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The overnight Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 shocked the world. But who is behind the hardline regime running the... more

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GB News positions itself as a noble endeavour to widen the voices in Britain’s national debate. Which is fantastic in... more

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Labour’s attack ads against Sunak put targeted political advertising back in the spotlight. But the Tories have done more than... more

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In the 17th Century the English slaughtered one another, beheaded their king, fought bitterly over religion and politics, and acquired... more

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From the ERG to the CGG, the different factions within the Conservatives build up a picture of the divisions within... more

Labour’s shock General Election loss in 1992 still haunts the party – and nobody wants to tempt fate by mentioning 1997’s... more

Sunak tries to dish out some hard right catnip on small boats – but then here’s Johnson offering his rancid... more

Lambasted by the Tory press for calling Boris Johnson a “known liar” at the Edinburgh TV festival when she was... more

Florida could well be America’s future. Governor Ron Desantis presides over an increasingly right-wing and combative “loudocracy” and he thinks... more

Germany seems to have had a blind spot over Russia – why is that? And how has their relationship changed... more

Stella Creasy, who feels like a Labour grandee these days, talks to Ros Taylor about Brexit, Tory negligence and removing... more

There is a generational divide between who votes Conservative and who votes Labour – and it’s a problem for both... more

Hollywood has shaped how we see spies – but who are these people who secretly walk among us? How hard... more

Rishi Sunak is meeting Ursula von der Leyen to seal a new deal to get Brexit done again, again. Will... more

As NHS waiting lists get longer, more people are turning to private healthcare. Is this skipping the queue accelerating a... more

The USA is built on ‘the American dream’. But what exactly is it? Does it actually exist? Jacob Jarvis is... more

Zelensky’s story of a comedian turned President of Ukraine and now war leader is stranger than fiction. So who is... more

It’s been one year since the full scale invasion of Ukraine began. From fanning the spirit of freedom, to how... more

Britain is all but in recession. We’re far less productive than other European countries, and take the industries that do... more