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Inside the minds of extremists
The media often describes terrorists as manifestations of evil, or as zombie-like products of indoctrination, but we urgently need a better account than that
The great Trump meltdown
Is it too much to hope that, eventually, Trump’s constant lying and backtracking will be enough to bring down his administration?
Why Mark Carney is one of the luckiest politicians alive
It could well be that just days apart Burnley get promoted back to the Premier League and Carney, the first Canadian prime minister ever to have visited Turf Moor, wins the election
How to live like Sartre and Beauvoir
The philosophical power couple lived in freedom, but that came at a cost for others around them
Vive la France, à bas JD Vance!
If Trump and his vice-president have a genius for anything, it’s global media dominance
The myth of the lone genius
When we see something that’s well-crafted it’s very tempting to assume that it was designed by one person. But that tendency can lead us astray
Dear Rachel, here’s a big idea for you
No matter how loudly we call for a return to the customs union and the single market, Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer are not going to listen
Ernst Gombrich and the art of seeing
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Spies, lies and Britain’s prize: We still need a Brexit inquiry
A photo of three Bulgarians convicted of espionage for Russia at a Commons committee on EU membership has opened up an old question
The ‘Brexit benefit’ trade deal shows we’re weaker out of the EU
Keir Starmer has done the best he could at a relatively low cost, knowing Britain lacks the backing to fully stand up to Trump
Wobbling Starmer must not turn back on the Brexit reset
You’ll never please Nigel Farage – so there is no point in the prime minister trying to appease him
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A column in the Telegraph tries to give credit for a new trade deal to the former PM, while ignoring some other, rather large problems
Britain has finally become a European country
With the collapse of the two main parties, the rise of populism and an obsession with immigration, the UK now looks more continental than ever
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Labour are unwilling to attack the Reform leader’s greatest weakness
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Eighty years ago, the island was nearly wiped off the map. Today it relies on wind-farm crews more than tourists
Greenland knows what it wants, and it’s not JD Vance
If the vice-president wishes to return to the country, he may want to be better prepared
The revenge of the Spanish economy
Spain has made a spectacular economic recovery since the last economic crash– but Spaniards are still struggling and fear Trump’s tariffs might trigger another disaster
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Putin’s tortured prisoners of war
Evidence and eyewitness testimony shows how Russia has maimed some Ukrainian PoWs. But other soldiers and civilians have simply disappeared from sight
Ukraine’s defiance is rarer than minerals
The most egregious demands from the US-Ukraine minerals deal’s first draft have gone. But, in Kyiv, there are fears that it still offers no concrete security guarantees
Steve Witkoff, the world’s worst diplomat
He is a life-long property developer. So how the hell did he end up as America’s top international negotiator, on everything from Ukraine to the Iran nuclear deal?
The fall of Saigon, 50 years on
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Whether or not they were involved in the Heathrow fire, the Russians revel in the mayhem their hybrid actions cause
The day Putin took power
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Putin’s tortured prisoners of war
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The football club letting fans in for free
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Jessie Buckley and the worst night of theatre in 50 years
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