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Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini, September 1943
Authoritarianism / 4 February 2026
4 February 2026

A survey circulated by a far-right-linked student group has sparked outrage, with educators, historians and veterans warning that profiling teachers for their political views echoes fascist-era practices. FEDERICA ADRIANI reports

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Palestine Solidarity / 4 February 2026
4 February 2026

Dockers from Italy, Greece and beyond will stage co-ordinated port blockades on February 6, declaring ‘we don’t work for war’ – in a call in solidarity with Palestine. ALFIO BERNABEI reports

Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits Yuyuan Gardens in Shanghai, China, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026
Diplomacy / 4 February 2026
4 February 2026

The British Prime Minister’s Beijing visit marked the end of a long diplomatic hiatus and produced tangible, if limited, economic results, says KEITH BENNETT

Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, visits the Forbidden City during his visit to China, Thursday Jan. 29, 2026 in Beijing, China
Eyes Left / 4 February 2026
4 February 2026

In reopening relations with China, the PM showed an uncharacteristic grasp of power, proportion and Britain’s diminished place in the world – a lesson many in Westminster still refuse to learn, says ANDREW MURRAY

Austerity / 3 February 2026
3 February 2026

The suicide of Tamara Jade Logon after her disability benefits were wrongly withdrawn is the latest in a series of deaths in which coroners have cited DWP failings, exposing a pattern of preventable harm, says DYLAN MURPHY

Students protest US Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside the Pflugerville Justice Centre after walking out of their classes in Pflugerville, Texas, February 2, 2026
US / 3 February 2026
3 February 2026

Schoolchildren who joined a nationwide anti-Trump walkout learned more outside the classroom than in it but could still be penalised, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

Mark Johnson
Obituary / 3 February 2026
3 February 2026
A bus passes the Duke of Wellington statue which has a traffic cone in the colours of the flag of Ukraine placed on top of the statue in front of Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), the former mansion of Lord William Cunninghame of Lainshaw, in Glasgow, March 7, 2022
Voices of Scotland / 3 February 2026
3 February 2026

The city has some of the most expensive, fragmented and unreliable buses in Britain – the case for bringing buses back into public ownership has never been stronger, says GRACE STEVENS

Cubans queue for petrol
Latin America / 2 February 2026
2 February 2026

On January 29, US President Donald Trump declared Cuba an ‘unusual and extraordinary threat’ to US national security and tightened the blockade against the island nation MANOLO DE LOS SANTOS reports

Yanoun
Palestine / 2 February 2026
2 February 2026

For those who lived in Yanoun, its disappearance is not just a local tragedy, but a stark symbol of escalating violence, displacement and impunity across the occupied West Bank, says JANE HARRIES

Statue of Oliver Cromwell
Full Marx / 2 February 2026
2 February 2026

The selection, analysis and interpretation of historical ‘facts’ always takes place within a paradigm, a model of how the world works. That’s why history is always a battleground, declares the Marx Memorial Library

Campaigners from the Palestine Solidarity Campaign take part in a protest outside Downing Street, London, September 9, 2025
Features / 31 January 2026
31 January 2026

As tens of thousands return to the streets for the first national Palestine march of 2026, this movement refuses to be sidelined or silenced, says PETER LEARY