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Sea change

BBC radio’ shipping forecast holds aspecial place in British culture. Mark Power tried to capture its mystery in his 1996 book, which has been updated with new images

Next level

The Japanese games maker Nintendo has spent 40 years at the top. What's its secret?

I went viral for a meme, but Scholz's hesitancy over Ukraine is no joke Timothy Garton Ash

A couple of weeks ago, at a moment of huge frustration over Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s foot-dragging on allowing Leopard tanks to go to Ukraine, a Ukrainian friend sent me a satirical mockup on “Scholzing”.

Europe needs to copy Biden's green deal - not resort to its old ways Lorenzo Marsili

European governments have for many years basked in a sense of climate superiority over the US. We had the most ambitious climate goals; we were the constructive actor at Cop conferences; we had carbon-pricing mechanisms; and since 1990, we have reduced emissions by 28% against just 2% in the US. The US, by contrast, had climate-denying Republicans.

Netanyahu can be resisted - but only with Palestinian support Jonathan Freedland

Netanyahu can be resisted - but only with Palestinian support Jonathan Freedland

Everything in its place

It’s the age of decanting never before have household perfectionists removed so many things from packages, only to put them in other packages. Extreme tidiness is amodern obsession. But is it healthy? By Amelia Tait

'All we wanted was justice'

In 2021, a security guard in Spain stormed into his workplace and shot four people. He was caught and badly injured after a standoff with police, and a trial was set but his victims would never get to see him punished. Should a mass shooter have been allowed the right to die by euthanasia?

Bolsonaro 'clears head' in Florida as anger grows in Brazil

Among the most popular traditions at Florida’s Disney World are the daily character appearances that allow the public to get up close to the theme parks’ star attractions.

All blown up What was the Chinese 'spy balloon' actually for?

A Chinese balloon was brought down in a puff of smoke and debris by an air-launched missile, after perplexing Washington with its three-day odyssey over the continental US. The question is: what was it all for?

Is TikTok spying for China?

Western fears that the video platform harvests user data and promotes Beijing’s worldview could lead to a n overhaul of global privacy laws

Police revolt as gang warfare goes unchecked

Masked men raced around Port-au-Prince on motorbikes, firing their guns into the air, blocking roads with burning tyres and bringing the Haitian capital to a standstill.

EU tube Immersive show aims to demystify Eurozone

‘People are looking for someone to blame and itis usually the EU’

Vermeers gathered for blockbuster 'party'- but is it the last?

For once, say its curators, “the chance of a lifetime” may be right: never before have so many works by Johannes Vermeer, the luminous 17th-century Dutch master, been assembled in the same place – and it is highly unlikely they will be again.

Deforestation piles pressure on elusive Chacoan peccary

With just 3,000 of the pig-like animals still roaming the Gran Chaco region, acommunity conservation effort is fighting for its future

Back to life Could gene editing revive the dodo?

The dodo, a Mauritian bird last seen in the 17th century, will be brought back to at least a semblance of life if attempts by a gene editing company are successful.

Two years on from coup, junta's airstrikes intensify

It was early evening, and people had gathered at a pandal in Moe Dar Lay village, in Myanmar’s Sagaing region, to prepare for a Buddhist novice ordination ceremony the following day.

Peshawar at the heart of a deadly Taliban resurgence

The bomber struck shortly before afternoon prayers, when the mosque in Pesha-war’s bustling Police Lines district would be at its busiest.

Buildings reduced to rubble as cities sleep

Thousands of people died when an earthquake struck central Turkey and north-west Syria, in one of the most powerful quakes in the region in at least a century.

Supreme leader to pardon some detainees

A limited amnesty is to be offered to many of those detained in the recent Iranian protests, the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has agreed.

Protesters tell of rapes, beatings and torture by police

Human rights organisations report an escalation in the brutal treatment of detainees at the hands of security forces

Putin's plans to blackmail Europe over gas supply fail to ignite

The worst-case scenarios piled up over the summer months. Germany’s economic minister warned of “catastrophic” industrial shutdowns, fraying supply chains and mass unemployment.

Behind enemy lines Saboteurs take the fight into Russia

Taras, Vladyslav, and their commander, Olexiy, understand that, if the worst were to happen, the Ukrainian government will deny any knowledge of them. In western capitals, there is a collective shudder at the very thought of them.

Broken Britain Fissures ran deep in the country long before Brexit delivered its blow

There is no joy in it for those who always knew Brexit was a con, but it is finally dawning on more people that leaving the EU was a colossal mistake.

BREXIT

With the vaunted benefits of leaving the European Union still hard to discern, polls now suggest that about one in five leave voters have changed their minds. But could Britain ever go back, ask Michael Savage and Toby Helm The great Brexit deficit

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The free way Should US foreign policy demand liberal policy outcomes as well as elections, or is it hiding behind its 'democratic dilemma'?

Whatever else he leaves behind, Sam Bankman-Fried, the crypto-whiz charged with multiple counts of fraud, has bequeathed a lasting gift to the publishing business.

The sound of the underground

New Zealand's short-lived counterculture scene threw off conservative constraints and laid foundations for the nation's modern identity

How Colon becamea hub for contraband and cocaine

In the Colón Free Trade Zone, near the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal, the dated and glass buildings are with brand names for I Perspex emblazoned electronics, perfumes and textiles.

Trump says he’s angry but can the trick worka second time?

Donald Trump, US president, the former tried to get D his spluttering White House bid off the launchpad last Saturday, declaring himself \"more angry\" than ever as he became the first candidate to hit the 2024 election campaign trail.

Electric shock US car culture must change, warns report

The US's transition to electric vehicles could require three times as much lithium as is currently produced for the entire global market, causing needless water shortages, Indigenous land grabs and ecosystem destruction, new research finds.