Latest articles by The Week UK
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X’s location update exposes international troll industry
In the Spotlight Social media platform’s new transparency feature reveals ‘scope and geographical breadth’ of accounts spreading misinformation
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The age of criminal responsibility
The Explainer England and Wales ‘substantially out of kilter with the rest of the world’, says filmmaker whose drama tops Netflix charts
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Best movies of 2025: from One Battle After Another to Sinners
The Week Recommends A devastating family drama, a thrilling dystopian sequel and Ethan Hunt’s last mission: these are the films to watch
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Trump peace deal: an offer Zelenskyy can’t refuse?
Today’s Big Question ‘Unpalatable’ US plan may strengthen embattled Ukrainian president at home
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How will climate change affect the UK?
The Explainer Met Office projections show the UK getting substantially warmer and wetter – with more extreme weather events
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Hitler: what can we learn from his DNA?
Talking Point Hitler’s DNA: Blueprint of a Dictator is the latest documentary to posthumously diagnose the dictator
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Government shutdown: why the Democrats ‘caved’
In the Spotlight The recent stalemate in Congress could soon be ‘overshadowed by more enduring public perceptions’
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The $100mn scandal undermining Volodymyr Zelenskyy
In the Spotlight As Russia continues to vent its military aggression on Ukraine, ‘corruption scandals are weakening the domestic front’
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Quiz of The Week: 15 – 21 November
Quiz Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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Can the UK do more on climate change?
Today's Big Question Labour has shown leadership in the face of fraying international consensus, but must show the public their green mission is ‘a net benefit, not a net cost’
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The Week Unwrapped: Will US Catholics rebel against the Pope?
Podcast Plus what are the ethics of freezing your late partner?
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David Hockney at Annely Juda: an ‘eye-popping’ exhibition
The Week Recommends ‘Some Very, Very, Very New Paintings Not Yet Shown in Paris’ testifies to the artist’s ‘extraordinary vitality’ and ‘childlike curiosity’
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Nick Clegg picks his favourite books
The Week Recommends The former deputy prime minister shares works by J.M. Coetzee, Marcel Theroux and Conrad Russell
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The Beast in Me: a ‘gleefully horrible story’
The Week Recommends Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys star in a ‘gleefully horrible story’
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Park Avenue: New York family drama with a ‘staggeringly good’ cast
The Week Recommends Fiona Shaw and Katherine Waterston have a ‘combative chemistry’ as a mother and daughter at a crossroads
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Jay Kelly: ‘deeply mischievous’ Hollywood satire starring George Clooney
The Week Recommends Noah Baumbach’s smartly scripted Hollywood satire is packed with industry in-jokes
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Motherland: a ‘brilliantly executed’ feminist history of modern Russia
The Week Recommends Moscow-born journalist Julia Ioffe examines the women of her country over the past century
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Who are China’s Westminster spies?
The Explainer MI5 warns of civilian ‘headhunters’ trying to ‘cultivate’ close contacts of MPs and peers
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Will 2026 be the Trump World Cup?
In the Spotlight US president already using the world’s most popular football tournament to score political points
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Pros and cons of using the death penalty
Pros and cons MP calls for ‘legally binding referendum’ as new poll shows more Britons support bringing back capital punishment than oppose it
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What a rising gold price says about the global economy
The Explainer Institutions, central banks and speculators drive record surge amid ‘loss of trust’ in bond markets and US dollar
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The vast horizons of the Puna de Atacama
The Week Recommends The ‘dramatic and surreal’ landscape features volcanoes, fumaroles and salt flats
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Asylum hotels: everything you need to know
The Explainer Using hotels to house asylum seekers has proved extremely unpopular. Why, and what can the government do about it?
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Shein in Paris: has the fashion capital surrendered its soul?
Talking Point Despite France’s ‘virtuous rhetoric’, the nation is ‘renting out its soul to Chinese algorithms’
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