Fertiliser chaos triggered by Gulf conflict could send prices soaring and leave millions facing devastating hunger, writes DYLAN MURPHY
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For your and our freedom
The government might call it ‘freedom day’ but we are far from free of Covid and the devastating effects of Tory mismanagement, writes DAVID ROSENBERG
Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears on a screen as he self-isolates during a media briefing
A surge in futures activity minutes before news of US–Iran talks has led to questions about insider trading and oversight gaps, writes CJ ATKINS
Washington’s response to a downed jet shows a superpower still reaching for overwhelming force even as its wars repeatedly fail, says NICK WRIGHT
With attacks on industry, healthcare and education intensifying, JAMSHID AHMADI warns of a deliberate drive to cripple Iran and calls for urgent global action
Argentinians commemorated the 50th anniversary of the military dictatorship that left 30,000 people killed or ‘disappeared.’ BERT SCHOUWENBURG reports
In Voices of Scotland YANA PETTICREW looks at the crippling deterioration of working-class art provision and support
I AM looking forward to genuine freedom from the pandemic as much as anyone else.
We have all missed out on so much over the past 16 months, but I’ll be taking it slowly and carefully and hope that, for community health and wellbeing, others will too.
This is really not an individual matter. For the government, this is, to give its full title, Freedom From Accountability Day. Will all their MPs be returning to Parliament today (apart from those self-isolating because of some virus)? No, thought not.
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