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NHS in the age of heatwavesThe Explainer Nurses are collapsing as they endure shifts on ‘dangerous’ wards in Victorian buildings ‘not equipped to cope’
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China’s green revolution and what it means for the worldThe Explainer Beijing is embracing clean energy on a massive scale
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Notting Hill Carnival at 60: a uniquely British-Caribbean celebrationThe Explainer As the event enters another decade, organisers are determined to preserve its heritage
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The rise of anti-LGBTQ+ laws across AfricaThe Explainer Experts say harsher legislation is driven by political scapegoating and anti-Western backlash, and fuelled by US conservative groups
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Talking Points
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Jason Arday: trial by media?Talking Point Was it ‘death by a thousand headlines’ or did the press act properly in exposing claims against the Cambridge academic?
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Kemi Badenoch: backing a former neo-NaziTalking Point The Tory leader’s supporters have commended her for her approach to ‘second chances’, though, but critics are concerned her strategy is inching further rightwards
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What the easyJet takeover means for budget travel
Talking Point The Apollo takeover also has implications for the London market
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Under the Radar
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Stuck ships in the Strait of Hormuz could be a marine superspreader threat
Under the radar Idle ships are a microbes’ playground
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‘Breakthrough’ in ‘brutal’ case of Mexican students who disappearedUnder the Radar Former state governor charged with destruction of evidence in case of 43 students presumed to have been killed: atrocity that ‘rocked the nation’
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Malta’s moment in the cinema spotlightUnder the Radar Generous tax rebate lures international productions, but critics say boom aggravates locals and neglects domestic filmmakers
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Speed Reads
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Kushner meets Hamas chief to revive Gaza planSpeed Read Officials from Egypt, Turkey and Qatar also attended the meeting
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Indiana, Hawaii reel after heavy stormsSpeed Read At least seven people in Indiana were killed during the storms
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Trump curtails joint South Korea military drillsSpeed Read The president called the longtime drills “totally inappropriate and hostile”
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Kennedy Center votes to restore Trump’s nameSpeed Read A May court ruling ordered the center to remove the president’s name from the building
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