May and Juncker: reaching for agreement.
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Theresa May has reached an agreement with the EU that will enable her to proceed to the second stage of Brexit negotiations. Here’s what it all means.
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British citizens are currently protected by the EU if their government fails them. That will no longer be the case after they leave the union.
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Britain is not a good country in which to be born poor.
Saleh had been at the centre of Yemeni politics for four decades.
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Yemen now needs a new kind of politics where its people must be allowed to make their own future.
Polish refugees in 1939.
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Then as now, volunteer groups are stepping in where governments won’t.
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The city is key to both Israeli and Palestinian identity.
Reaching for peace.
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Brexit negotiations have revealed a clear lack of appreciation for the power of symbolism in Northern Irish politics.
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Claims that the Manchester Arena bombing could have been stopped are too simplistic.
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Martin Schulz has said he’d rather go back into opposition than agree to another grand coalition. But is that sensible?
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We’re wildly off base when it comes to guessing crime rates and other important social matters, because we focus on the negative.
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The latest Brexit talks would offer a masterclass in how not to negotiate if they weren’t so lacking in complexity.
The Libyan coastguard has received money from the EU to stop migrant boats crossing the Mediterranean.
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Insincerity and short-termism rule global responses to Libyan migration.
Close to a deal?
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Everything you need to know about this crucial part of the negotiations.
A messenger dog at Etaples, 28 August 1918.
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Either medals or destruction appears to await canine companions from the battlefield.
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Neither constitution protections nor protests have prevented the Mapuche and their allies from suffering at the hands of the Argentine state.
The Irish border question: central to Brexit negotiatons.
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Survey shows Remain voters more opposed to a hard border than Leave voters.
Queen Elizabeth II with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia during his state visit in 2007.
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It looks as if a state visit from the US president is on the cards. But the Queen is a veteran at hosting unwanted guests.
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The world’s loudest hater of ‘fake news’ is also a brazen peddler of insidious misinformation.
Britain First leader Paul Golding and deputy leader Jayda Fransen.
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The US president has lent legitimacy to a small group of right-wing extremists by sharing its content.
Blair’s government introduced changes to Britain’s imigration system.
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Jeremy Corbyn should heed lessons from his Labour predecessors on immigration policy.
Prince Harry is to marry Meghan Markle in May 2018.
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Two tourism experts assess the evidence on whether visitors are drawn to the UK by the monarchy.
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Lebanon is on shaky enough ground without a Saudi–Iranian proxy war to think about.
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What can international law do to help curb the use of a lethal, indiscriminate weapon?
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A surprising case in Queensland, Australia is changing the way we think about what can be used an official document after your death.
Collecting the family allowance in 1946: the Beveridge report influenced the creation of Britain’s welfare state.
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Thousands queued to buy the report by William Beveridge that would lay the foundations for Britain’s modern welfare state.