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Nelson Mandela held a mirror to humanity – and showed us what solidarity means

Nelson Mandela held a mirror to humanity – and showed us what solidarity means

What a privilege it is to be together to honor the leadership of the Nelson Mandela Foundation. For 27 years, this organization has insisted that...

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Zohran Mamdani

When Trump accuses others of wrongdoing, you can bet he’s up to something himself

When Trump accuses others of wrongdoing, you can bet he’s up to something himself

America’s mad king is spiraling. Donald Trump’s approval ratings are mired in the 30s as the Iran war rages on with no end in sight. As prices...

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Arwa Mahdawi

The Paramount-WBD merger: bad news for Hollywood, great news for Tennessee?

The Paramount-WBD merger: bad news for Hollywood, great news for Tennessee?

There are simply too many companies in the world. Apple, Google, Amazon, Ryanair. I’m probably forgetting some. How could I not? There are so many...

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Dave Schilling

Madeline Horwath on free airport wifi – cartoon

Madeline Horwath on free airport wifi – cartoon

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Everyone Needs To Use Wifi To Access Their Ticket At The Check-In Desk

Trump, not Iran, is the world’s greatest danger. He’s a one-man weapon of mass destruction

Trump, not Iran, is the world’s greatest danger. He’s a one-man weapon of mass destruction

Feckless and clueless, Donald Trump is lost in Iran, unable to find a way out of the disastrous war he started. Once again, the US military is...

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Simon Tisdall

The hill I will die on: Parisian waiters are not rude – they’re just badly misunderstood

The hill I will die on: Parisian waiters are not rude – they’re just badly misunderstood

Parisian waiters are professionals, providing an excellent service – they are not rude or unfriendly, just sometimes slightly misunderstood. No,...

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Helen Massy-Beresford

Trump has declared war on elections in the name of protecting them

Trump has declared war on elections in the name of protecting them

On Thursday night, Donald Trump did it again, trashing another American tradition with his primetime address from the White House’s East Room about...

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Austin Sarat

How a teacher missed my old friend’s promise

How a teacher missed my old friend’s promise

It was good to read David Kynaston’s appreciation of Juliet Gardiner’s writing, so widely admired (Juliet Gardiner obituary, 14 July). The school...

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The Guardian view on The Lord of the Rings: not a weapon in the culture wars

The Guardian view on The Lord of the Rings: not a weapon in the culture wars

There is trouble in Middle-earth – again. So far, all of the actors announced for the latest The Lord of the Rings film instalment, The Hunt for...

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Editorial

The Guardian view on Andy Burnham: political poetry must become governing prose

The Guardian view on Andy Burnham: political poetry must become governing prose

Andy Burnham is finally Labour leader. After trying – and failing – twice to be elected by party members, he took the top job on Friday without a...

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Editorial

To Andy Burnham: many backseat drivers will be trying to steer you. Here’s why you should ignore us

To Andy Burnham: many backseat drivers will be trying to steer you. Here’s why you should ignore us

The first piece of unsolicited advice I would offer to Britain’s incoming prime minister is: don’t take unsolicited advice. Don’t be one of...

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Jonathan Freedland

Martin Rowson on Andy Burnham taking over from Keir Starmer – cartoon

Martin Rowson on Andy Burnham taking over from Keir Starmer – cartoon

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How has Donald Trump changed our view of reality?

How has Donald Trump changed our view of reality?

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Beijing’s message to the world’s tourists: come here and judge China for yourselves

Beijing’s message to the world’s tourists: come here and judge China for yourselves

Walk through central Beijing today and one thing quickly becomes apparent: foreigners are back. They are taking photos outside the Forbidden City and...

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Zichen Wang

The White House’s guide to manhood: pop some T, restart a war and do WHAT with a corn dog?

The White House’s guide to manhood: pop some T, restart a war and do WHAT with a corn dog?

Are the men of the Trump administration OK? Feels like it’s been a tricky week for some of them. On the one hand, you’ll note the US is already...

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Marina Hyde

Smart glasses are deeply creepy. Why are celebrities like Kylie Jenner endorsing them?

Smart glasses are deeply creepy. Why are celebrities like Kylie Jenner endorsing them?

Imagine if every time you left the house, you couldn’t be sure that the stranger you met at a bar – or even the person walking by you in the...

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Tayo Bero

Rudeness! Manners! Whatever happened to being polite?!

Rudeness! Manners! Whatever happened to being polite?!

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A big screen in every postcode? How World Cup fan zones could inspire Andy Burnham

A big screen in every postcode? How World Cup fan zones could inspire Andy Burnham

With the World Cup nearly over for another four years, it’s time to reflect on what a strange, sleepless reverie it’s been, and turn our attention...

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Dan Hancox

Ann Widdecombe’s death should make Britain ask itself: what sort of political culture do we want?

Ann Widdecombe’s death should make Britain ask itself: what sort of political culture do we want?

Ann Widdecombe was never one to hide from an argument. And she wasn’t afraid for her safety either. She scoffed at friends’ suggestions that she...

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Gaby Hinsliff

Welcomed by Robinson, beckoned by Rinehart: Pauline’s Euro trip proves she is her own worst enemy

Welcomed by Robinson, beckoned by Rinehart: Pauline’s Euro trip proves she is her own worst enemy

Pauline Hanson’s capacity to blame others – long her preferred cover for personal incompetence – has suddenly evaporated. Her European excursion...

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Malcolm Farr

Ben Jennings on Andy Burnham’s imminent arrival at No 10

Ben Jennings on Andy Burnham’s imminent arrival at No 10

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The Guardian view on England’s World Cup disappointment: a tale of the not wholly unexpected

The Guardian view on England’s World Cup disappointment: a tale of the not wholly unexpected

Historically, English football-supporting culture has had a well-known darker side. But in recent decades, as the England men’s team’s trophy...

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Editorial

The Guardian view on the Criminal Cases Review Commission: after Malkinson errors, trust must be earned back

The Guardian view on the Criminal Cases Review Commission: after Malkinson errors, trust must be earned back

In the next few months, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) will make one of the highest-profile decisions in its 29-year history: whether to...

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Editorial

‘Las Malvinas son Argentinas’? Not quite – but the Falklands cannot remain British for ever

‘Las Malvinas son Argentinas’? Not quite – but the Falklands cannot remain British for ever

This week Britain and Spain agreed to demolish the border dividing Gibraltar from the Spanish mainland. It was good news. Decades of negotiation came...

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Simon Jenkins

Our culture fears getting older. But there is a different way of thinking about the passing of time

Our culture fears getting older. But there is a different way of thinking about the passing of time

The compost-grown cherry tomatoes, sitting in a basket on my windowsill, are ripening: little bubbles of brightness in this deep winter fog. As I...

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Kelley Swain

The federal government isn’t America’s only authoritarian institution

The federal government isn’t America’s only authoritarian institution

As news started to spread of Yale’s leadership negotiating a deal with the Trump administration, the university’s faculty, students and alumni...

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Jan-Werner Müller

If you have been listening to Suella Braverman and think Britain has gone bonkers, let me explain

If you have been listening to Suella Braverman and think Britain has gone bonkers, let me explain

Britain, that small yet once highly influential nation that once proudly ruled over much of you, that “gifted” you the English language as well as...

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Nels Abbey

Pete Hegseth wants testosterone for his soldiers. Finally, some gender-affirming care

Pete Hegseth wants testosterone for his soldiers. Finally, some gender-affirming care

One day perhaps Pete Hegseth will make the news for doing something worthwhile, something that makes his mother proud. One day perhaps we’ll see a...

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Arwa Mahdawi

I started filling out a survey – and was plunged into serious soul-searching

I started filling out a survey – and was plunged into serious soul-searching

Have I done any hang-gliding in the last four weeks? Hang on (no pun intended), let me think. No, not as far as I can recall. No hang-gliding. Will...

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Adrian Chiles

Cyclospora is easy for doctors to miss. The US made it even harder to spot

Cyclospora is easy for doctors to miss. The US made it even harder to spot

A patient arrives after two weeks of relentless watery diarrhea, sometimes 20 episodes a day. She has lost weight and cannot keep fluids down. Her...

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Robert B Shpiner

Why does the US want to ‘dismantle’ the international criminal court?

Why does the US want to ‘dismantle’ the international criminal court?

With the pointless war of choice in Iran going poorly, the Trump administration has declared a virtual war on the international criminal court (ICC)....

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Kenneth Roth

Burnham must learn from Starmer’s mistakes: Labour was elected to transform the economy, not just stabilise it

Burnham must learn from Starmer’s mistakes: Labour was elected to transform the economy, not just stabilise it

The economic inheritance Andy Burnham will receive from Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves is not, in any meaningful way, a crisis. That is worth saying,...

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Jonathan Portes

Defence is the one public budget we dare not question – will Andy Burnham break this cycle?

Defence is the one public budget we dare not question – will Andy Burnham break this cycle?

For many British voters, politicians and journalists, public spending has had a bad name since the late 1970s, when Margaret Thatcher’s government...

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Andy Beckett

The most beautiful act of resistance I’ve seen: Madrid tenants fighting landlords with art

The most beautiful act of resistance I’ve seen: Madrid tenants fighting landlords with art

Spain’s housing crisis finally came for the tenants of Madrid’s Calle Tribulete 7 when their block was sold to an investment fund. Feeling...

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Leah Pattem

Will the new AI roadmap keep the tech giants in line?

Will the new AI roadmap keep the tech giants in line?

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Anthony Albanese’s AI vision scores high on vibes but the devil will be in the detail. And there is one glaring omission …

Anthony Albanese’s AI vision scores high on vibes but the devil will be in the detail. And there is one glaring omission …

Expectations were high as the prime minister took the stage at the University of Sydney on Wednesday to outline a pivot in his government’s approach...

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David Pocock

The Guardian view on obesity: put public health before food industry pressure

The Guardian view on obesity: put public health before food industry pressure

Britain has spent the last three decades asking individuals to make healthier choices inside a market that makes those choices more expensive and less...

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Editorial

The Guardian view on Keir Starmer’s farewell: a dignified departure and a necessary one

The Guardian view on Keir Starmer’s farewell: a dignified departure and a necessary one

Mercifully for a prime minister whose defenestration was swift and brutal after Labour’s catastrophic local election results in May, Sir Keir...

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Editorial

Ella Baron on Nigel Farage and the World Cup – cartoon

Ella Baron on Nigel Farage and the World Cup – cartoon

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My neighbours and I were left with no water this week. Why was I the only one who seemed annoyed?

My neighbours and I were left with no water this week. Why was I the only one who seemed annoyed?

On Monday morning, the water coming out of my tap was but a dribble. Disappointing. I checked the water company website and there was something about...

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Adrian Chiles

In Wales, I’ve seen what happens when devolution isn’t done right. Here’s what Andy Burnham must know

In Wales, I’ve seen what happens when devolution isn’t done right. Here’s what Andy Burnham must know

As a journalist, I have specialised in Wales, Welsh politics and devolution for the past 10 years. Devolution, in particular, could be considered a...

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Will Hayward

One Nation’s economic thought bubbles have little substance – except for one

One Nation’s economic thought bubbles have little substance – except for one

Barnaby Joyce is now the One Nation Treasury spokesperson, which serves as a lovely reminder of his triumphant 15 weeks as shadow spokesperson for...

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Greg Jericho

Surviving extreme heat increasingly boils down to this: access to air conditioning

Surviving extreme heat increasingly boils down to this: access to air conditioning

This summer, much of the media’s attention has focused on record temperatures across Europe and the United States. Television coverage has been...

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Mark Wolfe

Some advice for Andy Burnham? Crack down on ‘rip-off Britain’ – and make sure voters feel the benefits

Some advice for Andy Burnham? Crack down on ‘rip-off Britain’ – and make sure voters feel the benefits

It’s a story that warms the heart and lifts the soul: last week, Virgin Media was fined a record £28m by Ofcom for repeatedly preventing customers...

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Jason Okundaye

The Mitch McConnell mystery is solved. But it doesn’t look good for America

The Mitch McConnell mystery is solved. But it doesn’t look good for America

Like any good proof-of-life photo, it featured that day’s newspaper. After a nearly month-long disappearance, when it was clear that he had been...

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Moira Donegan

Ali G is back. I really wish he wasn’t

Ali G is back. I really wish he wasn’t

Have we not suffered enough? The US is currently in the throes of a parasite-induced watery diarrhoea outbreak while being governed by a mad king...

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Arwa Mahdawi

If you want your kids to thrive this summer, don’t just turn off their phones – open your front door, too

If you want your kids to thrive this summer, don’t just turn off their phones – open your front door, too

In books and movies that pack a wallop you will usually find a “charged object” – an item crucial to the plot and freighted with emotion. The...

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Lenore Skenazy

Perverts of the world rejoice! It’s Meta’s new dodgy old mate glasses

Perverts of the world rejoice! It’s Meta’s new dodgy old mate glasses

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Once again we are told AI may be conscious – I study consciousness, and I have my doubts

Once again we are told AI may be conscious – I study consciousness, and I have my doubts

For centuries, humans have been fascinated by the prospect of creating artificial beings in our own image. Of developing synthetic minds and...

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Anil Seth

I investigated Palantir’s foothold in the British state – and what I found should worry us all

I investigated Palantir’s foothold in the British state – and what I found should worry us all

Andy Burnham faces a lot of big decisions. But one of the incoming prime minister’s biggest early tests is what he does about the world’s...

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Peter Geoghegan