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Trump warns more US deaths ‘likely’ in Iran warspeed read The White House has yet to explain to Congress or the general public what prompted the attacks that may draw the US into another Middle East war
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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How long will the Middle East attacks last?Today’s Big Question Following the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and strikes on Cyprus, Lebanon and Qatar, the US is risking a ‘long-lasting’ and ‘open-ended’ conflict
By Will Barker, The Week UK Published
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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
By The Week UK Published
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What is Barack Obama's net worth?The Explainer Creative projects like memoirs and movies have been the biggest money-makers for the family since President Obama left office in 2017
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Between The Rock and a hard place: Gibraltar’s new post-Brexit rulesThe Explainer The UK government will hope that relaxing the land border between Gibraltar and Spain will clear up the ‘last major unresolved issue from Brexit’
By Will Barker, The Week UK Published
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Are the Greens the real threat to Labour now?Gorton and Denton by-election victory shows that ‘a Green vote is no longer a wasted vote’
By Jamie Timson, The Week UK Published
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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
By The Week UK Published
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What does Trump want in Iran?The Explainer US president threatening to attack Iran’s nuclear programme, months after boasting of obliterating it
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Will Gorton and Denton by-election result actually matter?Today's Big Question In three-way contests like Gorton and Denton, where results come down to increasingly few votes and tactical considerations, we risk overextrapolating
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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What are the risks of an attack on Iran?Today’s Big Question Once again, fears of a wider Middle East war
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published
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EU Nordic expansion: why would Iceland and Norway want in?Today’s Big Question Trump’s tariffs and threats to seize Nato ally Greenland are fuelling support for joining the bloc, with its implied security as well as economic benefits
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Why Obama’s White House didn’t ‘see Trump coming’In The Spotlight Newly released oral history of the Obama years suggests Trump was a blind spot for the Democrat
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Top general said to warn Trump of Iran attack risksspeed read The Trump administration is considering an attack on Iran, despite cautioning from the Pentagon’s top general Dan Caine
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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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’
By The Week UK Published
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