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I believe that young people today face unprecedented pressures to excel academically, professionally and socially.
Children queue for food aid in the southern Gaza Strip, February 2024.
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Children are particularly at risk from malnutrition as food supplies in Gaza run out.
Miners from different collieries gather in Port Talbot in April 1984.
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The strike saw different political factions uniting, which eventually led to a more collaborative form of politics in Wales.
Whose contribution is ‘worth’ more?
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In the UK, taxpayers see paying income tax as part of contributing as a citizen.
Did you bring the calculator?
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It may not be an election winner but the budget contained multiple traps for Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves.
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The police presence needed to ensure free expression costs taxpayers money.
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Africa’s largest economy is in crisis, and unrest is growing.
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Influencers could play an important role in encouraging teenagers not to vape.
Volodymyr Zelensky autographs a Storm Shadow/SCALP missile.
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Helping Ukraine defend itself against Russian aggression is not a violation of international law – but Russia might interpret it as escalation.
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When Liz Truss blames shadowy elitists for her failings as prime minister, she is leaning into a tried-and-tested formula.
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Updating the constitution to reflect more liberal values has been the work of decades.
Birmingham city.
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Birmingham’s spiralling budget deficits are the result of a decade of austerity and a disastrous implementation of a new Oracle IT system.
Former chancellor Nigel Lawson in 1985.
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A short history of reducing tax burdens and winning elections.
Police raid an area of Berlin in the hunt for terrorists.
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Daniela Klette was working as a maths tutor in Berlin under an assumed name.
Russia is the most sanctioned country in the world, since the Ukraine war.
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Russia has looked for new trading partners as sanctions bite, but also suffered a brain drain.
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Even those who seek out the spotlight have a legal right to privacy.
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As my research into jurors and jury decision making shows, our system is far from perfect.
Taiwanese president-elect William Lai and vice presidential candidate Hsiao Bi-khim celebrate their election win, January 2024.
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Global reaction to the recent Taiwan election, which was won by a pro-independence candidate, contrasts sharply with that of Beijing.
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What makes a successful protest, and why you might want to take part in social movements.
Pros and shoppers play chess on Brick Lane market in Tower Hamlets.
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Tower Hamlets’ recognition of Cockney as a “community language” celebrates the role that all English dialects play in shaping individual and community identities.
George Galloway made Palestine the centre of his platform.
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The result sends a message to Keir Starmer about Labour’s relationship with Muslim voters.
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The care industry is tough work - making migrant carers’ lives harder will only worsen a deepening crisis.
US Supreme Court associate justice Amy Coney Barrett during her swearing-in ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in October 2020, with Donald Trump in attendance.
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The US Supreme Court’s decision to review presidential immunity is likely to push back his trial over the Capitol Hill riots until after the election.
Giant panda cub Xiao Qi Ji and its mother Mei Xiang at the Smithsonian zoo in Washington DC on April 16 2022 when events were held to mark the 50th anniversary of the giant panda programme there.
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The arrival of two giant pandas in San Diego is a sign of China’s need to make friends in the US tech industries.
The people’s choice (although candidates for Iran’s parliamentary elections have all been pre-approved by the religious authorities).
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Candidates have been pre-approved to favour the religious right.