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After failing to win the peace prize, Trump turns his focus to Nobel prize for war | John Crace

As for Keir Starmer, even when he tries to make a reasonably sound judgment he somehow ends up losing both sides of the argumentMaybe we should have j...

Mar 02, 2026
‘Do what you really want to do while you’re still alive’: Masayoshi Takanaka, the Japanese gui

Playing a surfboard-shaped axe, Takanaka was a stadium-level artist at home but little known in the west – until YouTube brought him a huge new audi...

Mar 02, 2026
My rookie era: in a period of heartbreak, learning to pole dance gave me structure

I disliked my first encounter with pole, but two years later my experience with the sport has made me appreciate my body and my self-determinationGet ...

Mar 02, 2026
‘The Donald Trump of ancient Egypt’: Ramses II’s ego is on full display in new exhibition

A collection of 3,000-year-old artefacts at Battersea power station gives Egypt’s most ambitious, self-aggrandising pharaoh a chance to emerge from ...

Mar 02, 2026
Jailed for losing a pregnancy: how progress on El Salvador’s harsh anti-abortion law is unravellin

Years of campaigning led to the release of 81 women imprisoned under the country’s strict reproductive laws, but the suspension of civil rights by P...

Mar 02, 2026
The UK has arrested high-profile figures connected to Jeffrey Epstein. Will the US?

In contrast with the takedowns of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Peter Mandelson, US consequences have been limited to resignations and apologiesWeeks...

Mar 02, 2026
Middle East crisis live: Israel launches new attacks on Tehran and Beirut as Iran closes critical St

Earlier, Donald Trump laid out US objectives, saying mission could go on for four-five weeks, adding US has ‘capability to go far longer’What is t...

Mar 02, 2026
Trump says Iran war to last four to five weeks but could go ‘far longer’

President says he ordered attacks to thwart Tehran nuclear aims – and abruptly pivots to talk up White House ballroomUS-Israel war on Iran – live ...

Mar 02, 2026
Gulf states on verge of acting against Iran over ‘reckless’ strikes across region

Meeting of six-country cooperation council says option to respond to attacks by Tehran remains on the tableUS-Israel war on Iran – live updatesGulf ...

Mar 02, 2026
Internet blackout is tool of desperate regime to isolate Iranians, say experts

Digital censorship analysts argue current outage is mostly about survival and control for the country’s rulersUS-Israel war on Iran – live updates...

Mar 02, 2026
Starmer says UK will not join ‘regime change from the skies’ on Iran

PM defends use of UK bases for defensive action but says Britain has learned lessons from Iraq on need for ‘thought-through plan’US-Israel war on ...

Mar 02, 2026
Private jet prices soar as wealthy scramble to leave Dubai

People drive to Oman and Saudi in hope of a flight, while most tourists stay stuck in hotels and on cruise shipsUS-Israel war on Iran – live updates...

Mar 02, 2026

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