

Scotland's first minister John Swinney paid tribute to Alex Salmond's \"colossal contribution\" to Scottish and UK politics, as allies mourned his sudden death last Saturday, at the age of 69.

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October 18, 2024
Labour pledges have left chancellor boxed in for budget
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Labour pledges have left chancellor boxed in for budget

Frustration grows among ministers forced to delay plans until after Rachel Reeves speech

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October 18, 2024
Ballot boxing Stage set for a battle of the political dynasties
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Ballot boxing Stage set for a battle of the political dynasties

Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, 79, returned to politics last week when he registered to run as mayor in his family's stronghold, Davao city.

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October 18, 2024
How the Kremlin is trying to hijack an EU referendum
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How the Kremlin is trying to hijack an EU referendum

Last spring, customs officers in the tiny nation of Moldova struck gold.

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October 18, 2024
Fear of being forgotten Despair in Gaza as focus shifts away
The Guardian Weekly

Fear of being forgotten Despair in Gaza as focus shifts away

As Israeli bombs began to fall across Lebanon, the scenes of bloodshed and chaos were grimly familiar to the people of Gaza. Mai al-Afifa, 24, was teaching a workshop about how to identify unexploded ordnance in a school turned shelter in the central Gaza town of Deir al-Balah last Thursday when an Israeli missile hit the next building in the compound.

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October 18, 2024
"They take care of us' Shias put their faith in Hezbollah
The Guardian Weekly

"They take care of us' Shias put their faith in Hezbollah

When the Sabra family fled bombardments in Israeli the southern Lebanese town of Marjayoun for Beirut's southern suburbs in October last year, a monthly stipend in dollars from Hezbollah meant they did not fear going hungry.

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October 18, 2024
You gotta let people know who you are' On the campaign trail with Kamala Harris
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You gotta let people know who you are' On the campaign trail with Kamala Harris

With election day closing in, the Democratic nominee launched an intense drive to tell her story in her quest for the presidency. David Smith joined her on Air Force Two

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October 18, 2024
The erosion of Britain's history has nothing to do with statues
The Guardian Weekly

The erosion of Britain's history has nothing to do with statues

The People's Story Museum in Edinburgh is a part of the city's cultural fabric whose name says it all: a museum and archive, opened in 1989 and located in the 16th-century Canongate Tolbooth, that takes in just about every aspect of working-class life in the Scottish capital from the 18th century to the late 20th century. Its exhibits include recreations of a bookbinder's workshop, a wartime kitchen and a jail cell; the artefacts it looks after span work, leisure, politics, protest and more.

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October 11, 2024
Bullet from the blue: Six decades of Japan's wonder train
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Bullet from the blue: Six decades of Japan's wonder train

At 6am on 1 October 1964, two trains set off in opposite directions in a daring experiment that would turn them into symbols of Japan's transformation from militarist pariah to global economic powerhouse.

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October 11, 2024
Employees hit back over long-hours corporate culture
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Employees hit back over long-hours corporate culture

For the average Indian, the working week is now longer than ever - totalling almost 47 hours.

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October 11, 2024
Lucky numbers? The secrets of serendipity
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Lucky numbers? The secrets of serendipity

Luck is often framed in terms of things that happen in our livesbut perhaps we should feel most fortunate for the fact we're here at all

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October 11, 2024
Defensive bastion of Vuhledar falls to Russia
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Defensive bastion of Vuhledar falls to Russia

Ukraine has said that its forces have withdrawn from the eastern city of Vuhledar, a defensive bastion that had resisted repeated attacks since Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion.

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October 11, 2024
Divided opposition rocked by Navalny ally attack claim
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Divided opposition rocked by Navalny ally attack claim

When Leonid Volkov, a longtime associate of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, was brutally attacked with a hammer outside his home in Lithuania in March, it initially seemed yet another case of the Kremlin hunting down its enemies abroad.

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October 11, 2024
White House blasts false claims about deadly storm
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White House blasts false claims about deadly storm

The White House moved last weekend to quash claims that government officials control the weather, including a far-fetched rumour circulating on social media that Hurricane Helene was an engineered storm to allow corporations to mine lithium deposits.

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October 11, 2024
Residents pick up the pieces after hurricane devastation
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Residents pick up the pieces after hurricane devastation

After keeping vigil all night, Fesperman, 32, Jason decided it was finally safe to sleep. By 6am on Friday 27 September, he figured the worst of the rain from Hurricane Helene had passed. Jonathan Creek, the normally ankle-deep stream that runs through his backyard in Maggie Valley, North Carolina, had stayed within its banks.

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October 11, 2024
Short-term gains: Lack of vision in multi-fronted war may be fatally exposed
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Short-term gains: Lack of vision in multi-fronted war may be fatally exposed

As Israelis approached the holy days of Rosh Hashanah last week, the news began to circulate. IDF units fighting on the border with Lebanon had taken casualties.

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October 11, 2024
I'm bracing for the worst'?
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I'm bracing for the worst'?

Beirut's youth adjust to an emptied city

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October 11, 2024
Grief and pain amid the echoes of Israel's 'war of resurrection'
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Grief and pain amid the echoes of Israel's 'war of resurrection'

Crowds gathered at the site of the Nova festival and across Israel to mourn victims of the 7 October Hamas attack, even as new fears grew of a spiralling regional conflict

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October 11, 2024
The war will not end until Israel sees the cost of its destruction
The Guardian Weekly

The war will not end until Israel sees the cost of its destruction

AT THE START OF ISRAEL'S WAR on Gaza, when the intensive bombing of civilians began, the thought in my mind was: how will we Palestinians live with the Israelis after this? A year later, the question has only become more pertinent.

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October 11, 2024
Israel-Gaza One year on: A chasm between viewpoints
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Israel-Gaza One year on: A chasm between viewpoints

YOU'LL BE AHEAD OF ME ON THIS ONE. By the time you read this, it's possible that Israel will have hit back in response to the ballistic missiles that Iran fired on Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other cities last Tuesday. As I write, the world is bracing itself for that expected Israeli retaliation and what threatens to be an all-out regional war, pitting the Middle East's dominant powers against each other.

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October 11, 2024
Secular elite question their place in Israel's future
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Secular elite question their place in Israel's future

Conflict accelerates a brain drain of liberals uneasy over the rise of religious influence

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October 11, 2024
'I fear I will lose one of my children or more of my family'
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'I fear I will lose one of my children or more of my family'

Gazan families mourn their dead and remember their lives before the war

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October 11, 2024
Weathering the storm
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Weathering the storm

Despite deep unpopularity outside his rightwing base, Benjamin Netanyahu continues to use war and political divisions to his advantage

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October 11, 2024
'It felt like death was chasing us everywhere we went' One family's journey across Gaza
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'It felt like death was chasing us everywhere we went' One family's journey across Gaza

The artist Maisara Baroud and his family have been displaced 12 times since the start of the Israel-Gaza war. He describes their journey and the impact of the fighting

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October 11, 2024
Israel isolated by year of war
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Israel isolated by year of war

For many Israelis, the shedding of support since 7 October attack has revived a belief they cannot rely on others

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October 11, 2024
DNA sheds new light on victim of doomed Arctic trip
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DNA sheds new light on victim of doomed Arctic trip

For more than a century, the bones of sailors who joined polar explorer Sir John Franklin's ill-fated Northwest Passage expedition lay scattered on the rocky shores of an Arctic island.

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October 04, 2024
Singer's case highlights rising crisis in online gambling
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Singer's case highlights rising crisis in online gambling

In less than 24 hours, Gusttavo Lima, one of the most famous Brazilian country singers, sang at a rodeo in rural São Paulo state, watched Akon perform at the Rock in Rio festival, jetted to Miami - and became the target of an arrest warrant on suspicion of money laundering.

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October 04, 2024
Repeated risk Targeting of Hezbollah leaders has yet to deal group a fatal blow
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Repeated risk Targeting of Hezbollah leaders has yet to deal group a fatal blow

In 1992, Israeli media celebrated an assassination.

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October 04, 2024
Be a batch maker: cook-ahead ideas for effortless meals and treats
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Be a batch maker: cook-ahead ideas for effortless meals and treats

Cook-once, eat-all-week recipes are a godsend, just so long as they're versatile. \"I would roast a load of tomatoes to make sauce,\" says Jess Elliott Dennison, author of Midweek Recipes. \"You get that fresh flavour.\"

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October 04, 2024