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Critics of Trump must have their own peace plan

Critics of Trump must have their own peace plan
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It’s naive to assume Trump has betrayed Ukraine

It’s naive to assume Trump has betrayed Ukraine
20.02.2025 3

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Southport and Nottingham killings expose the failures of our mental health system

Southport and Nottingham killings expose the failures of our mental health system
15.02.2025 10

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A dramatic and drastically different Europe is about to emerge

A dramatic and drastically different Europe is about to emerge
13.02.2025 6

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Supreme power has eroded whatever judgement Trump once had

Supreme power has eroded whatever judgement Trump once had
11.02.2025 4

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Trump's own Trail of Tears: Gaza plans are reminiscent of US treatment of Native Americans

Trump's own Trail of Tears: Gaza plans are reminiscent of US treatment of Native Americans
08.02.2025 20

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Trump's 'Night of the Long Knives' brings fascism closer

01.02.2025 80

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Starmer's political instincts are poor – he looks increasingly like the UK's Joe Biden

25.01.2025 10

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Oligarchs are capitulating, but Americans are deeply divided on Trump

20.01.2025 5

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Gaza war has nurtured more hate than any conflict since 1945

17.01.2025 5

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This is not the Donald Trump Israel expected

16.01.2025 2

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A ceasefire at last - but the seeds of future conflicts have been sown

15.01.2025 2

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It's time for Labour to take the fight to Elon Musk

11.01.2025 9

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This is a century already shaped by war - and inadequate leaders

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

04.01.2025 3

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The only war Donald Trump really wants to win

The second Donald Trump presidency will differ crucially from the first because, from his first day in the White House, he must cope with...

31.12.2024 3

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'It is like being back in Victorian times' – low pay, uncertain hours and a workforce in revolt

Alex, a waitress in a restaurant on a zero-hours contract, says that the worst aspect of her job is that “you cannot control your life, and you...

16.12.2024 7

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The new carve -up of the Middle East will not bring peace

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14.12.2024 4

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The winners and losers of the political earthquake in Syria

At first glance, the international winners and losers following the overthrow of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad are obvious enough. The US,...

10.12.2024 3

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The likely fall of Assad – and what happens next

Syrian rebels are attacking towards the city of Homs in central Syria, the fall of which will open the road to Damascus and the overthrow of...

06.12.2024 6

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The fall of Aleppo has reignited two civil wars

Syrian rebels have captured most of Aleppo, Syria’s second largest city, after launching a surprise offensive in which they have so far faced...

05.12.2024 6

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The Arab world has been crushed between two jaws

We are witnessing a new carve-up of the Arab world more radical than anything that has happened since the UK and France as imperial powers...

30.11.2024 4

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The ceasefire in Lebanon will reshape the Middle East

The ceasefire in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah may be shaky, but it is nevertheless an important stage in the radical reshaping of the...

27.11.2024 3

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Can America ever really be great again?

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23.11.2024 30

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Joe Biden has provoked Putin but this is not WW3

The decision by President Joe Biden to permit Ukraine to use US-supplied missiles to strike inside Russia is another shift in the escalatory spiral...

18.11.2024 2

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From the Church to the US, we are cursed with second-rate leaders

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16.11.2024 3

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Is Trump a fascist? Probably - but not like those of the 30s

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09.11.2024 3

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Most political disasters are overstated - not this one

Most political disasters are overstated, but not the re-election of Donald Trump as US president. American voters have chosen a racist...

06.11.2024 8

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Donald Trump couldn't possibly be worse for the US than Joe Biden

Joe Biden won the presidential election in 2020 promising to stabilise America, restore traditional alliances abroad and make the world a safer...

02.11.2024 4

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Israel's ban on UNRWA will push Palestinian society toward collapse

The two laws passed by the Israeli Knesset on Monday, which ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) – the main UN agency aiding...

29.10.2024 2

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Israel and Iran may not want a full-scale war now – but it may be hard to avoid

A year ago, an attack by 100 Israeli combat aircraft and unmanned drones on 20 sites in Iran, as well as on Syria and Iraq, would have created...

26.10.2024 3

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How my father invented guerilla journalism – and took on the Nazis

Two months after Claud Cockburn, my father, fled Berlin hours before Hitler became German chancellor on 30 January 1933, he founded and largely...

22.10.2024 10

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Yahya Sinwar’s miscalculations changed the Middle East for ever

Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader killed by Israeli forces aged 61, spent his entire life confined to the Gaza Strip or in an Israeli prison. Yet his...

18.10.2024 3

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What the killing of Yahya Sinwar means for the Middle East war

The killing by Israeli troops in Gaza of the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar will be greeted by Israelis as a sign that they are well on their way to a...

17.10.2024 5

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In Salford, sleek skyscrapers tell the story of a toxic legacy

“I grew up in the shadow of the dark satanic mills, at a time when they made textiles, and now I live in the shadow of dark satanic apartment...

16.10.2024 30

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US troops in Israel ensure the drumbeat of war grows ever louder

The decision by President Joe Biden to send an advanced missile defence system, operated by some 100 US soldiers, to Israel is a significant step...

14.10.2024 1

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As Israel prepares to strike Iran, an ever deadlier Middle East war is coming

As the Israeli security cabinet authorises air strikes on Iran, Israel’s war aims are broadening and include the risk of a regional war against...

11.10.2024 4

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Leaderless US is allowing Israel to turn Lebanon into another Gaza

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05.10.2024 2

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Netanyahu knows the US can’t restrain him now

The late Israeli president Shimon Peres used to say that if you have a great big hammer, you automatically “come to see every problem as a nail to...

02.10.2024 3

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Israel is overplaying its hand in Lebanon – as it did in Gaza

Israel has started its invasion of Lebanon, but says that it will be “limited, localised and targeted”. It is unlikely to stay that way. Previous...

01.10.2024 4

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Military force alone never succeeds in the Middle East - as Israel and the US should know

Israel has struck a series of crippling blows against Hezbollah, culminating in the assassination of its leader Hassan Nasrallah. Israeli Prime...

29.09.2024 5

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Israel is taking a deadly gamble in Lebanon and Gaza

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27.09.2024 2

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Israel is aiming to turn south Lebanon into a 'dead zone'

Israel and Hezbollah are now engaged in a war that will be difficult for either side to end. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to tip...

24.09.2024 3

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Israel may turn Beirut into another Gaza – but won't be any more secure

The war in Lebanon has already started, with Israel detonating hidden explosives in Hezbollah pagers and field radios, while carrying out the...

21.09.2024 10

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Iran can no longer guarantee the safety of its proxies

Israel has struck a shattering blow against Hezbollah by killing several of its officers and officials and injuring no less than 2,800 more by...

18.09.2024 6

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The war in Ukraine may yet shift from crisis to catastrophe

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14.09.2024 8

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We cannot allow the butchery in Gaza to become normalised

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07.09.2024 3

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Lammy's arms suspension is small but it has hurt Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s angry denunciation of the UK’s decision to suspend some arms sales to Israel as “shameful” is...

03.09.2024 2

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Iran-US war inches ever closer

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03.08.2024 8

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Tough and intelligent, Kim Sengupta was one of the great foreign correspondents

I can scarcely believe that Kim Sengupta is dead because I have such vivid memories of him surviving great dangers against the odds. He was brave...

30.07.2024 2

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Britain is moribund. Is Labour radical enough to fix it?

As Sir Keir Starmer and Labour take power, the air is filled with their lamentations about inheriting “broken” health and prison services and “the...

11.07.2024 3

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