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The return of the Left The Left's answer to Trump? Credit: Getty

'The forceful return of the Left has exposed the fecklessness of centrist Democrats' | James Billot

Famine is an age-old weapon Gaza is starving. Khames Alrefi/Anadolu via Getty Images.

‘It’s clear that starvation in Gaza is being used as a political weapon, and this was also the case in Ireland’ | Terry Eagleton

Nvidia deal shows why US should lift export controls on China In recent days, China has been pressing Washington to ease export controls on high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, making it a priority in trade talks ahead of a possible Trump–Xi summit. Now,…

'Prolonging China's dependence on Western chips could better serve Western strategic interests in the long run' | Miquel Vila unherd.com/newsroom/nvi...

Will Putin win the Alaska talks? 'This is Putin’s dream scenario.' Natalia Kolesnikova/POOL/AFP/Getty Images

‘Putin’s plan to mass produce Oreshnik missiles and place them on Belarusian territory does not suggest a man eager for peace’ | Bethany Elliott

The Tories talk about rebuilding the rural vote.

But retreating to the shires is a strategy for survival, not revival, writes Tom Jones 👇

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The New York Times is avoiding the truth about detransitioning Search “detransition” on the New York Times website and you’ll find 276 results, compared to more than 10,000 for “transgender”. To those who believe in “gender ideology” — that each person has a…

Blanket bans on gender-affirming care may be too blunt, but so is ignoring evidence of harm.

We need balanced, evidence-based policies, writes Lisa Selin Davis 👇

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Is Trump pushing Republican voters to the Left? Donald Trump’s shock-and-awe approach to domestic issues such as immigration and DEI appears to be inducing a Leftward shift among his base. While the President is posting impressive policy victories…

Immigration was a Trump 2024 winning issue.

But showy deportations have hardened opposition against it, writes Eric Kaufmann 👇

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The satire lands because South Park once skewered liberals just as harshly.

Its credibility with Trump voters makes this shift significant, writes Oliver Bateman 👇

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More economic threats won’t sway Putin.

Trump’s real leverage is walking away from negotiations, argues Jennifer Kavanagh 👇

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Defiant Palestine Action protesters met with mass arrests Westminster, London As Big Ben’s dial moved towards one, police officers massed beside a statue of David Lloyd George. Above them, his outstretched arm gestured towards the assembled mass in…

Hundreds gathered in Parliament Square to defy the UK’s terror laws.

By nightfall, 365 had been arrested, reports Felix Pope 👇

Big Tech is pushing back against the UK’s Online Safety Act.

Their opposition could be crucial to protecting online freedom, writes Jake Hurfurt 👇

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Gaza offensive deepens rift within IDF The pending Israeli offensive on Gaza City has not only brought new levels of international opprobrium. It is also expanding the fissures within Israel itself, between the government and the public,…

IDF air force and ground troops are clashing over tactics.

The rift mirrors wider social divides, writes David Swift 👇

The media’s misrepresentation of EHRC recommendations distorts public debate on women-only spaces.

This isn’t about exclusion, but about preserving single-sex protections, argues Victoria Smith 👇

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Germany’s new Israel policy reflects public scepticism “Israel has the right to defend itself against Hamas terrorism,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz declared today. However, in response to Israel’s planned expansion of military operations, his…

Friedrich Merz’s decision to halt arm exports to Israel was driven by domestic pressure | Katja Hoyer

RFK Jr’s mRNA overhaul misses the real problem with vaccines This week, US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr announced that his department would begin winding down its mRNA vaccine development activities. This entails terminating some development…

'The continuing debate over Covid vaccines is frustrating, not for its worthlessness but for its narrowness' | Max Lacour

Falling US imports show Germany’s economy is broken Germany’s economic woes are deepening. After sales from all its major car companies plummeted in the first half of 2025, exports to the US appear to be the next item on the chopping block. US imports…

'A mix of shifting geopolitics and self-inflicted wounds has thrown Germany’s economic model into crisis' | Ralph Schoellhammer

Sunset Boulevard exposed Hollywood’s vanity “We didn't need dialogue. We had faces.” Credit: Sunset Boulevard

‘Sunset Boulevard was the first film to depict the moral failures of a world that cares for nothing but image' | Frederick Kaufman
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‘The Didion-Dunne partnership signaled that a wife might become a magnificent writer not in spite of her husband, but because of him’ | Lily Isaacs
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Africa’s crisis is Europe’s too There is little incentive to stay in the slums of Lagos. Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images

‘Sub-Saharan Africa is undergoing an urban transition of a kind unique in history’ | Wessie du Toit
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Are we prepared for the post-Ozempic fallout? What is most fascinating about Ozempic isn’t the weight loss. It’s the psychological revolution it has triggered. Something extraordinary is happening to people who’ve spent years, even decades,…

'Something extraordinary is happening to people who’ve spent years, even decades, locked in a mental war with food' | Stella O'Malley

The return of retributive justice Nigel Farage has mooted sending violent British criminals to prisons such as El Salvador’s CECOT. Handout/Presidencia El Salvador via Getty Images

‘Since these days there is in fact no certainty of being punished, it is not surprising that the system is on the verge of losing public confidence' | Kathleen Stock
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Starmer faces a lose-lose scenario in Gorton and Denton.

Burnham’s win could challenge his leadership, but a loss would be devastating, writes Peter Franklin 👇

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AI could help workers.

But it’s mostly helping companies cut them, warns Dustin Guastella 👇

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Texas Republicans are betting big on the Hispanic Rightward shift.

They're redrawing maps to lock in gains in the Rio Grande Valley, writes Michael baharaeen 👇

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Steve Hilton’s cartoon California Hilton announced his campaign in April. Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

‘When there’s serious inter-party competition, extremists lose their structural advantage’ | Matt Feeney

Western influencers are the new face of Taliban propaganda The video begins with a terrifying image: three men, apparently hostages, kneel in front of a group of five Taliban fighters holding AK-47s. One of the turbaned figures recites an Islamic greeting,…

TikTok creators are promoting Afghanistan as a holiday destination | David Rose

Trump’s ballroom is neoclassical slop The new ballroom, the White House says, will be a 'much-needed and exquisite addition'. Photo: Handout.

‘Even art depicting the Avengers would be better than cold, conventional, essentially thoughtless Baroque imitation’ | Sheehan Quirke

It’s springtime for progressives — again On their way out? Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images.

‘New York has no shortage of younger legislators and high profile politicians who could knock Schumer out’ | Ross Barkan

The tyranny of gerontocracy 'In a gerontocracy, only one principle of political economy holds: pensions are untouchable.' Barry Lewis/Contributor via Getty.

‘The wastefulness of the French system is slowly stirring anger among the productive class’ | Krzysztof Tyszka-Drozdowski

UK’s £50 billion black hole has made higher taxes inevitable Better services for nothing! That was pretty much Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s offer to voters during last year’s election campaign: that a Labour government would improve public services without…

Labour is now paying the price for mimicking Tory rhetoric on taxes | John Rapley