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Donald Trump’s mistakes in Iran
Talking Point The US sought a ‘swift, painless victory from the air’ but regime’s resistance stirs fears of another Middle East 'forever war’
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Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere – documentary leaves you ‘quivering behind the sofa’
Talking Point The filmmaker meets ‘extremely unpleasant’ content creators – but fails to call out ‘disgusting rhetoric’
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A Pale View of Hills: lacks ‘haunted spirit’ of Kazuo Ishiguro’s book
Talking Point Kei Ishikawa’s ‘moving’ film about Japanese family life lacks ‘narrative cohesion’
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Banksy ‘unmasked’: does it matter?
Talking Point Reuters says investigation ‘in public interest’ but artist’s lawyer warns it could ‘violate his privacy, interfere with his art and put him in danger’
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Britain’s armed forces: dangerously depleted
Talking Point UK response to attacks on Cyprus exposes how its military capabilities have been ‘cut to the bone’
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Dubai: the expat dream turns sour
Talking Point With the UAE caught in the crosshairs of a ‘wounded, hostile’ Iran, the Dubai influencer lifestyle is ‘looking rather less aspirational’
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The row over wildlife on banknotes
Talking Point Bank of England favouring fauna over famous figures is new front in the culture wars
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The new definition of anti-Muslim hatred
Talking Point Critics say it is an ‘open act of two-tier policy’
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Is Timothée Chalamet right about ballet and opera?
Talking Point The actor suggested that no one cares about the art forms
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The oil and gas shock: traders contemplate an energy crisis
Talking Point Most still reckon the conflict in Iran will be relatively brief
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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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Kash Patel’s Iran agent firings are a catch-22 for the FBI director
TALKING POINTS Reports that Donald Trump’s handpicked FBI director oversaw the firing of multiple Iran experts at the agency highlight the professional tightrope Patel now finds himself walking
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How strong is Trump’s case for war with Iran?
Talking Points The administration is offering shifting rationales
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Trump’s jumbled doctrine of global force emerges
TALKING POINTS A hastily launched war of vaguely articulated goalposts in Iran has thrust Trump’s vision of expanded empire into a spotlight for which it might not be ready
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Supreme Court tariff ruling: a welter of new uncertainties
Talking 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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