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  • In Gorton and Denton, I found a long-festering sense of fury that Labour has no idea how to tackle

    John Harris
    The people I met were disconnected and angry at the same time. Even if Labour somehow wins this byelection, how does it arrest the slide into hopelessness

  • China is leading the charge to nuclear Armageddon - and Starmer barely noticed

    Simon Tisdall
    The Doomsday Clock is ticking ever more loudly as arms control mechanisms fail and leaders become more reckless. The time to be alarmed is now

  • How the left can win back the internet - and rise again

    Robert Topinka

  • Reading was the key to breaking through the fog of my parents' dementia

    Jo Glanville

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  • What could bring down extortionate ticket prices? Perhaps stars like Harry Styles taking a stand

    Simon Price

  • How the right won the internet

    Robert Topinka

  • Young Japanese voters adore their new conservative PM. But that doesn't mean they are shifting to the right

    Karin Kaneko

  • It is beyond naive for Democrats - and Europe - to think Trump's retreats are real. He never backs down for long

    Jonathan Freedland

  • From ICE to Melania's black carpet, are Trump's techlords getting pangs of buyer's remorse?

    Marina Hyde

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  • Nicola Jennings on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor - cartoon

    Pressure is growing on the king's brother to testify before the US Congress about his links to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after the release of new files

The Guardian view

  • The Guardian view on the EU's answer to Trump: trade without threats

  • The Guardian view on risks from biodiversity collapse: warnings must be heeded before it's too late

  • The Guardian view on China's military purge: the risks grow in an age of strongmen

  • The Guardian view on the class crisis in the arts: the UK's culture must not become the preserve of the elite

Spotlight

  • Labour's new welfare changes are practical and compassionate - so why not loudly say so?

    Polly Toynbee
    Universal credit to rise faster than inflation, benefit hurdles eased, extra help for children and young people ... I bet you had no idea

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