Opinion
John Simpson: Today, governments can get away with anything. Israel is getting away with journacide
There used to be some sense that killing a reporter would mean serious consequences. Now that understanding has vanished, writes the BBC’s world affairs editor
Politics
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Israel is waging war on Lebanon. Why is the world calling it a "ground operation"?
I’ve known Lebanon for three decades. What’s happening there now is an invasion. This is Gaza 2.0 – and the world is barely paying attention. By Carole Cadwalladr
Politics
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Big Tech tried to get young people addicted. Now the reckoning has begun
Two seismic court decisions in the US have intervened where legislators have failed to defend social media users from exploitation, writes campaigner Zamaan Qureshi
Tech
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Will Google’s AI hype man kill the BBC?
Matt Brittin spent two decades at Google, a tech company helping to destroy journalism. His appointment as leader of Britain’s biggest news organisation represents an existential threat, writes Carole Cadwalladr
Tech
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In a world of war, abuse and rising fascism, ‘woke’ was never the enemy
Mainstream conservatives and even centrists rounded on progressive culture as though it were a threat to society. Now they see where the real threat lay, writes Dorian Lynskey
Politics
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General Sir Richard Shirreff: Trump is trapped in a doomed war. What should Britain do now?
The US is deploying tactics without strategy in its hubristic attack on Iran. The UK cannot afford to join it in its mistake, writes the former senior Nato commander
News
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This is Netanyahu’s war. Trump was just afraid of missing out
For four decades, the Israeli premier has wanted to attack Iran but could never persuade a US president to join him. Former diplomat Arthur Snell asks: what’s changed?
News
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The public remembers Iraq. Why doesn't the press?
Seven in 10 Britons are sceptical about UK involvement in Iran, but their newspapers have other ideas. Some of us recall the last time Fleet Street was so disastrously in favour of war, writes former Observer home affairs editor Martin Bright
Politics
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Hooked on dopamine, fuelled by testosterone, powered by AI: this is the broligarchs’ war
Three weeks ago, briefly, the world was focused on Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of women and girls. Now, as conflict rages, the tide of hyper-masculinity has risen again, writes Carole Cadwalladr
Politics
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For GB News’s funders, a £130m loss is a small price to pay for vast influence
The channel of “reactionary rage bait” has just released its latest accounts, which are yet another demonstration that there’s no shortage of funds on the right of British politics, argues Sam Bright
Politics
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The Greens aren’t ‘extreme’, PM: they’re just behaving like Labour should
After a heavy byelection defeat, Starmer only sounded absurd by implying that the winner – popular local councillor Hannah Spencer – was ready to ‘tear the country apart’, writes Sangita Myska
Politics
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David Starkey just can’t help himself: now he’s talking about black people ‘dipped in chocolate’
The once-respected historian has descended into public racism again on his contrarian podcast. The even bigger problem is, he’s now an adviser to the hard right, says Sangita Myska
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A teenager was hounded until she died by the 'ordinary women' of Tattle Life. A ban is long overdue.
The suicide of 16-year-old Princess Dickson came after incessant targeting on the anonymous influencer gossip forum. The commenters – mainly professional women – should be ashamed, writes Dr Jessica Taylor
Tech
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I confronted a tech boss about my sister’s suicide. I don’t know why I bothered
Aimee died at 21 after going on a notorious self-harm forum. But when I approached a tech CEO to talk about online safety at a Davos debate, I was threatened with removal, writes Adele Walton
Tech
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What’s happening in America is technofascism. It could happen here
Peter Thiel's data surveillance company Palantir is powering Trump's ICE operation in the US. Carole Cadwalladr argues that the UK will be next
Palantir
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No one’s sure what’s up with the Beckhams. So why does everyone think the women are to blame?
A grown man posted claims on his own social media account – and critics immediately rounded on his wife and his mum, because female behaviour is always the first to be moralised, writes author and comedian Tova Leigh
Culture
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‘Europeans have to understand that it’s over’: Robert Kagan on Trump’s coming ‘dictatorship’
The geopolitics expert, who warned of the president’s authoritarianism a decade ago, tells Carole Cadwalladr how deep the roots of American white nationalism are – and that European governments needs to wake up, fast
Politics
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'The word terrorism is used to remove empathy': Natasha Walter on how language dehumanises the Palestine Action hunger strikers
Heba Muraisi has never been charged, tried or convicted of terrorism. But she and the other hunger strikers have been stripped of humanity in the way they have been labelled by the government. The damage is evident in how ordinary people react to them
Politics
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Brian Eno: Let's make Together for Palestine's record this year's Christmas No 1
The artists behind this autumn's sold-out Palestine solidarity concert have just released a charity record, Lullaby. Here the musician and activist explains why it matters
Music
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Cringe, actually. A young person's guide to how not to do politics on social media
In the absence of any youth-friendly policies, British politicians, led by Keir Starmer, are doubling down on online comms – and it isn’t working. Nerve editorial assistant Anandita Abraham analyses some cover-your-eyes examples
Tech
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