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‘The people don’t want the Americans’: Gaza war fuels tensions in Iraq
Attacks on US troops in Iraq have led to US airstrikes, highlighting the risk of spillover from the situation in Gaza

Simona Foltyn in Baghdad

26, Nov, 2023 @12:02 PM

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Why is the US ramping up production of plutonium ‘pits’ for nuclear weapons?
The Pentagon is concerned about the the US nuclear arsenal’s viability, but critics worry about a renewed arms race

Edward Helmore

26, Nov, 2023 @12:00 PM

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Success of Geert Wilders’ far-right PVV raises fears for Dutch climate policies
The party has a hostile stance on attempts to cut carbon emissions but got more votes than any other in general election

Ajit Niranjan, Europe environment correspondent

26, Nov, 2023 @10:00 AM

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Russia wages electronic warfare ‘using UK-made tech’, Ukraine dossier claims
Report calls on government to take immediate action to disrupt supply of technology used in electronic warfare

Jon Ungoed-Thomas

26, Nov, 2023 @9:00 AM

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Victims of French serial killer face last chance for justice as accomplice of ‘Ogre’ goes on trial
Ex-wife of Michel Fourniret will be tried for her role in three more murders, including that of 20-year-old Leeds student Joanna Parrish

Kim Willsher in Paris

26, Nov, 2023 @8:00 AM

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Survival, scandal, a secret cell: how the nail-biting Israel-Hamas hostage deal was done
Weeks of precarious talks finally led to Friday’s releases of captives. Here’s the inside story

Julian Borger in Washington and Ruth Michaelson in Istanbul

26, Nov, 2023 @7:00 AM

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‘I had my chance to die – but I made my choice’: meet the young Ukrainian soldier fighting for amputee visibility
Daniil Melnyk is one of up to 50,000 Ukrainians who have lost limbs during the Russian invasion. With photographer Marta Syrko, he is sharing his story to battle stigma around disability

Charlotte Higgins

26, Nov, 2023 @7:00 AM

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Disappointed, disenchanted, defiant: inside the world of the West Bank’s angry armed youths
A new generation of young Palestinian militants speak about their beliefs and what drives them to take up the fight

Jason Burke in Nablus and Sufian Taha in Jenin

26, Nov, 2023 @6:00 AM

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What would Lenin have made of the Soviet Union in 1987?
On the 70th anniversary of the storming of the Winter Palace, the country was in the grip of perestroika, glasnost, Lacoste sweaters and substance abuse

Emma Beddington

26, Nov, 2023 @6:00 AM

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‘They’re still in shock’: Israeli hostages freed from Gaza begin difficult recovery
Relatives are given a painful glimpse of what their loved ones endured as first words are exchanged following their release

Emine Sinmaz and Emma Graham-Harrison

26, Nov, 2023 @6:00 AM

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Geert Wilders’ win shows the far right is being normalised. Mainstream parties must act | Stijn van Kessel
The Party for Freedom leader succeeded last week because he has become part of the Dutch political furniture. This disturbing trend needs to be halted, writes political analyst Stijn van Kessel

Stijn van Kessel

26, Nov, 2023 @6:00 AM

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Sixty-one trucks deliver aid to northern Gaza, says UN – as it happened
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Adam Fulton (now and earlier); and Maya Yang, Tom Ambrose and Hayden Vernon (earlier)

26, Nov, 2023 @5:24 AM

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