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Protest Leaders Convicted Over Gaza March Pledge to Appeal ‘Extraordinary’ Ruling
Palestine Solidarity Campaign director and Stop the War vice-chair convicted over Gaza demonstration that Met Police and Judge say broke restrictions
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Spy Games and the Global Far Right Loom Over Historic Hungarian Election
As Viktor Orbán trails in the polls he is seeking help from the global far right and the intelligence services, reports Ábel Bede
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Revealed: Tony Blair’s ‘Dodgy Iran Dossier’ Helped Shape Trump War Plan
Controversial polling promoted by the Tony Blair Institute, and criticised by academics, helped make the case for ‘regime change’ in Tehran
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UK-Linked Components Traced to Tomahawk Missile That Struck Iranian School
Debris analysis and US procurement records reveal British links to the weapon that killed over a hundred school children in Iran, reports Isa Osman and Iain Overton
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Why the Iran War Could Last Far Longer Than Either Side Wants to Admit
With the Strait of Hormuz closed and US munitions dwindling, it is Iran that will ultimately be able to set the price of peace, argues US defence analyst Brynn Tannehill
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Trump’s Iran War Is Pushing the Post War International Order to Breaking Point
The US President’s reckless actions risk destroying the global political order, but could something good emerge from the wreckage, asks Alexandra Hall Hall
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The UK Could Be Quietly Heading for a Solar Power Revolution
As fossil fuel prices soar due to Trump’s Iran war, the UK Government’s plans for ‘energy independence’ could transform how British households power their homes, reports Josiah Mortimer
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How Trump Is Manufacturing Enemies Out of His Own Citizens
The Trump administration is using disinformation against anti fascists in order to criminalise dissent, argues Caroline Orr Beuneo
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Trump: ‘When You Think of It, We Shouldn’t Even Have an Election’
As his approval ratings slide amid growing discontent over his unpopular war in Iran, the President is looking at multiple ways to subvert the mid-term elections, reports Owen Bennett-Jones
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Trump’s Iran War Threatens a Refugee Crisis on a Scale That Dwarfs Syria
A former senior US defence analyst warns that the assault on Iran risks causing a refugee crisis up to four times larger than what happened during the Syria conflict
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Revealed: Peter Mandelson’s Russian Connections and Palantir Lobbying Links
The disgraced peer was appointed by Keir Starmer’s Government despite warnings about his role on the board of a Russian defence conglomerate linked to Moscow’s early-warning missile systems
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Trump Went to War With Iran to ‘Seize Oil’ as US Shale Enters Major Decline
The United States launched a war on Iran, not to eliminate a nuclear threat, but to seize control of the world’s last major accessible oil reserves
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The Kurdish Attack on Iran That Never Happened
False media reports of thousands of Kurdish fighters launching a ground offensive against Iran ended up endangering the very people living under the bombs, reports Dr Charles Kriel
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‘The Justification for the War against Iran Has Changed from Day to Day, with No Clear End Goal or Exit Strategy’
From Washington DC, former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall assesses the arguments used to justify the attack on Iran
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Operation Epic Fury: A Mass of Shifting Objectives
Dr Charles Kriel looks at the Iran War as an information operation and identifies what the West still refuses to understand about it
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Palantir’s Double Conflict of Interest in the War Against Iran
War was inevitable claimed the three most senior figures in the AI analytics firm which both provided the justification for US/Israeli strikes and profits from the conflict
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Trump’s Iran War Revives Israeli Plan to Remake Middle East that Drove Post-9/11 Invasions
A Bush era neoconservative network has reorganised under Trump and is now directing the exact same regime change playbook against Tehran
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Ukraine Launches Landmark Legal Action to Hold Russia Accountable for ‘Ecocide’
With environmental damages now estimated at £108 billion, Ukraine is hoping to pioneer the global prosecution of ecocide as a weapon of war
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Paul Conroy’s Last Photo Essay: Cuba’s Moment of Reckoning
Veteran war photographer and correspondent Paul Conroy died of natural causes a short time after returning from Cuba with this report of another city under siege. He never stopped bearing witness
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Paul Conroy: ‘The Funniest, Most Beautiful Man To Be In Hell With’
John Sweeney remembers his friend and colleague, the celebrated war photographer, Paul Conroy
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How Palestinians Really Feel About Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza
Palestinians accuse the President of attempting to “pacify the victim” while overseeing a “slow genocide” in Gaza
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‘Build That Wall’: Why Secretary Rubio Is No Jack Kennedy
The Secretary of State’s address to European leaders showed how far American leadership has fallen under Donald Trump, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
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‘Keir Starmer’s Government Is Ignoring Growing Demands to Come Clean on Russian Interference in Our Democracy
A long-promised bill to clean up the funding of British politics and protect against foreign interference has failed to deliver, argues Sergei Cristo
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Trump Pardon Buries FBI’s Secret Work for Putin’s Oligarchs
The former FBI agent’s pardon came after his co-defendant’s daughter donated $3.5 million to Donald Trump
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Reform MPs Accused of Pandering to Putin After Skipping Russian Interference Debate
Nigel Farage’s party refused to attend the debate, called after more than 100,000 people signed a petition demanding a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics
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Pro-Trump AI Giants Pushed Greenland Expansion Weeks Before Trump’s Bid to Seize the Island
Trump-supporting AI firms have complained that electricity shortages and environmental regulations are hampering the industry in the United States
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Tommy Robinson and the London News Website Linked to a Putin-Backed Propaganda Network
Far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon was appointed as an ambassador to an unregistered charity connected to a Russian ‘black PR’ operation
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‘Domestic Terrorism’: ICE Contractor Palantir’s Tools for Tracking Dissent
Peter Thiel’s controversial data firm – which holds contracts with the UK’s NHS and Ministry of Defence – researched protest prediction for the US Army before agreeing to build ICE’s data platform to conduct mass deportation. Are its tools now targeting democratic dissent as well as illegal immigration?
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Weaponizing Words: How the Trump Administration Used Language to Distort the Truth in Minnesota
Government and media organisations used the power of words to shift moral responsibility for the ICE killings, argues linguist Dan Clayton
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Trump’s Violent Assault on Minnesota Is an Operation in ‘Reflexive Control’
The President is using Soviet-style redirection to wage an information war across America, argues Grant Stern
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Trump’s Greenland Delusion Runs Aground in Davos
For all his attempted bullying, taunts and threats, Trump’s delusional Davos speech revealed a man who is far weaker than he appears, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
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Mark Carney’s Speech Showed America and Britain the Sort of Global Leadership They Have Now Abandoned
The Canadian Prime Minister’s powerful response to the growing threat from Donald Trump has put other world leaders to shame, argues Simon Nixon
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It’s Time for an Apology From the Trump Apologists
The politicians and commentators who mocked those warning about the threat posed by the US President as being “hysterical” need to face up to their own role in the calamity now unfolding, argues Adam Bienkov
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How Kherson Became a Live Testing Ground for Drone Defence Against Russia’s ‘Human Safari’ of Ukrainians
Zarina Zabrisky reports from a bomb-shelter in Kherson on the cutting edge technology being used to protect Ukraine from Russia’s onslaught
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The EU’s ‘Farage Clause’ Shows the Damage Reform Is Already Doing to the UK
As well as making us poorer each year, Farage’s Brexit is also making us more vulnerable to those who wish to do us harm, argues Chris Grey
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Inside the Silicon Valley Plot to Annex Venezuela for Oil That America Can’t Afford
Donald Trump’s decapitation of the Venezuelan Government opens the door to his Big Tech oligarch supporters’ dreams of creating an anti-democratic ‘Network State’ in the country, reports Nafeez Ahmed
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Trump and Musk Welcome Russian Propaganda After Sanctioning European Disinformation Experts
If there’s any question that the US is now more aligned with Russia rather than Europe, recent State Department decisions have removed all doubt
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Trump’s ‘Donroe Doctrine’ Is an Existential Threat to NATO and Europe
The US President’s plans to capture Greenland pose a grave threat to Europe’s future that its leaders can no longer afford to ignore, argues Simon Nixon
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Why Is the Government Really Refusing to Investigate Russian Interference in Brexit?
Keir Starmer’s decision to exclude Russian interference in the 2016 EU referendum from his inquiry into foreign interference in our elections should ring alarm bells, argues Sergei Cristo
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What Putin Really Wants From Trump’s Ukraine ‘Negotiations’
For the Russian leader, Trump’s proposed ‘peace deal’ is merely a way to continue his war by other means, writes Denis Mikhailov
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‘The Trump Administration Must Abandon Its Delusions About Destroying the EU’
The European Union is far stronger and more united than those inside the Trumpian echo chamber have fooled themselves into believing, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
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Keir Starmer’s Government Is Funding ‘Violence and Death’ on the French Border, Say Human Rights Groups
Billions of pounds is being spent on anti-migrant measures which campaigners warn are contributing to dozens of deaths of vulnerable people seeking to come to the UK
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The UK’s Shrinking Army Is Conducting Secretive Deployments in 51 Countries
The MoD sent 612 reservists abroad last year to 51 countries – including states with no declared UK mission
