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Iran and the US: a history of enmityThe Explainer The US and the Islamic Republic of Iran have been at each other’s throats for nearly half a century
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Operation Epic Fury: Trump’s fateful gambleIn the Spotlight Collapse of murderous regime has ‘the potential to reshape the Middle East for the better’, but odds of success are slim without clear objectives
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Lazy baked Alaska recipeThe Week Recommends A sweet treat easily assembled with shop-bought ingredients
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Will Americans support Trump’s war in Iran?Talking Point Iran strikes have divided conservative commentators, and polls suggest Americans have strict limits on their support for prolonged involvement
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: a ‘life-affirming’ dramaThe Week Recommends ‘Rousing songs’ of this musical celebrate William Kamkwamba’s ‘remarkable feat, the power of dreams and the value of knowledge’
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Quiz of The Week: 28 February – 6 MarchQuiz Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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The Week Unwrapped: Why is France expanding its nuclear arsenal?Podcast Plus, why is the dinosaur market booming? And can North Korea regain its place at the top of women’s football?
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LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes – a ‘fascinating’ portrait of an artist and his timesThe Week Recommends The programme stands as an ‘epitaph’ to the ‘vanished North’ of ‘industrial Manchester obliterated by the slum clearances’
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Death in Lyon: the growing violence in French politicsTalking Point The death of Quentin Deranque has revealed the violence within the anti-fascist movement, and shown how the Right are ‘shamefully exploiting’ this tragedy
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The row over student loans: is the system unfair?The Explainer Millions of graduates have been left with hefty student loans, at high interest rates
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor: ‘author of his own misfortunes’In The Spotlight Warning signs about the former prince’s profligacy and poor judgment predate Epstein associations
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Supreme Court tariff ruling: a welter of new uncertaintiesTalking Point The decision is a vindication for the rule of law, but Donald Trump will not take the verdict lying down
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Quiz of The Week: 21 – 27 FebruaryQuiz Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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Jesse Jackson obituary: charismatic civil rights leader who ran for presidentIn The Spotlight Jackson was a protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. before carving out his own place in the African-American struggle
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The Week Unwrapped: What will happen if we run out of RAM?Podcast Plus, why is the Royal Artillery keeping looted treasure behind closed doors? And how can Heathrow’s car park cost £1.3 billion?
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The Secret Agent: ‘truly special’ Brazilian thriller barely puts ‘a foot wrong’The Week Recommends Wagner Moura is ‘soulful and seductive’ in starring role as an academic on the run
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Dracula: a ‘tour de force’ one-woman showThe Week Recommends British film star Cynthia Erivo plays 23 characters in a ‘radical’ reinterpretation of the vampire classic
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Pros and cons of the death penaltyPros and cons Record number of executions in Saudi Arabia and drugs crackdown in Iran offset broader global trend away from capital punishment
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Misconduct in public office: how the offence worksThe Explainer Centuries-old criminal offence ‘famously vague’ and hard to prove but can carry a maximum sentence of life in prison
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Labour Together’s ‘smear campaign’ against journalistsThe Explainer Claim that Starmerite think tank paid PR firm to dig up dirt on Sunday Times reporters ‘cuts to the heart of Number 10’
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Fine food on a budgetThe Week Recommends Excellent value eateries with the Michelin inspectors’ seal of approval
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The mystery of flight MH370The Explainer In 2014, the passenger plane vanished without trace. Twelve years on, a new operation is under way to find the wreckage of the doomed airliner
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Crisis in Cuba: a ‘golden opportunity’ for Washington?Talking Point The Trump administration is applying the pressure, and with Latin America swinging to the right, Havana is becoming more ‘politically isolated’
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Palestine Action and the trouble with defining terrorismIn the Spotlight The issues with proscribing the group ‘became apparent as soon as the police began putting it into practice’
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