Opinion
Decades on from the US’s disastrous campaign in Afghanistan, Trump is making all the same mistakes | Simon Tisdall
It’s five years this month since the chaotic retreat of US forces from Kabul. The Nato-backed invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, launched after the...
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I’m all for the nanny state – but we should abolish fines for holidays in term time | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Perhaps it’s my stage of parenthood, or the fact that I’ve been lying awake at night, but I think I have an idea that...
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Think our basic rights are safe? In the age of oligarchs and corporate lobbying, think again | George Monbiot
No more resistance in the US. The era of human rights is over, and dissent is once more forbidden. This is what certain billionaires...
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Will Trump be Burnham’s undoing, or the making of him? The answer lies in Europe | Jonathan Freedland
There is an orange cloud in the sky. I’m not referring to the wildfires ravaging parts of Europe and East Anglia, though they are...
Opinion
The Guardian view on the Lovell telescope: budget cuts to physics are bad science and worse politics | Editorial
The iconic Lovell telescope, housed at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, has always expanded our view of the universe – from tracking the Sputnik launch...
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The Guardian view on England’s centralised state: Andy Burnham must unbundle it | Editorial
That England is among the rich world’s most centralised countries underpins Andy Burnham’s critique of the economic history of the past 40 years. Only...
Opinion
The Democrats have one last chance to halt the erosion of US democracy – and it’s less than 100 days away | Timothy Garton...
In these days of extreme weather events, it seems odd to say that the US needs a big landslide. But a landslide defeat for...