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Trump should fear the BBC. Instead he’s picked a fight – and he seems to be losing | Emma Brocke

The president is used to bullying his media targets. The quagmire that is his libel actions shows the broadcaster is working to a different scriptFor ...

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‘A powerful act of imagination and self-affirmation’: experts on how to start writing a book

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Street Fighter review – nostalgia only goes so far in junky fighting game movie

There are brief, simple pleasures in the inevitable new big screen take on the classic game but like the recent Mortal Kombat movies, it’s a largely...

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Gen Z wrestle with shame from ordering delivery food: ‘This economy is not for the weak’

As Americans use apps like DoorDash and Uber Eats more habitually, they confront the guilt of paying extra fees for convenienceWhen it comes to food, ...

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Your full attention: Jesse Eisenberg’s 10 best film performances – ranked!

As his new movie The Debut closes the London film festival, we count down the best of the actor’s shy, sly and sometimes hairy outingsA doppelganger...

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‘I am still a child, it cannot be good to be married’: how drought forces Afghan families to sel

As climate breakdown pushes families to starvation, many feel forced to ‘sacrifice’ daughters to save siblings. Photographer Elise Blanchard trave...

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Trump cancels plan to livestream execution after global condemnation

Soldier who killed 13 people in 2009 will still be executed, but president said ‘people would rather not watch him die’Donald Trump has shelved a ...

Oct 15, 2026
Russia and Ukraine trade strikes as Trump ‘energy ceasefire’ collapses

Moscow sends swarms of drones to attack infrastructure in central Ukraine as Zelenskyy says Kyiv will restart strikes on Russian oil refineriesEurope ...

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Revealed: Serbian ruler’s secret role in ‘illegal’ effort to help Trump business

Exclusive: Aleksandar Vučić personally intervened to push plans for controversial $500m Trump Tower in Belgrade, which sparked protests and a crimin...

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Pakistan school roof collapse kills at least 34 children and teacher

Another three pupils from al-Khair school in Peshawar in critical condition after search for survivorsAt least 34 schoolchildren and a female teacher ...

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US officials considering ad campaign to urge South African Afrikaners to emigrate

Exclusive: Trump has falsely claimed Afrikaners are facing ‘white genocide’, but very few have applied to live in USThe US government could spend ...

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Nicolás Maduro tells New York court new torture allegations are ‘false’

Rewritten indictment accuses ex-Venezuela president and wife Cilia Flores of leading campaign of tortureNicolás Maduro insisted on Thursday during an...

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