The recent heatwaves revealed how ill-prepared Britain remains for a hotter future – and how unequal the ability to cope with it has become, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
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Over Ukraine, Europe has sacrificed its own interests for those of Washington
NICK WRIGHT assesses the tactics used by the US to enforce its will over its Nato allies – but notes most of the world has not signed up
A view of the town of Bakhmut, the site of the heaviest battles with the Russian troops, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, February 27, 2023
Extreme heat is now one of the defining public health challenges of a warming world, explains Prof IAN WILLIAMS
The US-Israeli conflict with Iran has had far-reaching consequences, including a boost to Pakistan’s regional standing, argues ROGER McKENZIE
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Kate Clark pays tribute to Ricardo, whose life spanned the hopes of Allende’s Chile, the horrors of military dictatorship and decades of campaigning for justice in exile
Keir Starmer's early political life suggests a very different future from the one he ultimately embraced, says KEITH FLETT
After the dismissal of union representatives and years of precarious working conditions, Kimpton Clocktower workers are drawing a line, writes THOMAS BELL
PREDICTABLY enough the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine provided the media with a hook on which to hang a barrage of war propaganda.
Over recent weeks US officials – State Department and some Pentagon – have been trying hard to sustain a narrative that China is likely to supply Russia with weapons.
This is at a piece with the broad US strategy of leveraging the conflict in Ukraine to boost an Atlanticist project to trap Europe in a more antagonistic relationship with China.
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