Today in Focus
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Is Trump going to war with Venezuela?
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Who is pushing Trump to send the US navy to Venezuela? With Andrew Roth and Tom Phillips. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/i...
How China is trying to silence UK academics
12 Nov 2025
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How entangled are China and the UK universities sector? Amy Hawkins reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Why Trump is threatening to sue the BBC for $1bn
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The broadcaster’s director general and head of news resigned on Sunday night. But were they unforgivable mistakes made or were they victims of an in...
Cop ahoy! Sailing up the Amazon to the climate summit
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Watts sets off on a three-day boat trip down the Amazon – with indigenous leaders, scientists, artists and more – to report on Cop30, the...
One man’s story inside the siege of El Fasher, Sudan
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does the fall of El Fasher mean for the future of Sudan? Kaamil Ahmed reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
The ordinary Brits evacuating children from Gaza
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Majd is one of a handful of injured children from Gaza brought to the UK for urgent medical treatment. But why have there been so few? Nosheen Iqbal r...
On the ground in the refugee and asylum capital of Britain
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Helen Pidd heads to Crawley, West Sussex, the place in the UK with the highest number of asylum seekers and supported refugees relative to its populat...
How Zohran Mamdani charmed New York
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian US writer Adam Gabbatt and columnist Mehdi Hasan explore how Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani came from nowhere to the brink of becoming may...
15 minutes of horror in train mass stabbing – Today in Focus Extra
03 Nov 2025
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Guardian senior reporter Ben Quinn on the shocking knife attack on a train from Doncaster to London. Help support our independent journalism at thegua...
The multi-million pound baby powder case
03 Nov 2025
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Esther Addley reports on a class action suit of more than 3,000 cancer survivors and their loved ones against Johnson & Johnson. Help support our ...
Cotton Capital: Searching for the spirit of Pan-Africanism – bonus episode
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode of the Cotton Capital series, Guardian journalist Chris Osuh explores whether we are living through a Pan-African moment in 2025...
Living through the horror of Hurricane Melissa
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How will Jamaica recover from its most powerful hurricane on record? Natricia Duncan reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.c...
The chaos of the grooming gangs inquiry
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Geraldine McKelvie reports on a tumultuous couple of weeks for the national grooming gangs inquiry, beset by resignations, provocative political inter...
The comeback of the mountain gorilla
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick Greenfield hikes up the Virunga mountains in east Africa to trace the remarkable comeback of the mountain gorilla. Help support our independen...
Is London ready for driverless taxis?
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Autonomous cabs are a staple in some US cities – but how will they cope with London’s streets? Gwyn Topham and Johana Bhuiyan report. Help support...
The great Gen Z revolt
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today in Focus talks to protesters in Nepal, Madagascar and Morocco – as well as Chatham House fellow Dr Nayana Prakash – about the gen Z movement...
Why is Trump giving billions to Argentina?
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump is offering a $20bn currency swap to bail out Argentina’s president, Javier Milei. Harriet Barber reports. Help support our independent...
The heist of the decade
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some of France’s crown jewels have disappeared after an audacious burglary at the Louvre. Angelique Chrisafis reports. Help support our independent ...
AI slop: Is the internet about to get even worse?
22 Oct 2025
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Tech journalist Chris Stokel-Walker analyses the rise and rise of AI-generated video, and what it will mean for the internet and beyond. Help support ...
Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein and the scandal that won’t go away
21 Oct 2025
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Zoe Williams describes the scandals that have engulfed Andrew, leading to him giving up his titles. Help support our independent journalism at theguar...
Boriswave, fighting-age men, cultural Marxism: how the far right is changing how we speak
20 Oct 2025
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Why are the online far right so successful in shaping our political language? With Dr Robert Topinka. Help support our independent journalism at thegu...
‘The sacrifice’: was Kai Shannon wrongfully convicted of murder? Part 2
17 Oct 2025
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Reporter Emily Dugan investigates the case against Kai Shannon, 33, a London man found guilty of the 2009 murder of Wahab Zaaki. Help support our inde...
‘Sacrifice’: Was Kai Shannon wrongfully convicted of murder? – part one
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Reporter Emily Dugan investigates the case against Kai Shannon, now 33 years old, found guilty of the 2009 murder of Wahab Zaaki. Help support our ind...
Inside the mystery of the collapsed Chinese spy trial
15 Oct 2025
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Questions mount over collapse of trial of teacher and parliamentary researcher accused of spying for China. Dan Sabbagh reports. Help support our inde...
Release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees: how the day unfolded
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As Israel and Palestinian families waited for loved ones to be released, Trump met world leaders to continue ceasefire talks. Will Christou, Dan Boffe...
The Palestinian and Israeli kids trying to be friends
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today in Focus producer Natalie Ktena heads to a peace camp in Cyprus that aims to bring together children from Israel and the West Bank. Help support...
From boom to backlash: has Taylor Swift lost her touch?
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
She’s a global pop star who appears relatable even as her tours alter a country’s economy. But her new album has sparked surprisingly fierce criti...
‘Thank God we witnessed this’: Palestinians on the ceasefire deal - Today in Focus Extra
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From inside Gaza, Ansam Tantesh and Mai Elawawda react to the news of a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel and the prospect of finally ending the...
What are ultra-processed foods doing to our bodies?
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Numbers of younger people getting bowel and colon cancers are rising. Devi Sridhar explains why their diets could be to blame. Help support our indepe...
‘This is what we’ve been afraid of’: British Jews after the Manchester attack
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian journalist Abigail Radnor and Dave Rich of the Community Security Trust talk through the grief, fear and anger of the British Jewish communit...
Can the Trump plan bring peace to Gaza?
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Negotiators have gathered in Egypt to discuss the US president’s 20-point plan. Is an end to the war finally in sight?. Help support our independent...
My dad, his ‘incurable’ disease, and hope at last
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Guardian journalist Josh Halliday talks about Huntington’s disease, the impact the rare inherited condition has had on his family and the hope t...
Is TikTok about to go full Maga?
03 Oct 2025
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Investigative journalist Emily Baker-White on the deal to transfer TikTok’s US operations to Trump allies. Help support our independent journalism a...
The Manchester synagogue terror attack – Today in Focus Extra
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
North of England editor Josh Halliday reports from the scene of the attack on Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, in which two people were kill...
Here comes the sun! The solar energy revolution
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why might authoritarians fear the rise of green energy? With Bill McKibben. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Starmer takes aim at Farage
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Labour leader entered conference with the polls against him and Reform UK snapping at his heels. He came out fighting – but was it enough to cha...
OnlyFans, AI girlfriends and ‘stepdads’: the porn industry in 2025
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does Europe’s biggest porn conference reveal about the future of the porn industry? Amelia Gentleman reports. Help support our independent jour...
How to defeat Britain’s far right
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hope Not Hate founder Nick Lowles has spent decades researching, infiltrating and helping communities to combat far-right groups. But now, he says, ‘...
‘Like Amazon Prime but with human beings’: inside Trump’s deportation machine
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Data leak gives Guardian US investigations team an unprecedented look into Trump’s deportation regime – and how people are seemingly being ‘disa...
Escaping Gaza City, while reporting on its destruction
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Malak A Tantesh on fleeing the Israeli ground offensive in Gaza and becoming a reporter in the most dangerous place on Earth for journalists. Help sup...
Russia’s high-risk game in Nato skies
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past two weeks, Russian drones and jets have entered the airspace of several European countries. Dan Sabbagh discusses the escalation along t...
Does Labour’s new home secretary signal a harder line on immigration?
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shabana Mahmood is already making headlines in her new role. But who is she and what motivates her?. Help support our independent journalism at thegua...
What happens when you stop weight loss jabs?
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Science editor Ian Sample talks through the dilemma facing more than a million people in the UK as the cost of the jabs jumps. Help support our indepe...
Why Britain recognising Palestine matters
19 Sep 2025
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What is motivating the UK’s imminent recognition of Palestine? With Arab Barghouthi and Patrick Wintour. Help support our independent journalism at ...
The downfall of Jair Bolsonaro
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has been handed a 27-year sentence for an attempted coup – is there any way his political career can continue...
The US on the edge after Charlie Kirk’s killing
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The killing of the rightwing activist and podcaster has left the US reeling. Yet President Trump and his supporters are a long way from calling for ca...
On the ground with Tommy Robinson’s new supporters
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Who showed up for the biggest far-right rally in British history? Ben Quinn reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocu...
Rupert Murdoch picks a son in the real-life succession battle
15 Sep 2025
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Who is Lachlan Murdoch and how will he build on his father’s legacy? Emily Bell reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/...
The lucrative secrets of Boris Johnson
12 Sep 2025
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An investigation based on leaked data from Johnson’s private office has unearthed a trove of information. Has he broken the rules again? Henry Dyer ...
The sacking of Peter Mandelson – Today in Focus extra
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just days before a state visit by Donald Trump, Keir Starmer has had to sack the British ambassador to the US. Kiran Stacey reports. Help support our ...
Flags and fury: why the St George’s cross is everywhere
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Esther Addley on why the union jack and St George’s flags are appearing on lamp-posts, bridges and roundabouts in England. Gary Younge explains why ...
Macron’s government collapses … again
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For the third time in a year a French prime minister has resigned and the president has had to swiftly choose a replacement. What’s behind the chaos...
A resignation, a reshuffle and a roaring headache for Keir Starmer
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian columnist Rafael Behr discusses the government’s reshuffle after Angela Rayner’s resignation as deputy prime minister, and asks whether L...
Behind the scenes of the Guardian’s libel battle with Noel Clarke
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The actor claimed accusations against him by more than 20 women were false and part of a conspiracy. The Guardian’s editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner...
Angela Rayner resigns – Today in Focus Extra
05 Sep 2025
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Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff talks through the tax row that brought down the now former deputy prime minister. Help support our independent journa...
Would you have your legs broken to be taller?
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alongside dental work, hair transplants and nose jobs, people from around the world are travelling to Turkey to get leg-lengthening surgery. Ruth Mich...
Strongmen assemble: Putin, Kim and Xi in Beijing
04 Sep 2025
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Senior China correspondent Amy Hawkins discusses a historic week in China – including a 20-plus country summit and an unprecedented military parade ...
Can the Green party’s new leader galvanise the left?
03 Sep 2025
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How does Zack Polanski plan to get people talking about the Green party? Peter Walker reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian....
A North Korean defector on why Kim Jong Un has sent troops to Ukraine
02 Sep 2025
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What does North Korea’s involvement in Ukraine mean for Kim Jong-un’s geopolitical ambitions? With Jean Lee. Help support our independent journali...
Spy cameras: are you being watched?
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With tiny cameras disguised as everyday objects freely available, Anna Moore looks at the sinister ways they can be used – and the worrying rise in ...
Missing in the Amazon: the frontline – episode six
30 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Revisited: According to Beto Marubo, if Dom and Bruno did the same expedition in 2025, they would face the same levels of danger. The Guardian’s Lat...
Missing in the Amazon: the fightback – episode five
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Revisited: Funerals are held for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira and there is hope that the election of President Lula will mean new protections for th...
Missing in the Amazon: the ambush – episode four
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Revisited: The Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, recalls the moment he and others on the search team found Dom and Bruno’s bel...
Missing in the Amazon: the protector and the poacher – episode three
27 Aug 2025
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Revisited: Bruno Pereira was considered one of the great Indigenous protectors of his generation. And this made him an enemy of a man called Amarildo ...
Missing in the Amazon: the journalist and the president – episode two
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Revisited: What took the British journalist Dom Phillips from the club nights of the UK dance scene as editor of Mixmag to one of the most remote and ...
Missing in the Amazon: the disappearance – episode one
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Revisited: Three years ago, the British journalist Dom Phillips and the Brazilian Indigenous defender Bruno Pereira vanished while on a reporting trip...
Noel Clarke loses his libel case against the Guardian – Today in Focus Extra
22 Aug 2025
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Investigations editor Paul Lewis talks through the Guardian’s successful defence against a libel action brought by the actor. Help support our indep...
Cringe! Why millennials became so uncool
22 Aug 2025
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An intergenerational war has broken out with Gen Z mercilessly mocking millennials as embarrassing and out of touch. Chloë Hamilton reports. Help sup...
Sun, sea and struggle: growing up in England’s coastal towns
21 Aug 2025
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Helen Pidd grew up in Morecambe, and life in seaside towns has only got harder since she was a teenager. She went back to find out why. Help support o...
What price will Ukraine have to pay for peace?
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After a week of historic summits on the future of Ukraine, will the president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, have to trade land for peace? Diplomatic editor Pa...
How far-right rhetoric on migration went mainstream
19 Aug 2025
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Academic and author Dr Maya Goodfellow discusses how UK politicians have adopted far-right language on asylum and immigration. Help support our indepe...
Can Europe’s leaders drag Trump’s Ukraine policy back on track? – Today in Focus Extra podcast
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Guardian’s senior international correspondent Julian Borger on why a ‘dream team’ of Europe’s leaders will flank Zelenskyy today as he tra...
Stephen Miller, Trump’s immigration mastermind
18 Aug 2025
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What is driving the architect of Donald Trump’s immigration policy? With Jean Guerrero. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/i...
Ghosting, breadcrumbing, one-night stands: are we done with dating apps?
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
More than a million people in the UK left dating apps last year. The Guardian matchmaker Kitty Drake explains why. Help support our independent journa...
How Israel used Microsoft technology to spy on Palestinians
14 Aug 2025
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Harry Davies on how Microsoft’s cloud was used to facilitate mass surveillance of Palestinians. Help support our independent journalism at theguardi...
The secrets of the world’s richest company
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nvidia is the world’s first $4tn company – and it just made an astonishing deal with Trump. But who is the company’s founder, Jensen Huang, and ...
The Trump-Putin summit
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Guardian journalist Shaun Walker and the former British ambassador to Russia Laurie Bristow talk through Friday’s impending summit between Donal...
How the University of Edinburgh helped create scientific racism
11 Aug 2025
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Will the University of Edinburgh confront its dark past? Severin Carrell reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Inside China’s fast-fashion factories as a US trade war looms
08 Aug 2025
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The Guardian’s senior China correspondent, Amy Hawkins, visits factories threatened by US tariffs in Guangzhou, south China, as the deadline for a U...
Has the digital nomad dream turned sour?
07 Aug 2025
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Alex Holder loves her new life in Lisbon but has become increasingly uneasy that people like her might be damaging the cities they love. Help support ...
Is this the summer the British left comes back?
06 Aug 2025
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Guardian columnist Owen Jones and political correspondent Aletha Adu explore the prospects of the new leftwing party founded by Jeremy Corbyn and Zara...
How the Trump administration made a sewage crisis ‘woke’
05 Aug 2025
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How did the Trump administration upend a landmark civil rights victory for environmental justice? Nina Lakhani reports. Help support our independent j...
The Tesla whistleblower and the cost of taking on Elon Musk
04 Aug 2025
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Investigative journalist Sönke Iwersen describes his years-long investigation into Tesla, aided by a whistleblower, exposing serious safety concerns ...
Did lead poisoning help create a generation of serial killers?
01 Aug 2025
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Pulitzer prize-winning author Caroline Fraser on the link between air pollution in the US and male violence. Help support our independent journalism a...
How will the UK’s recognition of Palestine help those starving in Gaza?
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Surgeon Nick Maynard describes the unfolding famine he witnessed during his volunteering in Gaza, while our chief Middle East correspondent, Emma Grah...
Can people still protest about Palestine in the UK?
30 Jul 2025
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What has been the impact of Palestine Action’s proscription as a terrorist organisation? Haroon Siddique reports. Help support our independent journ...
Protests against Zelenskyy as drones torment Ukraine
29 Jul 2025
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Luke Harding talks to people in Kyiv protesting against the Ukrainian president’s recent changes to the country’s anti-corruption bodies, and anal...
The hunt for the next Dalai Lama
28 Jul 2025
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The Guardian’s south Asia correspondent, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, and the Tibet activist Lhadon Tethong discuss the battle between Buddhist monks and ...
Euros 25: Can the Lionesses bring it home again?
25 Jul 2025
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What can the tournament so far tell us about England’s chances on Sunday? Faye Carruthers reports. Help support our independent journalism at thegua...
Donald Trump’s Epstein problem
24 Jul 2025
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David Smith reports on the US president’s troubles over the Jeffrey Epstein case, and how the president risks alienating his own base. Help support ...
Will the Epping hotel riots spark another summer of unrest?
23 Jul 2025
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A year after Southport, what’s driving the turmoil in Essex? Ben Quinn reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
What’s holding up a ceasefire in Gaza?
22 Jul 2025
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How are controversial plans for a ‘humanitarian city’ in Gaza complicating a deal to stop the fighting? Emma Graham-Harrison reports. Help support...
Has Elon Musk built a Nazi chatbot?
21 Jul 2025
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Is the extreme output of X’s AI chatbot Grok shifting the political dial? Chris Stokel-Walker reports. Help support our independent journalism at th...
Why thousands of Afghans were secretly relocated to the UK
18 Jul 2025
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Dan Sabbagh on the data leak that may have cost hundreds of millions of pounds – and put Afghan lives at risk. Help support our independent journali...
Why doctors are striking again
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Labour came to power it moved fast to end the public sector strikes. But now resident doctors are demanding a 29% rise in pay. Will they get it a...
How the BBC got into a mess over Gaza
16 Jul 2025
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After mounting criticism over its coverage of the war in Gaza, will the BBC change its approach? Michael Savage reports. Help support our independent ...
The law change that could transform toxic workplaces
15 Jul 2025
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Zelda Perkins was Harvey Weinstein’s PA – and has spent the last eight years campaigning against the non-disclosure agreements used to silence abu...
Syria’s treasure hunting fever
14 Jul 2025
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What can be done to stop Syria’s unprecedented scramble for antiquities? William Christou reports. Help support our independent journalism at thegua...
Ulaanbaatar: a warning from the coldest capital on Earth
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tracey McVeigh heads to Mongolia to find out about the country’s increasingly brutal winters and dry summers, while Badruun Gardi reflects on how th...
Is it time for a wealth tax on the super-rich?
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After changes to the welfare reform bill failed to save money, the millionaire Dale Vince thinks it’s time for people like him to contribute more to...