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Trump and Tehran’s series of mismanaged posts stall progress towards peace
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The Guardian · World

Trump and Tehran’s series of mismanaged posts stall progress towards peace

US president’s desperation for war to end has seen him trying to speed through a process he does not fully controlMiddle East crisis – live updatesA set of mismanaged and premature media announcements by Donald Trump and Tehran has led to the collapse of any progress towards a peace settlement betwe...

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
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Trump announces reforms to accelerate access to psychedelic drug treatments
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The Guardian · World

Trump announces reforms to accelerate access to psychedelic drug treatments

President signed executive order directing FDA to expedite review of psychedelic drugs including ibogaineDonald Trump on Saturday announced reforms intended to speed up access to medical research and treatment based on psychedelic drugs.The president signed an executive order directing the federal F...

Reuters and Guardian staff
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Iran closes strait of Hormuz again ‘until US lifts blockade’
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The Guardian · World

Iran closes strait of Hormuz again ‘until US lifts blockade’

IRGC reportedly fires on tanker as it tries to pass through strait after brief window when strait had reopened• Middle East crisis – live updatesIranian officials say they have reversed the reopening of the strait of Hormuz and reimposed restrictions on the vital shipping lane after the US said it w...

Jessie Williams
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Trump’s antipathy for Pope may have roots in childhood Protestant church
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The Guardian · World

Trump’s antipathy for Pope may have roots in childhood Protestant church

Manhattan church led by Norman Vincent Peale was known for opposing presidency of JFK – and Catholics in generalDonald Trump’s attacks this week on Pope Leo, for his criticism of the US attack on Iran and the US president’s decision to post an image of himself as Jesus Christ on social media, make a...

Robert Mackey
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Fourth suspect in London arson attack on Jewish ambulances remanded in custody
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The Guardian · World

Fourth suspect in London arson attack on Jewish ambulances remanded in custody

Judex Atshatshi, 18, appears in court over what prosecutors say they believe was targeted attack on Jewish communityA fourth suspect charged after four Jewish community ambulances were torched in north-west London has been remanded in custody.Judex Atshatshi, 18, a British national from Dagenham, ea...

Daniel Lavelle
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Hungary’s incoming PM seeks Polish help to renew EU relations
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The Guardian · World

Hungary’s incoming PM seeks Polish help to renew EU relations

Péter Magyar hopes building stronger relations with Poland will help restore ties with bloc after Orbán’s ruleThe Hungarian election winner, Péter Magyar, is eyeing a special relationship with Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk to draw on the neighbouring country’s experience of repairing relation...

Jakub Krupa in Warsaw
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Earth gets brighter every year but progression is volatile, study finds
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The Guardian · World

Earth gets brighter every year but progression is volatile, study finds

Covid, light pollution regulations and faltering global economy affect location and intensity of brightnessEarth continues to get brighter every year, researchers have found, but the location and intensity of the progression has become increasingly volatile because of Covid-19, regulations on light...

Richard Luscombe
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Norwegian politicians hope Epstein files inquiry will restore faith in democracy
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The Guardian · World

Norwegian politicians hope Epstein files inquiry will restore faith in democracy

Disgraced financier’s links to politicians and civil servants as far back as 30 years ago to be examined The Epstein files have shaken Norway’s faith in democracy, the head of the Norwegian parliament’s oversight committee has said, as a sprawling investigation into the connections between its forei...

Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent
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Counter-terror police investigate arson attack in London
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The Guardian · World

Counter-terror police investigate arson attack in London

Met police say business in Hendon, north-west London, was targeted on FridayCounter-terrorism police are leading an investigation into an arson attack on a business in Hendon, north-west London, on Friday, the Metropolitan police have said.More details soon … Continue reading...

PA Media
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Why are Harvard’s slavery researchers quitting or being fired?
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The Guardian · World

Why are Harvard’s slavery researchers quitting or being fired?

The school’s $100m project to examine its slave ownership in Antigua is mired with controversy as academics allege obstructionChristopher Newman remembers seeing campus police officers as he walked into a human resources office at Harvard University, but he didn’t imagine that they were there for hi...

Michela Moscufo
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Story of Black British music writ large in first exhibition at V&A East
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Story of Black British music writ large in first exhibition at V&A East

Museum says The Music is Black is part of a push to reposition scene as central to UK’s cultural historyJacqueline Springer is standing in the middle of the V&A’s new exhibition space looking wistfully at a pair of drainpipe trousers, a tailored suit jacket and a porkpie hat, which create the un...

Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent
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Central bank bosses enlist for war game to gauge threat of Lehman-style bust
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The Guardian · World

Central bank bosses enlist for war game to gauge threat of Lehman-style bust

Finance chiefs to join exercise in Washington designed to assess how they would handle collapse of significant bankThe bosses of the central banks and treasuries of the UK, US and EU are to take part in a war game in Washington on Saturday to test how they would handle the collapse of a globally sig...

Richard Partington in Washington
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Father of man who inspired Super Mario was also named Luigi, researcher finds
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The Guardian · World

Father of man who inspired Super Mario was also named Luigi, researcher finds

Elisabeth Zetland, a senior researcher at MyHeritage, found that the actual Luigi has immigrated to US from ItalyThe Washington state businessman who inspired Nintendo to give the name Mario to its mustachioed, superhero plumber did not have a brother named Luigi like the fictional video game star f...

Ramon Antonio Vargas
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Young Bulgarians hold out for change in eighth election in five years
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Young Bulgarians hold out for change in eighth election in five years

Voters broadly split along generational lines as pro-Russian former president leads in pollsAnna Bodakova’s days tend to be rather hectic at the moment. Hopping between meeting voters on the street, political debates and recording videos for social media, the 23-year-old is standing to become an MP...

Eden Maclachlan in Sofia
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