Destination: Tehran.
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The Middle East could be witnessing a foreign policy misfire of epic proportions.
Picking apart a tragic story.
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Perhaps there might at least now be a pause on further deregulation when it comes to buildings in the UK
Children used as pawns in conflict.
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Child victims are used to justify the cause, while young soldiers further it.
Is it any wonder they feel like bargaining chips?
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The government is offering ‘settled status’ to address Brexit fears. But is it enough?
Demonstrators demanding that Jakarta’s Christian governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, should be jailed for blasphemy.
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When free speech comes into conflict with religious sensitivity, common sense must prevail.
Pork barrel politics. Who brought the apple sauce?
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The Conservatives’ pact with the DUP is dodgy and depressing.
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Donald Trump’s predecessor once made an empty threat against Bashar al-Assad – and it didn’t end well.
Controversial: Helen Zille.
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With the ANC in crisis, the Democratic Alliance seemed to be getting it right. But then came a flurry of inexplicably tactless tweets.
Nice work team.
A generous funding package for Northern Ireland has gone down like a lead balloon in other parts of the country.
What’s in the box?
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From sofas, to clothes and jam, a lot of ‘things’ are being sent between migrants and their loved ones.
Theresa May has agreed on terms with the DUP to support her government.
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The unionists have pledged to back up the Conservative government in exchange for an extra £1 billion for Northern Ireland
Down the steps of Finland’s famous Bengtskaer lighthouse.
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This problem masks a greater threat to the welfare state than it first appears.
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A lesson in taking from the rich to give to the poor.
PA/Kirsty Wigglesworth
Jeremy Corbyn was criticised for his unclear position on Brexit, but it may actually have been the smarter move.
Race to the top?
EPA/David Jones
The notion of an society organised on merit has held Britain in its sway for decades.
Waving the Libyan national flag in Tripoli.
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As far as Moscow’s concerned, the stakes in Libya are low and the potential returns very high.
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May’s government is evoking arguments made by the early 20th-century tariff reform campaign of Joseph Chamberlain.
Tweet by Liz Gerrard juxtaposing Martin Rowson’s Guardian cartoon with the Daily Mail editorial..
Journalism is the first casualty as two UK newspapers with competing world views go to war.
A handout aerial image made available by the Combined Joint Task Force shows the destroyed remains of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri.
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The destruction of the al-Nuri Mosque and its minaret is a sad blow to Iraqi culture – and a rallying cry too.
Theresa May allow EU citizens to stay – or she may not.
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After a whole year, the British PM has finally said something about post-Brexit rights for people living in the UK.
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The tangled web of responsibility for London’s council estates could cloud investigations into the Grenfell Tower fire.
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How much did social media have an impact on the campaigns of Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn?
Red jerseys in their 32-10 drubbing of Maori All Blacks on June 17.
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The birth certificates of the 41 players in the squad touring New Zealand are an eclectic mix.
A booming beauty industry is changing the way we see our bodies.
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The pressures of perfection.
Life on the margins: a Syrian refugee on the streets of Beirut.
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Anti-refugee sentiment is growing in Beirut.