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History in ruins 'I will spend rest of my life rebuilding'
Archaeologists say more than two-thirds of Gaza's heritage sites have been damaged. Residents have vowed to restore them
3 min |
March 21, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
The elegance of chess has captured the imagination of primetime television
Once ignored and marginalised as a niche pursuit for nerds, chess is now UK primetime TV. Last week saw the launch of the BBC’s Chess Masters: The End Game in which 12 amateur “rising stars” - six men and six women - will compete.
2 min |
March 21, 2025
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Sudan rejects Palestinian resettlement proposals
Sudanese officials have rejected a request from the US to discuss taking in Palestinians displaced from Gaza under Donald Trump’s plan to turn the territory into a “Riviera on the Mediterranean”.
2 min |
March 21, 2025
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In pole position for behind-the-scenes sport
Netflix's Formula 1: Drive to Survive is one of the most influential shows of the past decade. But how did it turn such a tedious sport into gripping television?
3 min |
March 21, 2025
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Family fallout Has Rodrigo Duterte's extradition opened up old rivalries?
As the former president faces trial in The Hague, a bitter dynastic feud has returned to shape the political landscape
3 min |
March 21, 2025
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The steel town on the frontline of Trump's tariff war
The sprawling ArcelorMittal Dofasco steel plant in Hamilton, Ontario has in recent months become a site of pilgrimage for Canadian political leaders.
3 min |
March 21, 2025
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Musk under fire
Democrats believe attacking the world's richest man as an unelected billionaire bent on a slash-and-burn crusade targeting social security and healthcare will revive their prospects as the Tesla CEO's popularity sinks
5 min |
March 21, 2025
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Mancunians enthused by plans for UK's biggest stadium
Even on a freezing, rainy day with no match scheduled, the area around Old Trafford in Manchester was abuzz with football fans from far and wide.
3 min |
March 21, 2025
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Life in motion
After the Oscar success of a little-known Latvian animation called Flow, are the artform's budget film-makers on the brink of new recognition?
6 min |
March 14, 2025
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'Ceasefire' is a hollow word - the killings and denial of aid continue
It has been nearly two months since a ceasefire came into effect in Gaza, and it's clear that it would more accurately be called a \"reduce\" fire, rather than a cessation.
3 min |
March 14, 2025
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Policy jolts Businesses blindsided by Trump tariff uncertainty
Donald Trump declared there to be \"no room left\" for a deal with Canada and Mexico last week, launching a trade war against his nation's closest allies that he presented as a bid to protect America's soul. Then he pulled back.
3 min |
March 14, 2025
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Crap jobs, toxic politics: no wonder happiness evades young people
So there are two studies, one commissioned by Weetabix, one by the UN, but we don't need to decide which one is likely to be the more reliable because, praise be, they both say the same thing: 45 is now the age of peak happiness.
3 min |
March 14, 2025
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Keeping their distance Populists in a tight spot over support for Trump
Europe's rightwing populist parties are split over how far to distance themselves from Donald Trump's pressure on Ukraine, with some fearing solidarity with the US president's brand of nationalism will damage their efforts to widen their domestic support.
2 min |
March 14, 2025
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Evidence of beatings, torture and starvation at RSF base
Lying between the makeshift graves is a mattress, a large bloodstain visible in the midday sun. A name is scrawled in Arabic on its ragged fabric: Mohammed Adam.
3 min |
March 14, 2025
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New surgery restores smell for long Covid sufferers
Doctors in London have successfully restored a sense of smell and taste in patients who lost it due to long Covid with pioneering surgery that expands their nasal airways to kickstart their recovery.
2 min |
March 14, 2025
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Dark secrets Stargazing heaven put at risk by energy plant
In the Atacama desert, the driest non-polar region on Earth, the sky shines when the sun sets. Up in the arid hills 130km south of the Chilean city of Antofagasta, comets burn brightly and flawless trails of stars and nebulae streak the night sky.
3 min |
March 14, 2025
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Find the whey: tempting ideas to make the most of cottage cheese
Why is everyone talking about cottage cheese, and can you make anything that's actually good with it?
2 min |
March 14, 2025
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Recasting India's electoral map risks deepening its north-south divide
When Narendra Modi's alliance won a narrow majority in last year's Indian election, it signalled his waning popularity after a decade in power.
2 min |
March 14, 2025
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Power plays Trump's offer of talks won't ease the threat of escalation
The letter the US president, Donald Trump, says he sent to Iran's leadership last week, offering to reopen talks on the country's nuclear programme, comes at a point when Iranian domestic politics is at its most unstable for years.
2 min |
March 14, 2025
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Algorithm and blues
The enraging truth behind streaming service Spotify's success and the damage its rise has inflicted on music and musicians
3 min |
March 14, 2025
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Mob chaos Jailbreaks stoke panic as M23 rebels advance
Mass prison escapes during the chaos of fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured two of its largest cities over the past two months, have caused panic among the public.
3 min |
March 14, 2025
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'Pivotal partner' Saudi Arabia is hosting more peace talks - but how neutral is it?
On the surface, the announcement that Saudi Arabia would host talks between the US and Ukraine in Jeddah that began this week appeared to be promising news.
2 min |
March 14, 2025
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Trump's White House is pure mafia in substance and style
Behold Donald Corleone, the US president who behaves like a mafia boss but without the principles.
4 min |
March 14, 2025
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YOUNG, MALE AND VOTING REFORM
Once, anti-establishment British youth disillusioned with mainstream politics headed left. Now many - especially young men are turning right. What is it about Nigel Farage's party that attracts them?
10+ min |
March 14, 2025
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The tipsy point
From The White Lotus to Industry, how do actors fake being under the influence of booze and drugs? Stars and 'wellbeing facilitators' reveal all
4 min |
March 14, 2025
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The downfall of a Tantric yoga guru
Under the guise of spiritual leadership, Gregorian Bivolaru allegedly exploited hundreds of people through an international network of yoga camps and retreats. Now he's awaiting trial, accused of kidnap, human trafficking and rape. Here, one of his victims reveals how she was drawn into his organisation- and how she managed to break free
10+ min |
March 14, 2025
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Haunting, beautiful, unsettlingly close
Former Lambchop sideman William Tyler rejected ambition and embraced lo-fi recording. Time Indefinite is his most startling music yet
3 min |
March 14, 2025
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Roboshop How 'Al agents' will change the way we live
Tech firms are betting that autonomous digital assistants that carry out household tasks will be the next big thing.But can we really rely on them to get the groceries in?
6 min |
March 14, 2025
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Into the breach
As the Trump administration retreats from Europe, Germany, France and the UK throw off old rules and pledge to do 'whatever it takes' to stand up to Russia
5 min |
March 14, 2025
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Clay heads remember those lost to slavery
At the end of a sandy path, lined with bamboo trees, lies a clearing with thousands of clay head sculptures.
2 min |