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The Guardian view on the US seizure of Maduro: Trump has turned the world’s superpower into a rogue state | Editorial

Editorial: The illegal abduction of Venezuela’s president, and threat to ‘run’ his country, is a dangerous act. Its repercussions will be felt far beyond the region

January 5, 2026 at 8:59 AM

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Americans are waking up. A grand reckoning awaits us | Robert Reich

I’d like to believe that the horrific darkness of this past year is a necessary prelude to a brighter and saner future

December 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM

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In Gaza we’re trapped in an endless maze of waiting – for peace, for the deaths to stop and for our lives to begin again | Aya Al-Hattab

A ceasefire was announced on 10 October. But despite ‘peace’ being on the lips of world leaders ever since, we Palestinians are still under siege and afraid, says Palestinian writer Aya Al-Hattab

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December 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM

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‘I can’t forget the horror’: a young mother on giving birth twice during the Gaza war

Hadeel Al Gherbawi survived her two pregnancies despite extreme hunger and pain

December 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM

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My warning as the new head of Unison: never again will we prop up politicians hostile to unions | Andrea Egan

I have been appalled by Wes Streeting’s attacks on resident doctors. The destructive right wing of the Labour party should know that this is a new era, says the general secretary-elect of Unison, Andr...

December 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM

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It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced | Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn

We need to remake the US high court so Americans don’t suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule

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December 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM

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‘They’re trying to get rich off it’: US contractors vie to rebuild Gaza, with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ team in the lead

Exclusive: group behind notorious Florida immigration detention center created bid for reconstruction deal

December 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM

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The ethnic cleansing of the US will destroy it | Heba Gowayed

Trump’s racist remarks on Ilhan Omar and Somali immigrants reveals his vision for the US as a white Christian nation

December 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM

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Welcome to our age of impunity – where the ICC prosecuting atrocities is a rare feat | Simon Tisdall

The jailing of a Sudanese militia leader is an anomaly in a world where Putin, Netanyahu and yes, Hegseth, act without fear of international law, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdal...

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December 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM

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New Israeli barrier will slice through precious West Bank farmland

Palestinians who have worked the ‘breadbasket’ area for generations face being replaced by Israeli settlers

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December 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM

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‘Who’s it going to be next time?’: ECHR rethink is ‘moral retreat’, say rights experts

As 27 European countries urge changes to laws forged after second world war, human rights chief says politicians are playing into hands of populists

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December 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM

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Israeli surveillance targets US and allies at joint base planning Gaza aid and security, say sources

Concerns over recording of meetings at coordination centre excluding Palestinians that was set up to provide support for Trump’s Gaza plan

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December 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM

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Israeli settlers attack and rob Italian and Canadian volunteers in West Bank

Group beaten in early hours of morning in village where they volunteered to help protect Palestinians from settler violence

December 2, 2025 at 7:40 AM

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It's not just Gaza. From the West Bank to Syria and Lebanon, Israel's onslaught continues | Nesrine Malik

Broken ceasefires, bombing, ground incursions and mounting deaths: Israeli imperialism is now expanding across the region, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

December 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM

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Convincing evidence Israel backed aid convoy looters in Gaza, historian says

Account of visit to Gaza by French professor describes Israeli military attacks on security personnel protecting convoys

November 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM

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The genocide in Gaza is far from over | Raz Segal

We live not in a post-Holocaust world of ‘Never Again’ but in the same world that led to the Holocaust, a world of ‘Again and Again’

November 29, 2025 at 9:18 AM

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Global ‘Free Marwan’ campaign calls for Palestinian political leader’s release

Locked away in prison for decades, Marwan Barghouti is a longstanding advocate for a two-state solution

November 29, 2025 at 9:05 AM

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Palestinian-American teenager held in Israeli prison freed after nine months

Israeli soldiers had taken Mohammed Ibrahim from his home in a night raid when he was only 15 years old

November 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM

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Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says

The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’

November 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM

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The US has drafted a coin featuring Trump. Here’s a better way to immortalize him | Robert Reich

It is our solemn duty to ensure he is remembered for all he has done and may still do to destroy US democracy

November 17, 2025 at 8:44 AM

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We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation | Goerge Monbiot

It means breaking with hundreds of years of tradition, but it can’t wait. As hard-right figures spread division and laud autocrats, a fail-safe is vital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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October 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM

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What’s in Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza?

Plan calls for immediate end to war between Israel and Hamas but lacks detail on how key points will be executed

October 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM

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Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot

Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

September 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM

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The American political system is badly broken | Bernie Sanders

What we are witnessing right now is the rise of two Americas. One for the billionaire class. And one for everybody else

September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM

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If Labour admitted there is a genocide in Gaza, it would have to admit its own hand in it | Owen Jones

From publicly shunning British Palestinians, to supplying parts for fighter jets, Labour looks increasingly out of step with international opinion, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones