HUGH LANNING says there is no path to peace without dismantling Israel’s control over Palestinian land, lives and resources
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Interest rate hike risks financial crisis
The Bank of England has been swinging its interest rate bludgeon for the last year, and the wreckage is starting to pile up, warns JAMES MEADWAY
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CJ ATKINS reports on the stand that saw Ayman Odeh and Ofer Cassif hauled out of Israel’s parliament during Donald Trump’s vainglorious address
ROGER McKENZIE argues that Western powers can see the beginning of the end in the rise of the global South — and racist reactions are kicking in
The Tory conference was a pseudo-sacred affair, with devotees paying homage in front of Thatcher’s old shrouds — and your reporter, initially barred, only need mention he’d once met her to gain access. But would she consider what was on offer a worthy legacy, asks ANDREW MURRAY
Taking a brief look at who the US president surrounds himself with reveals a team dedicated to the complete erasure of Palestine, not justice and civil rights for its people, writes TERRY HANSEN
As the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women begins in Beijing, it’s clear that China has fulfilled its commitments set 30 years ago and delivered amazing progress in women's education and equality, writes YU BOKUN
THE Bank of England’s raising of interest rates this week was a poor decision that will do little to nothing to restrain price rises, adds to the financial burdens on households and small businesses and increases the joint risks of recession and financial crisis.
But it’s not all bad news: new figures from Unite the Union show that the four largest banks’ profits are up £7bn since the start of the pandemic, as rising Bank of England interest rates have been turned into higher borrowing costs for households and businesses — while, naturally, savings rates have barely moved.
Sarcasm aside, the best that can be said for the rates rise, with two dissenting members of the rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee voting to keep rates the same, is that the bank is less likely to repeat this madness in future.
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