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August 2026

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August 24th
- What does Russian threat to UK look like?
August 21st
- What is behind the return of Harry and Meghan to the UK?
August 20th
- Is the clock ticking on Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s premiership?
August 19th
- How is COP17 taking on the desertification fight?
- Is Andy Burnham’s rough sleeping plan feasible?
August 18th
- Are welfare cuts Reform’s stumbling block?
August 17th
- Why is Donald Trump punishing South Korea?
August 14th
- Was Nigel Farage’s by-election ploy a success?
August 13th
- Could we ever run out of water in the UK?
August 12th
- Is Burnham’s prisoner release flip-flop his first mistake in office?
August 11th
- Wildberries attacks: why is Ukraine targeting ‘Russia’s Amazon’?
August 10th
- What will the new Colombian president’s right-wing push mean for the country?
- Five years of Taliban rule: has the world given up on Afghanistan?
August 7th
- Why do politicians struggle to apologise?
August 6th
- Why is the Trump administration closing several overseas missions?
- How worried should we be about rogue AI agents?
August 5th
- Can deadly escalation between Russia and Ukraine be stopped?
August 4th
- Will Andy Burnham call an early election?
August 3rd
- Could the Iran and Ukraine wars converge?
- Will Rupert Lowe and Nigel Farage unite the right in British politics?

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