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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Time to stop Trump
The West’s “war on terror”, as predicted 20 years ago, has not diminished terrorism but increased it, argues LINDSEY GERMAN
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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
WITHIN a few days of a new year and a new decade, Donald Trump sent the world a message that it certainly is not going to be peaceful.
His illegal and reckless acts threaten to plunge the Middle East into even worse wars than have been seen up to now. And yet again, politicians around the world – not least in Britain – are refusing to learn the lessons of past wars, and denigrate and abuse anyone who tells them differently.
The assassination of Qassem Soleimani last week has made the world a more dangerous place. That is the only conclusion one can draw from the further threats by Trump to attack Iran sites, including cultural ones, and now the retaliation by Iran with missile strikes on US bases.
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