Rape is rape, whatever your view of the war.To trivialise it is wrong

There is no such thing as a perfect victim, but a million ways to be an imperfect one. She was drinking.

Parthenon marbles spat is a gift for a PM with troubles at home

For Britain, renewed demands by Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greece's prime minister, to relinquish the Parthenon marbles brings the country face to face with its colonial past.

Berlin is Kyiv's new best friend.What a difference a war makes

Olaf Scholz, Germany's safety-first chancellor, has been harshly criticised for foot-dragging on military assistance for Ukraine.

Last love

Mary and Derek weren't the first couple to get together at Easterlea Rest Home. But those other relationships had been more like friendships-and this was something else entirely

TOO MUCH STUFF

ONE FREEZING COLD MORNING, I drove past the outer edge of Denver, Colorado, past Buckley Air Force Base, past the suburban neighbourhoods huddled at the edge of the Great Plains.

Why esteem for Kissinger transcended political divisions

One of the few things that still brings the Republican and Democratic political establishments together is their shared reverence for Henry Kissinger.

"This is war' Māori treaty rights at risk from new government

More than 180 years after Mäori leaders gathered near the banks of the Waitangi River to sign the treaty that became New Zealand's founding document, their descendants fear the rights afforded to them in the agreement may be under attack.

Landmark marriage brings joy for same-sex couples

The dancing continued until the early hours. Family and friends and Suru the dog gathered in western Nepal to mark the joyful end to what had been a historic day for Maya Gurung and Surendra Pandey.

Gaza conflict reignites tensions with the US

A salvo of machine gun fire, customary during funerals, illuminated the night sky as dozens of men converged in a dimly lit, unpaved alley on the edges of the sprawling slums of Sadr city to pay their respects.

How Chile became a voice for Palestine

The Andean nation has the largest Palestinian diaspora outside the Middle East andthe ongoing hostilities in Gaza are being felt deeply

Sellafield nuclear site hacked by groups linked to Russia and China

Exclusive Malware may still be present and potential effects have been covered up by staff, investigation reveals

'Heartbroken' Muslim mayor takes stock of Wilders' win

Soon after news broke that the populist Geert Wilders and his anti-Islam Party for Freedom (PVV) had won the most votes of any party in the Dutch elections, Ahmed Marcouch found himself comforting his distraught eight-year-old.

Why young Europeans are turning towards the far right

Housing, health and economic fears, not cultural factors, are pushing many younger voters towards political extremes

The classic children's books that Putin could not destroy

There it is, on a wintry morning: charred masonry, gnarled metal, glass shards, rubble and dust.

Families reunited as hostages return home from Gaza

Pornsawan Pinakalo's three great aunts would not have missed his return for the world.

'We just wish to be killed' Fear returns as truce ends

Last Friday morning, Reham Shaheen had a rare chance to talk to her husband, Muhanad, who had been sheltering with their family in Deir al-Balah, in the southern half of Gaza, shortly after Israel's military restarted its campaign of bombing.

Will Israel win the battle but lose the war against Hamas?

The scene is one familiar from many conflicts.

Oil and water? Sultan Al Jaber, the host fanning flames of the fossil fuel debate

Cop28 is taking place in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates - one of the world's largest exporters of oil and gas.

Dubai's net zero gains

The city-state is offering the UN's global climate conference access to its oil-industry networks in the hope of boosting its soft power brand. But who stands to benefit most?

Captured And Freed How The Hostage Release Deal Was Done

Anetwork that established a link between President Biden and Hamas was at the heart of talks that led to freeing of captives

World Is On Frontline Of Disaster, Says UN Climate Chief

Leaders urged to stop dawdling’ and take action, as crucial summit on tackling climate crisis opens in Dubai

A country road to redemption

The genre-swapping singer Jelly Rollis up for aGrammy, having broken acycle of jailtime and drug abuse. He discusses how he turned his lifearound

With rights in peril, women have to fight just to stand still

Brainwashed by a homicidal policy\" is how the man just elected president of Argentina described supporters of women's abortion rights. The far-right libertarian Javier Milei has pledged to hold a referendum to ban abortion, just three years after Argentina became the largest Latin American country to legalise it, and the country's feminists are gearing up for a big fight to protect their reproductive rights.

My patient refused all treatment. After her death, I learned why

'Every time I talk to you, I feel more distressed.” Tears stream down my patient’s face as she claps her palms over her ears to shut me out. I am stunned to my core by this completely unexpected office version of a devastating domestic diatribe from which you wonder how you will recover. In my small office, the distance between us feels suddenly uncrossable.

A triple inequality lies at the heart of the climate emergency

Stare at a climate map of the world that we expect to inhabit 50 years from now and you see a band of extreme heat encircling the planet's midriff. Climate modelling from 2020 suggests that within half a century about 30% of the world's projected population - unless they are forced to move - will live in places with an average temperature above 29C. This is unbearably hot. Currently, no more than 1% of Earth's land surface is this hot, mainly uninhabited parts of the Sahara.

"Try not to look at them with pity'

WE HAVE ALL MET A YOUNG MAN LIKE DANIEL MELNYK, this open-faced, sunny 21-year-old with a broad grin.

First person singular

Uncoupled doesn't have to mean incomplete. Writers from Annie Lord to Joan Bakewell celebrate sex toys, freedom and being alone as its own destination

Pit start Plutonium production is on the rise.But why?

On New York's Staten Island the US army corps of engineers began last month to remove the radioactive remnants of Robert Oppenheimer's Manhattan Project that produced the atomic bombs that ended the second world war.

The sleepy town that won a place on Unesco's food map

'Вatdambng mean avei chhnganh? Anything delicious in Battambang?\" crooned popular Cambodian singer Sinn Sisamouth in his song of the same name. For Cambodians, everything is delicious in Battambang and now, much to their delight, Unesco agrees.

Deep sea bubbles The rise of underwater champagne

You might think that 1,500 years after the first bottle was drunk there wasn't Y much more innovation left to be had in the rarefied world of champagne. You would be wrong. The next big thing in the $7.5bn-a-year industry is: undersea ageing.