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Netanyahu can't back out of the Gaza peace plan - Trump's ego will hold him to it

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Patrick Cockburn

Putin's real motives have been clear for decades. We're fools for just realising

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Ian Birrell

Snobby about university? Time to consider other routes

Snobby about university? Time to consider other routes

It says something about the state of British higher education when the government starts floating the idea that failing universities might be...

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Stefano Hatfield

Starmer's reliance on 'grown-ups' to set his foreign policy is now backfiring

Starmer's reliance on 'grown-ups' to set his foreign policy is now backfiring

Sir Keir Starmer and Jonathan Powell are cut from the same cloth. According to officials in No 10, both the Prime Minister and his National...

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Kitty Donaldson

Piers Morgan's return to British television is a coup for Channel 5

Piers Morgan's return to British television is a coup for Channel 5

Rupert Murdoch has made countless shrewd media investments during his long lifetime, but pouring millions into Piers Morgan’s television career was...

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Ian Burrell

Starmer has made the UK irrelevant in the Middle East

Starmer has made the UK irrelevant in the Middle East

When Keir Starmer takes part in the signing ceremony for the Gaza peace deal in Sharm El-Sheikh today, he will do so mostly as a spectator....

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Ben Kentish

Will peace in Gaza last? The i Paper experts' verdicts

Will peace in Gaza last? The i Paper experts' verdicts

While jubilant scenes have marked the end of the fighting and the return of hostages and prisoners, the route to lasting peace in Gaza is far from...

yesterday 6

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The I Paper Team

There's no playbook for being an uncle as a child-free man - I'm terrified

There's no playbook for being an uncle as a child-free man - I'm terrified

All being well, I’m going to be an uncle for the first time soon. I’m jazzed. But, I’ve got to be honest, I haven’t got a clue what I’m meant to be...

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Tom Nicholson

Trump’s movement was fuelled by Pepe the Frog — now another amphibian is pushing back

Trump’s movement was fuelled by Pepe the Frog — now another amphibian is pushing back

Pepe the frog was never intended to be a symbol for online Nazis and the global far-right. The instantly recognisable frog we now know as Pepe was...

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James Ball

China ramping up espionage. Britain has been warned

China ramping up espionage. Britain has been warned

By now it is clear to anyone whose main news source is not China Daily that the Prime Minister has got himself into a tangle over the handling of...

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Anne Mcelvoy

Gen Z protests show older generations have failed them

Gen Z protests show older generations have failed them

While we watch the unfolding events in Gaza, hoping desperately for peace after the most terrible two years of bloodshed and horror, a revolution...

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Ian Birrell

I don’t know what Nicole Kidman is on about, sex isn’t taboo – it’s everywhere

I don’t know what Nicole Kidman is on about, sex isn’t taboo – it’s everywhere

I didn’t realise that Hollywood was no longer a West Coast outlet of Sodom and Gomorrah but is instead being run by my grandma. Although it does...

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Lucy Mangan

Trump is the only winner of the Israel-Gaza war

Trump is the only winner of the Israel-Gaza war

This is Dispatches with Patrick Cockburn, a subscriber-only newsletter from The i Paper. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every...

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Patrick Cockburn

JD Vance is the brains behind the US descent into authoritarianism

JD Vance is the brains behind the US descent into authoritarianism

The US Vice President, JD Vance, is biding his time at the White House. Still only 41, he can afford to wait for the ultimate prize. But he can...

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Sarah Baxter

Hollywood is getting the actress it deserves

Hollywood is getting the actress it deserves

Toni Collette posted a row of screaming emojis. Mara Wilson wrote: “Shame on these people.” Ralph Inseon commented, succinctly: “Fuck off”. A...

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Terri White

Bad therapy is causing 'emotional Thatcherism'

Bad therapy is causing 'emotional Thatcherism'

I am a huge advocate for good therapy offered by a psychologist. Getting it has made me braver about encountering things that might hurt me – and...

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Pravina Rudra

Jilly Cooper's wishes for what goes in her coffin is a lesson for us all

Jilly Cooper's wishes for what goes in her coffin is a lesson for us all

It’s a conversation many people find difficult and uncomfortable, so of course the recently departed Jilly Cooper had it, on steroids. In May 1999...

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Polly Hudson

What the critics need to know about why we put graffiti on Canterbury Cathedral

What the critics need to know about why we put graffiti on Canterbury Cathedral

I’ve had online accusations levelled at me of sacrilege, vandalism and a desperate attempt to appeal to the “yoof”. The cause? Our temporary art...

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David Monteith

Trump's art of the deal paid off. Here's the lesson for other leaders

Trump's art of the deal paid off. Here's the lesson for other leaders

Donald Trump failing to win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize is one of those rare bits of good news that will make almost everyone happy, including...

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Isabel Hardman