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Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel | Nesrine Malik

Commentators have said that the US president’s clownishness and lack of ideology somehow make him less dangerous. They’re wrongOver the past few w...

Apr 20, 2026
Bittersweet emotions as Lebanese return south to scenes of destruction

Determined to see their homes, displaced residents use shaky ceasefire to journey to their villages – but the mood turns sombre when they arriveMoha...

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A new start after 60: my father died when I was a child – and I followed him to Antarctica

Amanda Barry’s dad had always wanted to return to the continent, where he worked in 1948, but died before he had the chance. She fulfilled his ambit...

Apr 20, 2026
‘Women want to experience pleasure’: how the female gaze caught the attention of film, TV and fi

From passionate romantasy novels to premium television dramas, culture is bringing the agency, desires and interior lives of women to the fore. It’s...

Apr 19, 2026
Handcuffs, dog bites and avian warfare: how personal grudges sullied Alfred Hitchcock’s reputation

The director liked to create tension on-set to draw out stronger performances. But have stories about his psychological tricks been inflated in the re...

Apr 20, 2026
JD Vance could yet save his political skin. But it will mean turning on Trump – and soon | Simon T

The vice-president has endured his most humiliating – and damaging – week as his boss’s fall guy. How much more can Maga’s great hope take? ...

Apr 19, 2026
Middle East crisis live: ceasefire under pressure as Iran says it has no plans for talks after US se

Donald Trump said on Sunday that US marines had taken custody of a vessel that tried to get past the American blockade on Iranian portsTehran has ‘n...

Apr 20, 2026
Mass shooting rampage in Louisiana leaves eight children dead and others wounded

Shreveport police say suspect Shamar Elkins, who was fatally shot, killed seven of his children and injured their mother in a ‘domestic violence inc...

Apr 19, 2026
Japan tsunami alert issued following powerful earthquake off northern coast – follow latest

People in affected areas urged to evacuate as quake registering 7.5 magnitude occurred off the coast of SanrikuThere is no tsunami threat to Australia...

Apr 20, 2026
Starmer could have been told about Mandelson’s vetting failure, claims No 10 with release of brief

Downing Street takes unusual step of releasing document ahead of PM’s Commons showdown over Mandelson scandalJudgment day for PM over Mandelson scan...

Apr 20, 2026
Myanmar military regime widens sanitary towel ban, claiming rebels use them for first aid

Activists say clamp down on period products to target insurgents is gender-based violence and violates rightsMyanmar’s military regime is expanding ...

Apr 20, 2026
Arrests fuel fears among Madagascar’s gen Z protesters that new regime no better than one they ove

Jubilation is turning to disenchantment as young activists arrested after protest calling for election date to be setThe arrest of several protesters ...

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