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The Observer
PM's Trump realpolitik looks like appeasement
The sight of President Trump dropping pages of a “trade deal” between the US and UK was symbolic of the way the White House solipsist operates. Whether deliberate or accidental, the incident had the British prime minister once again looking subservient as he stooped to the ground to pick up the pieces.
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
Netflix to carry French TV after landmark deal
Broadcast TV is coming to Netflix for the first time. A landmark deal between the streaming giant and France’s TF1 will see five of the network's linear channels and 30,000 hours of shows made available to French Netflix users as part of their existing subscription plan.
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
To live a happier life be more ostrich-like
Advance medical tests sully happiness today with distant misery, writes Melanie Reid
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
Super-rich exit, but London's still on the money for culture
Once completed later this summer, the Lucan, a block of 31 flats in Chelsea, will be one of London's most opulent addresses - and its penthouse, priced at £19.5m, will be the jewel in the crown.
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
People smuggling replaces drugs at top of NCA caseload
Britain's top law enforcement agency is investigating more cases of people smuggling than any other crime, amid pressure from the government over small-boat arrivals.
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
Instead of treating Britain's tax system as taboo, let's talk about how it can work
We need to talk about tax and the common good. Next year all our tax revenues combined will climb to the highest level as a share of GDP for 70 years.
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
Gerry Adams denies ever being in the IRA. History suggests otherwise
Following the former Sinn Féin president's libel victory against the BBC, the reporter John Ware reflects on a 40-year campaign to rewrite a troubled past
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
How I discovered the missing children that Ireland tried to forget
For more than a decade Catherine Corless defied ridicule and disbelief in her search for the shocking truth of what happened at Tuam's mother and baby home
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
Antarctic scientists' midwinter chill-out
Scientists at the British Antarctic Survey marked the shortest day of the year in the southern hemisphere yesterday with a midwinter feast, a message from royalty and their traditional viewing of John Carpenter's 1982 ice station horror, The Thing.
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
A caring society does not suggest death as an answer
In considering the scenarios of the third reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) bill, I thought long and hard about what this moment would be like.
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
It's not all Stonehenge and white beards, say today's TikTok druids
Women now make up half of the ancient movement. And yes, they still wear robes...
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
The vote was won but the debate on 'deeply flawed' assisted dying bill is far from over
The assisted dying bill may have passed in the House of Commons last week, with Kim Leadbeater, the MP who introduced it, saying she hopes it could have royal assent by October.
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
Meghan in the pink with launch of her own celebrity rosé
A rosé by any other name would smell as sweet. Or would it? The Duchess of Sussex has become the latest celebrity to smell the aroma of peach, strawberry, lychee - and the money - and launch her own pink wine.
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
Cowardice and inaction left children to suffer
As the chief prosecutor who led the teams that brought the so-called Rochdale grooming gang to justice in 2012 - for the abuse of up to 47 young girls - I went on to lead the national response to localised grooming and child sexual abuse across England and Wales.
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
There's time to stop an exodus
Since the tax changes came in, we have hosted informal gatherings with around 100 non-doms, prominent UK-based families and business owners.
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
KKR's bid for NHS landlord exposes City's vulnerability
Private equity's battle to aquire Assura is the latest example of companies snapping up discounts on the UK stock exchange, writes Barney Macintyre
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
What about tax breaks for investing in UK plc too?
There isn’t any reliable evidence on whether former non-doms are leaving. Non-dom status is reported on tax forms, which have been the basis for quantitative estimates of departures, but not on LinkedIn, nor even on Companies House. The only way to know what is happening is to use tax data, which won't have been submitted yet.
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
150 Labour MPs ready to rebel against welfare reforms
As many as 150 Labour MPs are threatening to rebel against the government's welfare reforms next month, raising the prospect of Keir Starmer's first Commons defeat since becoming prime minister.
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
RFK Jr effect lifts alternative medicine stocks to the stars
Share trading in Regencell Bioscience, an obscure company that develops traditional Chinese herbal treatments, was halted on Friday due to volatility.
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
Duty done: K-pop's top boyband is reunited
The rapper Suga, below, became the seventh and final member of the K-pop mega group BTS to finish his mandatory South Korean military service on Saturday, marking the end of the band’s hiatus while serving their country.
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
Ooh err, missus! Lloyds made me into a man
I have been a woman for 59 years but Lloyds has decided it's time for me to be a man.
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
Miliband: I'm glad Just Stop Oil has closed down. They turned people off
Ed Miliband has called for an end to \"hair shirt\" environmentalism, urging instead a focus on the economic benefits of a \"green industrial revolution\" that, he said, could create almost 400,000 jobs.
4 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Lena Dunham
The creator of the TV blockbuster Girls is back but avoiding the limelight, writes Barbara Ellen
4 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Bailed Kneecap face mixed messages before Glasto gig
Billboards, fly posters, T-shirts — nothing unusual outside a music venue.
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
Keir Starmer faces his greatest test in foreign policy – one that could define his premiership
As the US teeters on the brink of war with Iran, the prime minister must decide whether to support Trump or jeopardise the special relationship
4 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Dig starts at Irish home where 796 infants died
Preparatory excavations have begun at the site of the unmarried mothers' home in Tuam, County Galway, where the remains of 796 babies and young children are believed to be buried in a mass grave.
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
Despair of families watching attacks on Gaza food aid sites
The attack began at 9pm last Thursday. Ibrahim al-Qattrawi pushed his face into the dirt, waiting for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) food distribution point to open, while Israeli quadcopters circled overhead. Bullets and artillery shells tore through the air around him.
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
Iran's Berlin moment
Israel's allies cannot afford to waste it
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
History's women have more to tell us than their fashion choices
Let them wear Manolos! The Victoria & Albert Museum has unveiled plans for an exhibition on the fashion legacy of Marie Antoinette.
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
Donald's golden steel share
With his love for all things golden, it is unsurprising that Donald Trump has created America’s first golden share.
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