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The PM’s constant u-turns and lack of any apparent plan are a gift for the extremists, who feed off the sense of chaos and drift

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The idea emerged at a time very different to our own, and now the Silicon Valley tech bros have revealed what was true all along – that the notion of ‘progress’ is riddled with contradictions

Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

They’re the single largest demographic group in America and arguably the most politically influential – yet they seem to attract the ire and contempt of political figures from all sides

The disposable nappy is a hugely important labour-saving invention. But it is also an environmental disaster that is now worn by toddlers

Photographer Lorenzo Tugnoli’s photographs of Afghanistan go beyond the cliched bullets and burkas to challenge our perceptions of the country

The problem is that the secret international network of powerful men that Epstein created around himself will only convince the paranoid fantasists they were on to something

Her memoir, A Hymn to Life, details unimaginable abuse at the hands of the man she loved – and still manages to leave you with hope

Alarm over the spread of AI, social media addiction and kids having phones in schools overlooks one small detail – they’re the most important technological advance since the printing press

The new Gorillaz album is a triumph. It also landed its chief creator with more accusations of cultural appropriation

Mackenzie Crook’s gentle comedy has a hard edge - and beneath the supernatural, it’s a show that actually understands real people and their struggles

In Pakistan, the courts are no longer there to administer the law – they have become extensions of the security state. It is a worrying indicator of where the US may be heading

Young people can’t get a job nowadays. It’s not because they’re workshy, or snowflakes – it’s because last year, over a million 16-24 year olds were chasing just 17,000 positions. The result? Misery

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It’s a horrific digital age crime that often targets the young and is almost impossible to stop. The only real option is to disrupt the perpetrators’ business model

The genre is big business - but Alice Evelyn Yang’s intoxicating debut novel has ambitions well beyond gore and fantasy

As Ramadan and Lent collide, so do old religion, modern body anxiety and the eternal quest for a reset

Flawed, flamboyant and freakishly gifted, Warne turned leg-spin into high art – and made every ball an event

Ski-slope bump or influential person? Two similar-sounding but unrelated words have merged

This September, I will have lived in the UK for longer than I lived in France. And yet the defining characteristic of British society still remains, to me, a total mystery

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Four years after the all out invasion, Ukrainians want more than just warm words. They want real help to end this war. Trump isn’t going to give it – so it’s down to us

Governments across the continent must borrow to spend on defence. If they do not, then Gen Z will end up going to war

The Epstein revelations have provoked fury around the world. That anger could spell the end of the ‘Epstein class’. But it could also have much darker consequences

Every child who has to read or watch the fictional Lord of the Flies deserves to know what actually happened when it played out in real life

After four years of war, Putin isn't winning. So why does the president insist he is?

If the Kremlin has to spin defeat in Ukraine as a victory, it might need other, quick victories to distract from its losses. That means a beaten Russia will be just as dangerous

Failings of the past mean the final test of King Charles’s reign will be damage control

The arrest of a prince will inevitably capture the world’s attention. But his disgrace is really just a distraction from the deeper story and the more uncomfortable lessons

The Reform party now contains a group of prominent christian conservatives who have learned from the US that the way to ban abortion is through the slow erosion of rights