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Shocking scale of pupils' hunger is revealed

Children arriving at school with mouldy bread, or even nothing, as 100,000 are frozen out of free school meals

What's new copycat?

Al image-makers can generate pictures in moments. Some creatives fear for commercial art's future but others are sceptical of the hype

Data figures How a digital project is reuniting lost bronzes

Cheerfully gnashing their magnificent fangs as they stand side by side, the two bronze leopards look back on a journey that was as adventurous as it was cruelly absurd.

The border village that's greeting its first visitors for 22 years

Israeli tourists stroll around the quiet village of Ghajar, buying fresh juice from enterprising new street vendors.

'Life is hard' How peace has failed Farc female ex-fighters

The 2016 ceasefire was meant to reintegrate civil war rebels, but many feel condemned to lives of poverty and danger

How to move a country

In Fiji, the climate crisis means dozens of villages could soon be under water. Relocating so many communities is an epic undertaking. But now there is a plan and the world is watching

We won't rest until the cruel regime is deposed and our country is free Golriz Ghahraman

Being an Iranian woman is a heavy birthright. It comes with knowing a true, deep, feminism, while also knowing violent oppression at the hand of the government ruling our homeland.

The target of 1.5C is unattainable.We need to stop hiding behind it

In his Cop27 speech last week, the UK's will he-go, the won't-he-go prime minister said that stopping the planet from dangerously overheating was still within our grasp, leaving many wondering just what planet he was on.

Democracy is at risk'

Nobel peace laureate Maria Ressa is facing prison in the Philippines. She opens up about the dark side of social media and the erosion of truth in politics. Plus, read an exclusive extract from her new book

Changing times A kaleidoscopic journey through the musical influences that shaped Bob Dylan's 60-year career-from Perry Como to the Fugs

When the young Robert Zimmerman discovered folk music in the late 1950s, he was transfixed.

An English coast reveals a mass extinction. We now risk another

Budleigh Salterton, on the south coast of Engand, sits above the most frightening cliffs on Earth. They are not particularly high or especially prone to collapse. The horror is contained in the story they tell. For they capture the moment at which life on Earth almost came to an end.

Battle royale

The new series of Netflix's The Crown is plunging into inflammatory territory. Will King Charles really simmer in silence?

No more drinking water, little food: our island is a field of bones

Some years ago, an Australian friend gave me a necklace with a beautiful and distinct pendant.

How Japan's beloved comics conquered the world

Manga range from sci-fi epics to teen romance and sellout faster than they can be printed. But what has driven this new appetite for graphic novels?

Is the IMF fit for purpose?

The International Monetary Fund is the worlds lender of last resort. But, asa debt crisis looms, many nations no longer trust it and are looking elsewhere for help

Sugar rush: How a taste for soda fuelled a health crisis

When a southern Mexican state effectively outlawed sales of sugary drinks and sweets to children to protect public health, the ban made international news. But few people in Oaxaca are aware of the rule and the authorities have not enforced the measure, despite tens of thousands of deaths nationally a year linked to sugary beverages, as obesity and diabetes rates soar.

‘Services Stations’ for Chinese diaspora raise alarm

At a convenience store between a restaurant and hair salon on the outskirts of. Toronto, a clerk serves customers on a drizzly autumn morning. In an office park a few kilometres away, a travel agent sorts through passports, arranging visas and booking tickets for her Chinese clientele.

Steady as you go

Can you stand on one leg for 10 seconds? Balance could beamatter of life and death so addressing issues early and improving yours is vital

Hindu nationalists lay claim to mosques

As Muslim places of worship are caught upina BJP attempt to rewrite history, many fear disputes could turn violent

How macho, boastful Bolsonaro finally flopped

The far-right former soldier often bragged of his virility, but in the end his posturing repelled a majority of voters

Don't preach to us over oil, say African nations

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has criticised the west for pressuring it to halt oil and gas exploration in the Congo basin rainforest, while continuing to search for fossil fuels in their own countries.

Oil and gas permit sales cast shadow over rainforest

The forest will never end,\" said Papa Mbembe as he trekked through the swampy peatland of the rainforest behind his village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), nearly 650km from the capital, Kinshasa.

Cop27: What can the UN climate conference realistically achieve?

What is Cop27? For almost three decades, world governments have met nearly every year to forge a global response to the climate emergency. Under the 1992 UN framework convention on climate change (UNFCCC), every country is treaty-bound to \"avoid dangerous climate change\" and find ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in an equitable way.

Poverty, not crime, fuels urge to flee abroad

It has been all go for his majesty's ambassador to Albania, Alastair King-Smith. The crisis in relations between the two countries, arising from the boats crossing the Channel with reportedly growing numbers of Albanians, has been reflected in the calibre of officials, both military and political, visiting the British mission.

'A complete mess' - Why British ministers can't seem to solve the small boats crisis

The former home secretary Priti Patel had a whiteboard behind her ministerial desk on which she had written a list of her priorities. For much of her time in office the top three issues were: deal with small boats, cut crime, protect national security. When she left the cabinet in September, Patel was unable to point to much progress on priority No 1, and the situation she bequeathed Suella Braverman has disintegrated into chaos.

Motivational messaging maintains morale as winter bites

Vital information ecosystem promotes defiance and optimism amid Russian strikes and energy blackouts

A city waits Russians loot Kherson as battle lines are redrawn

Things are disappearing in the Ukrainian city of Kherson at a rapid rate. Russian troops are taking away ambulances, tractors and stolen private cars. Cultural things are going too: archives, and paintings and sculptures from museums. Even the bones of Catherine the Great's friend and lover, Grigory Potemkin, have been grubbed up from a crypt in St Catherine's cathedral and spirited away.

For Palestinians, Netanyahu's victory is merely a changing of the prison guards

Benjamin Netanyahu has made an impressive comeback after his ousting in 2021 amid corruption B allegations. In last week's election, his party, Likud, received more votes than any other party and his far-right allies came third, paving the way for a Likud-led coalition government. Although forming a coalition isn't an easy game - indeed, Netanyahu has failed in the previous four elections to do so - this time he's expected to form a comfortable majority bloc with ultra-Orthodox and far-right parties.

Facing the abyss: Pro-Arab and left wing parties pay a high price for divisions

Last summer, a broad coalition succeeded in kicking Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of Likud, out of office. He is currently standing trial on corruption charges, which he denies.

Look who's back

The scandal-ridden political behemoth is on the verge of a third stint as prime minister this time at the helm of the most extreme rightwing coalition the country has seen. How did it come to pass?