The defeat of political movements rarely follows the decisive ending imagined in literature. Even when an authoritarian leader loses power or an electoral movement suffers a major setback, the political ideas sustaining
Ken Russell’s The Devils, a controversial 1971 film about religious persecution, political power and alleged demonic possession in 17th-century France, is returning to cinemas in the United Kingdom and Spain in a
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The international community risks becoming accustomed to the systematic exclusion of millions of Afghan women and girls from education, employment and public life, according to Elisenda Calvet, a jurist and judge at
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Europe faces an unprecedented combination of economic, military and political challenges, according to British historian and journalist Timothy Garton Ash, who warns that the continent must strengthen its unity and reduce its
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Across the United States, a growing backlash against enormous data centres is emerging as an unexpected bipartisan political issue ahead of the 3 November midterm elections. From the dry communities of New
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Britain’s emerging debate over rejoining the European Union is colliding with a fundamental change in the bloc it left a decade ago, as European governments adopt more protectionist economic policies, expand defence
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Norwegian anthropologist and travel writer Erika Fatland has completed a book about Ukraine, drawing on journeys through Kraków, Kharkiv, Odesa and Kyiv to document how people attempt to preserve ordinary life during
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When Frank Patalong discovered in the spring of 2026 that his grandfather had joined the Nazi Party, the revelation shattered a family story he had accepted since childhood. Eduard Patalong, a coal
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces a critical few weeks as electoral setbacks, internal party divisions and renewed tensions within his governing coalition threaten his political authority. With the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
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Five human rights defenders from five regions have received the 2026 Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk, recognising their work amid threats, imprisonment and other forms of retaliation
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An alleged gang rape at Cornell University in New York has renewed scrutiny of male student fraternities in the United States, after messages reportedly exchanged in a fraternity group chat suggested that
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The Flydubai co-pilot accused of trying to hijack a flight to Tel Aviv had spent years expressing misogynistic views online, engaging with the so-called “manosphere” and, according to people familiar with the
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Nearly 900 secondary schools across France were fully or partly closed this week as student protests over staff shortages and poor school conditions escalated into violence, leaving at least 215 pupils, almost
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At 6.29am on October 7, 2026, three years after Hamas launched its surprise attack from Gaza, families of those killed at the Nova music festival gathered at the site where their relatives
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The European Parliament has adopted a significantly tougher position on China, calling Beijing a “decisive enabler” of Russia’s war in Ukraine, warning that Chinese industrial policy poses an “existential threat” to the
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Governments and political leaders are adopting increasingly different strategies to protect themselves and the public from deepfakes generated by artificial intelligence, as the technology becomes capable of producing convincing fake videos, images
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