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Trump’s sanctions against a UN human rights expert show free speech is dying

Francesca Albanese recommended ICC arrests and investigations over Gaza. Who will be the administration’s next target?

The Guardian - US

Like avocado on jalebi: The manufactured appeal of ‘bhajan clubbing’

On a Saturday evening, a bhajan clubbing event was organised by the Rekha Gupta government at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi.

Newslaundry

The Peaky Blinders film is pandering to these populist times – I should know, the Nazi in it is my father

The film-makers would say they’re making drama, not history. But this is not the moment for yet another second world war film with a heroic myth, says author Francis Beckett

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Voices: Britain’s most vulnerable must be protected from the soaring cost of the Iran crisis

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: As Donald Trump’s war inflicts greater pain on British household bills than we have seen in years, every lever must be pulled to give those who can least afford the hurt the greatest help

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on France after Macron: local elections offer clues to seeing off the far-right threat

Editorial: Victories in Paris and Marseille suggest a united left can reclaim centre-ground voters. But the end of Macronism is leaving a complex political landscape

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Trump’s Iran ‘talks’: a war, a pause – and a distraction

Editorial: The US president claims progress in talks with Iran, but uncertainty persists. Meanwhile, Israel advances West Bank annexation under cover of a crisis

The Guardian - UK

A war and maybe an unprecedented depression: it’s Trump’s mania, but now all of us will pay the price

It has been possible to observe this presidency in abstract terms, but no more. The consequences of the Iran attack will affect our lives and our politics, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Jean-Luc Mélenchon is problematic, but ostracising France’s radical left is a failed strategy

It may be time for a new generation to lead La France Insoumise. But local elections have shown the movement’s resilience, says Guardian Europe columnist Rokhaya Diallo

The Guardian - UK

I didn’t realise I still had my mother tongue in me – until I spoke Urdu in my sleep

There was something instinctive about it, like a current pulling me back towards the language of my parents and grandparents

The Guardian - AU

Do we have to keep talking about AI? The machines are always one step ahead

Whether you want to free it or regulate it into submission, one thing is clear: this new technology is moving so fast that we can’t fully grasp it, says Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Here are ten ways to survive Armageddon. It means learning to love a new word...thrift

The crisis in the Gulf means we need to love economical wartime ways.

Evening Standard

Why axe so many juries? My plan would solve the courts crisis without harming justice

The backlog in England and Wales is serious but there are other ways to address it. There are many retired judges and calling them into action could be key, says former lord justice of appeal Alan Moses

The Guardian - UK

The sun may be shining but beware eating alfresco – it can turn into an absolute indignity

During a trip to London I ended up perching on a wall, balancing a salad bowl on my knees. It wasn’t what I’d had in mind, writes Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK

Pete Hegseth is promoting a nihilist cult of death

The Trump administration is embracing violence for the sake of violence

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Why are memorial benches so popular? Because they keep the dead part of the flow of everyday life

UK towns are overwhelmed with requests for more. And no wonder: inscribed on them are intimate flashes of the people we knew and loved, says life writing professor Anne Karpf

Newslaundry

The anti-trans bill: A law to ‘protect’ trans rights by deleting trans people

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, was already a deeply flawed piece of legislation. Conceived without meaningful consultation, passed despite widespread opposition, and implemented in ways that ignored the lived realities of trans people, it was never truly ours.

The Guardian - UK

Trump’s video game war: AI, memes and a simplistic narrative have flattened the conflict in Iran

What was supposed to be a quick win has become a quagmire, so it now must be reduced to a dopamine hit, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian - AU

One Nation’s surge in South Australia is a warning – fiddling at the edges is no longer enough

There is a structural realignment under way, with the Liberal party the early and obvious victim in Saturday’s state election

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The government faces yet another delicate balancing act – this time, with the British public

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The British are a resilient people, but should the government show any hint of backsliding over its promise not to enter the war against Iran, it won’t go well

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on aid cuts: Britain championed development funding – its meanness is shortsighted

Editorial: The steep reductions are a grave error, both morally and pragmatically. But a better case needs to be made for spending

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on prisons: sentencing reform has not eased the sense of crisis

Editorial: The increased use of tags makes sense if done right. But years of accumulated problems include a depleted probation workforce

The Guardian - UK

Young people are longing for the low-tech 90s – and so would I, if I could only remember them

For gen Z, the pull of a time before smartphones is strong. For those of us who lived through it, the reality is somewhat different

The Guardian - AU

We can’t all be heroes but as a species we can become more altruistic – with a bit of practice

Humans are hard-wired to care for and protect each other. Becoming kinder is just like riding a bike

The Guardian - UK

‘Big Chungus’ and racist meme coins: Nigel Farage’s Cameos are rife with the language of the online far right

The Reform UK leader uses the energy of memes to fuel his popularity, but this should not distract us from the seriousness of his purpose, says digital media academic Robert Topinka

The Guardian - UK

It’s time for the UN to formally recognise the transatlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity

This is not about assigning collective guilt to present generations. But injustice does not simply fade with time – it requires deliberate effort to address and redress, says Ghana’s president, John Dramani Mahama

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