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How far the violent exchanges between Israel and Iran will escalate may well hinge on how strong the two sides’ leader need to appear to their own people.
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The Bank of England and the OBR hold politicians back, but with good reason.
French activist Thomas Brail occupies a tree on the Boulevard Saint-Germain in protest at a major road development in September 2023.
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Protestors’ actions are intentionally borderline but environmental defenders insist their actions are nothing compared to the risks that political inaction pose. Our expert explains.
Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, arrives in Beijing to meet President Xi on April 15 2024.
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President Xi is looking to play a wider international role, meetings with other national leaders suggest.
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The arrival of international students provides opportunities for intercultural exchange within UK universities.
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I worked with Sure Start and saw the good it brought to communities.
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Respondents to a survey confirmed they would hesitate to encourage anyone to become a freelancer given the limited prospects currently offered in the profession.
Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, during the presentation of the party manifesto in New Delhi, India, on April 14 2024.
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Modi has aimed to improve the lives of ordinary Indians, but some are still finding jobs hard to come by.
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When the public sees an institution is failing, they generally lose trust in it. Not so with the health service.
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A reconsideration of Nas’s literary clout, 30 years after the release of Illmatic.
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What happens when statutory carbon reduction targets are missed.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu: ‘We will make our own decisions’ on responding to Iran’s attack.
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Iran has reached a stage in its weapons programme where it would be difficult for a single strike to do significant damage.
Life-affirming molecules can form in space.
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Perhaps life is more common in the universe that we think.
GB parasport athlete Charlotte Ellis (left) finishing the 2019 London Marathon with her guide runner.
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Running is empowering for many blind and partially sighted people, but they can face a range of societal barriers to get involved.
The fresco showing Helen of Troy and Paris.
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The paintings show the trio of women from Greek myth in a way that makes us see the Trojan War myth anew.
Daisy Ridley in Sometimes I Think About Dying.
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Fran (Daisy Ridley) has a complex and creative inner world that she escapes into in order to feel real.
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Should Rayner have to stand down over a housing scandal, the party would have to run a distracting internal election.
People not eligible for a free NHS COVID vaccine can now purchase one from a pharmacy or private healthcare provider.
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People are increasingly being asked to pay for services they could once access as part of the NHS for free.
Artist’s impression of a fireball.
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The amount of space junk will increase as we continue to launch objects into space, but there are ways to curb damage on the ground.
Cuts at Goldsmiths University in London could threaten up to half of departmental jobs in English, history, music, theatre and visual cultures.
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In the latest higher education funding freeze: sacrificing the arts for STEM subjects makes no sense.