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Israeli ministers keep telling everyone their brutal plans – so why doesn’t the world take them seriously?

Israeli ministers keep telling everyone their brutal plans – so why doesn’t the world take them seriously?

The gap between what is being inflicted on Palestinians and the appropriate reaction on the part of the international community has always been vast....

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Nesrine Malik

Ella Baron on Reform UK and the donations row – cartoon

Ella Baron on Reform UK and the donations row – cartoon

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The Guardian view on Burnham’s devolution plans: power must be accompanied by scrutiny

The Guardian view on Burnham’s devolution plans: power must be accompanied by scrutiny

Andy Burnham has criticised Britain’s “unaccountable state” that is at once too powerful and too distant from everyday life. He has made English...

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Editorial

The Guardian view on extreme heat: its scale should be a wake-up call to us all

The Guardian view on extreme heat: its scale should be a wake-up call to us all

The numbers are now trickling in: nearly 2,900 dead in the UK, at least 35,000 dead across Europe. That’s how many people are believed to have lost...

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Editorial

There are three ways to shut down an annoying conversation – but are they too brutal?

There are three ways to shut down an annoying conversation – but are they too brutal?

The last thing you need in a meeting that could have been an email is attachments. Sadly, it’s sod’s law that there’s one oblivious person in...

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Polly Hudson

That sound you hear is not the world ending – it’s liberalism being monstered

That sound you hear is not the world ending – it’s liberalism being monstered

Depending on your politics, the monsters are everywhere. Perhaps you see them in the form of tech billionaires and the artificial intelligence...

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Waleed Aly

My dad’s determination to choose life despite his cruel illness has taught me gratitude

My dad’s determination to choose life despite his cruel illness has taught me gratitude

My dad, Max, is in his early 60s. More than 15 years ago he was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson’s disease. Since then his illness has...

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Nomi Kaltmann

Some Americans call us ‘Europoor’ - but there are seven ways we’re exceedingly rich

Some Americans call us ‘Europoor’ - but there are seven ways we’re exceedingly rich

I’m sorry to break this to you, but you may be “Europoor”. This is, apparently, what proud American patriots (the kind who describe themselves...

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Emma Beddington

Prediction markets have become America’s new national pastime

Prediction markets have become America’s new national pastime

If only George Santos and Bill Simmons had my parents, they wouldn’t be facing down a hailstorm of condemnation for circumventing the basic rules...

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Dave Schilling

It felt as if the world had tired of rock music, yet Geese are the perfect soundtrack for this age of disquiet

It felt as if the world had tired of rock music, yet Geese are the perfect soundtrack for this age of disquiet

“If you want me to pay my taxes,” sang the 23-year-old man on the stage, loudly accompanied by the thousands in front of him, “You better come...

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John Harris

Aged 41, I’m back at my secondary school – but this time they’ve let me in the staffroom

Aged 41, I’m back at my secondary school – but this time they’ve let me in the staffroom

You know those dreams when you’re back at school? And you’re sitting at a desk reading a GCSE exam paper? Only you don’t recognise anyone around...

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Nell Frizzell

The world is being driven to the brink by thugs and dictators, but there is a route to a brighter future

The world is being driven to the brink by thugs and dictators, but there is a route to a brighter future

Don’t look up! The world is a mess. The sky could fall in any day. Unending wars, expanding humanitarian crises, rising authoritarianism,...

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Simon Tisdall

Does your life feel out of control? Maybe you need some ‘pyt’

Does your life feel out of control? Maybe you need some ‘pyt’

We wouldn’t ignore tennis tips from Serena Williams, or culinary advice from Nigella Lawson, so when one of the happiest countries in the world lets...

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Polly Hudson

An algorithm off switch isn’t enough. A digital duty of care must hold tech bros accountable for addictive designs

An algorithm off switch isn’t enough. A digital duty of care must hold tech bros accountable for addictive designs

A digital duty of care is about a lot more than opting out of “the algorithm”. And after the simplistic and at best patchy exercise of the...

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Zoe Daniel

When Dad asked me to edit his novel, I wanted to say no – but ran directly towards the lion’s den

When Dad asked me to edit his novel, I wanted to say no – but ran directly towards the lion’s den

My dad and I believe in many of the same things: cheesecake; the Geelong football club; my mum. And that we should immediately be experts at anything....

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Anna Spargo-Ryan

The US attorney general is fretting about a ‘pandemic’ of gender transitions in schools

The US attorney general is fretting about a ‘pandemic’ of gender transitions in schools

Being a public school teacher in the US these days is tough. You’ve got to pay for a lot of your own supplies, deal with smartphone-addicted...

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Arwa Mahdawi

Jeremy Nguyen on the thrill of back-to-school sales – cartoon

Jeremy Nguyen on the thrill of back-to-school sales – cartoon

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The pressure on Burnham to appease the right is huge. But now is the time to step out of Reform’s shadow

The pressure on Burnham to appease the right is huge. But now is the time to step out of Reform’s shadow

Despite the bright start to Andy Burnham’s premiership, and Reform UK’s sudden disarray, a shadow still hangs over British centre-left politics....

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Andy Beckett

Booyakasha! Ali G is back – but even he can’t match the absurdity of modern Britain

Booyakasha! Ali G is back – but even he can’t match the absurdity of modern Britain

And so the nostalgia machine grinds on, dragging another pop culture corpse back into the light: yes, it’s the return of Ali G. Respeck. Sacha Baron...

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Jason Okundaye

Losing a parent is a bewildering, lonely experience. Here are the things I wish I had known before

Losing a parent is a bewildering, lonely experience. Here are the things I wish I had known before

My mother’s house looks exactly as she left it. Two novels sit by the armchair, their pages neatly marked for book group. Pinned to the noticeboard...

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Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian view on music and drama education: reversing elitism starts at school

The Guardian view on music and drama education: reversing elitism starts at school

How many of the young people who attended Reading and Leeds festival or a Prom this summer will be picking up a guitar or clarinet when they return to...

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Editorial

The Guardian view on Reform’s funding scandal: Nigel Farage has questions to answer

The Guardian view on Reform’s funding scandal: Nigel Farage has questions to answer

Reform UK’s conference was to open showcasing a party ready for government. It did so with two top aides removed after an investigation aired on...

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Editorial

Martin Rowson on the return of the Falklands debate – cartoon

Martin Rowson on the return of the Falklands debate – cartoon

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How much does Donald Trump care about winning the midterms? Apparently, not much at all

How much does Donald Trump care about winning the midterms? Apparently, not much at all

What is Donald Trump playing at? If it’s true that the best way of understanding the behaviour of an organisation is to assume it’s controlled by...

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Jonathan Freedland

As AI madness encroaches, we need human connection more than ever. But we’ll have to fight for it

As AI madness encroaches, we need human connection more than ever. But we’ll have to fight for it

I have a cherished memory of a family trip to the movies. In the Australian tradition, we bought choc-top ice-creams, chattered through pre-show...

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van Badham

Nigel Farage meeting a ‘shadowy foreign donor’? It can only be another establishment stitch-up

Nigel Farage meeting a ‘shadowy foreign donor’? It can only be another establishment stitch-up

How many sarcastic air quotes is too many for quoting Nigel Farage’s suggestion that Reform have been...

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Marina Hyde

Andy Burnham presents his new government as more leftwing than Keir Starmer’s. In reality, it’s barely moved at all

Andy Burnham presents his new government as more leftwing than Keir Starmer’s. In reality, it’s barely moved at all

If Starmerism sought to present the Labour government as more rightwing than it is, Burnhamism seeks to do the opposite. The change in rhetoric is...

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Owen Jones

Tennessee is about to execute its first woman since 1819. Her case raises troubling questions

Tennessee is about to execute its first woman since 1819. Her case raises troubling questions

On 30 September, the state of Tennessee plans to put Christa Pike to death. She would be the third person brought to the death chamber in the...

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Austin Sarat

Drones, teargas, riot squads: why has the UK gone to war against asylum seekers already fleeing conflict?

Drones, teargas, riot squads: why has the UK gone to war against asylum seekers already fleeing conflict?

Garang*, 18, is one of thousands of refugees recently caught in the crossfire of French riot police, who threw teargas and beat them with batons when...

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Diane Taylor

It’s time for Mark Zuckerberg to resign from Meta

It’s time for Mark Zuckerberg to resign from Meta

Last week, Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, agreed to a settlement of up to $18bn after dozens of US states accused it of harming...

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Joan Donovan

Britain’s schools are failing its young people – and 1m Neets are paying the price

Britain’s schools are failing its young people – and 1m Neets are paying the price

Blame the schools. Alan Milburn’s report on Neets, published in May, was one of the most damning comments on the welfare state I have read. It...

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Simon Jenkins

How do you want to die?! And what to do in the meantime

How do you want to die?! And what to do in the meantime

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For Ukraine’s artists, making sense of rage is a necessity: it can be both requiem and resistance

For Ukraine’s artists, making sense of rage is a necessity: it can be both requiem and resistance

Twice, I have heard Ukrainians perform Verdi’s Requiem. Once in Lviv, last Maundy Thursday, and once last month, under the great dome of St Paul’s...

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Charlotte Higgins

‘Capitalism is dying’: in Luton, these former car workers have a moral tale for our times

‘Capitalism is dying’: in Luton, these former car workers have a moral tale for our times

After everything, why would anyone still back Nigel Farage? In some of the comments below my piece last week about Reform UK, I spot the usual...

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Aditya Chakrabortty

Albanese’s resources minister celebrating the Beetaloo carbon bomb is a hell of a choice. Labor can’t say it wasn’t warned

Albanese’s resources minister celebrating the Beetaloo carbon bomb is a hell of a choice. Labor can’t say it wasn’t warned

A giant chunk of glacier-covered mountain has collapsed with catastrophic effect and, whatever the mechanics of the disaster in Nepal’s Langtang...

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Adam Morton

Gloria Steinem personified America’s feminist movement

Gloria Steinem personified America’s feminist movement

By the time she died on Wednesday, at 92 years old at her home in New York, Gloria Steinem was synonymous with feminism, a kind of human mascot for...

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Moira Donegan

The Guardian view on press freedom: to defend democracy, stand up for journalists

The Guardian view on press freedom: to defend democracy, stand up for journalists

The acquittal of Yorgen Fenech, who was on trial in Malta for involvement in the murder of the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, is a devastating...

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Editorial

The Guardian view on Nigeria’s kidnappings: a country can’t prosper when going to school is a danger

The Guardian view on Nigeria’s kidnappings: a country can’t prosper when going to school is a danger

Early last month, Nigeria’s government announced the largest single-day hostage rescue in its history, with the freeing of 300 people who had been...

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Editorial

Ben Jennings on the Reform UK conference opening in Birmingham – cartoon

Ben Jennings on the Reform UK conference opening in Birmingham – cartoon

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Unlike Keir Starmer, Andy Burnham promises us that things will get better. And we must believe they can

Unlike Keir Starmer, Andy Burnham promises us that things will get better. And we must believe they can

Of all the epithets thrown at a new prime minister, “people-pleaser” bounces off Andy Burnham. After all, the polls have him with a favourability...

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Polly Toynbee

Badly parked ebikes in London are a menace – but other cities have shown us the solution

Badly parked ebikes in London are a menace – but other cities have shown us the solution

Shared ebikes have become a key part of London’s transport network. From Hounslow to Greenwich, it’s rare to step on to the street without seeing...

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Agustin Guilisasti

Billionaires hoarding wealth while the rest of us struggle need to ask themselves: what would Dolly do?

Billionaires hoarding wealth while the rest of us struggle need to ask themselves: what would Dolly do?

Since the moment the news broke that the great Dolly Parton had died, we have been inundated with all manner of Feelings. The internet is flooded with...

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Rebecca Shaw

The Ceuta border breach was leapt on by Europe’s right. That doesn’t absolve Spain

The Ceuta border breach was leapt on by Europe’s right. That doesn’t absolve Spain

More than a month after an estimated 72,000 people suddenly crossed from Morocco into the Spanish territory of Ceuta, the city remains in chaos and...

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María Ramírez

In 2016, Trump pledged to erase the federal debt. It just hit $40tn

In 2016, Trump pledged to erase the federal debt. It just hit $40tn

Dear reader, I recognize that your eyes might glaze over at any mention of the nation’s $40tn federal debt. But your reaction to this mind-boggling...

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Steven Greenhouse

The wars in Ukraine and Iran are becoming dangerously enmeshed

The wars in Ukraine and Iran are becoming dangerously enmeshed

Russia hasn’t yet killed large numbers of Europeans outside Ukraine, but it’s getting closer. The night of 4-5 August, an airport bus driver...

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Christopher S Chivvis

It took me 10 years to read this beast of a book – but it was worth it

It took me 10 years to read this beast of a book – but it was worth it

Back when I was a dilatory student of English literature, I chose my authors for the shortness of their canon. OK, Thomas Hardy was in there, but...

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Adrian Chiles

Ben-Gvir posts Palestinians on conveyor belts to detention camps. The world is silent

Ben-Gvir posts Palestinians on conveyor belts to detention camps. The world is silent

Let me introduce you to Itamar Ben-Gvir, the leader of Israel’s far-right Jewish Power (Otzma Yehudit) party, the minister of national security, and...

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Arwa Mahdawi

China’s demise was gleefully predicted by the west – meanwhile, it built an AI revolution

China’s demise was gleefully predicted by the west – meanwhile, it built an AI revolution

Almost from the moment it began, the end of the Chinese economic miracle has been much anticipated. Thick and fast, the books have come explaining how...

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Larry Elliott

The September reset is real. I’m about to become a better person, flaxseed by flaxseed

The September reset is real. I’m about to become a better person, flaxseed by flaxseed

Are you a January resolutions or a September reset person? The latter has always felt more propitious to me, light of the exhaustion of Christmas and...

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Emma Brockes

The people of France are in an extraordinary funk about their future – here’s why

The people of France are in an extraordinary funk about their future – here’s why

France, as the French travel writer Sylvain Tesson once noted, “is a paradise inhabited by people who think they live in hell”. As the campaign...

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Paul Taylor