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IS affiliates could launch new wave of terror on the west
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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.

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April 05, 2024
Legal challenge Scale of suffering will make war crimes claims harder to deny
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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.

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April 05, 2024
Excuses have run out' Thousands call for PM's removal
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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

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April 05, 2024
Has anything changed?
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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

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April 05, 2024
Blind Spot Did Russian Intelligence Neglect The Islamist Threat?
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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?

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March 29, 2024
After Horror In Moscow, A Cynical Blame Game Takes Shape
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After Horror In Moscow, A Cynical Blame Game Takes Shape

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

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March 29, 2024
Young people Dwindling prospects may lead to a beaten generation
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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.

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March 29, 2024
Trump fans the flames for mayhem in test of US democracy
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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.

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March 29, 2024
Sunken treasure The battle to raise the San José
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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

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March 29, 2024
Workers deported from Saudi Arabia tell of abuse
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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.

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March 29, 2024
On a bench, in sunshine: how Kate dropped her bombshell
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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.

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March 29, 2024
'Full gamut' China hacking threat goes beyond raid on voters' data
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'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.

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March 29, 2024
UN ceasefire resolution is a painful moment for Tel Aviv
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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.

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March 29, 2024
Pocket full of poison An urgent and persuasive warning about the toll of 'phone-based childhoods' that miss out on many enriching activities
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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.

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March 29, 2024
Damien Hirst has sawn his electrifying past in half
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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

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March 29, 2024
Garrick row shows up the dinosaurs desperate to shut women out
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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.

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March 29, 2024
I advised US on the next pandemic.But what I learned is alarming
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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.

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March 29, 2024
SUMMON MY AGENT!
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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.

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March 29, 2024
THE ENIGMA OF HAMAS
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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

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March 29, 2024
'Here, there is no future'
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'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

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March 29, 2024
In Britain's Degraded Politics, Fighting Racism Is A Cynical Game Gary Younge
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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.

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March 22, 2024
Growing Rift Why IVF Court Ruling Has Split GOP On Abortion
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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.

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March 22, 2024
Misleading messaging for fans is Taylor-made
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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

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March 22, 2024
Romantic fiction: our addiction to swiping makes us miserable Georgina Lawton
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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.

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March 22, 2024
Putin may have been 're-elected', but Ukraine could yet topple him Timothy Garton Ash
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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.

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March 22, 2024
Facing Arizona
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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

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March 22, 2024
The Chinese battery maker that has the US worried
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The Chinese battery maker that has the US worried

The world's two superpowers are so intricately linked that it's hard to think of a pillar of the economy that hasn't been strained by tensions between the US and China.

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March 22, 2024
Gathering dust How cathedral rooftops could hold the key to cosmic secrets
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Gathering dust How cathedral rooftops could hold the key to cosmic secrets

Armed only with vacuum cleaners, scientists _| hope that a hunt for extraterrestrial pa ticles willhelp suck up clues about the universe

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March 22, 2024
Bollywood film shines a light on dark-skin prejudice
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Bollywood film shines a light on dark-skin prejudice

Three months ago, a high court judge in Chhattisgarh, hearing a divorce petition by a husband whose wife said he humiliated her for her dark skin, said it was time Indian society changed its \"dialogue at home\" to eradicate prejudice.

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March 22, 2024
Route cause Marathon feat to make racism run out of road
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Route cause Marathon feat to make racism run out of road

The 12 ultramarathons that Deo Kato has completed in recent years look modest compared with his current challenge to run from Cape Town to London.

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March 22, 2024