DARK SECRETS: 5 | Vintage Vibes

Keir Starmer played the China card in Rio – and sent a message to a hawkish Donald Trump

The PM and other western leaders are cosying up to Beijing. If the president-elect imposes punitive tariffs on Chinese imports, he will give Xi the upper hand

The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2024

The Ukraine missile crisis: Putin’s shadow war against the west finally breaks cover

After Kyiv used Storm Shadow missiles, Russia’s leader asserted his ‘right’ to attack the UK and US. In truth, he has been doing exactly that for two years now

The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2024

Joe Biden’s last-gasp missile decision is momentous for Ukraine – but Putin will retaliate

Zelenskyy must now show that missiles will change this war, and his European allies must unify ahead of the Trump presidency, says Simon Tisdall, the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator

The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2024

Joe Biden’s big blunder: how the war in Ukraine became a global disaster

Failure to contain the conflict has led to huge suffering and geopolitical shifts. Why didn’t the US commit to Nato?

The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2024

Southern Beirut hit by airstrikes – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Oct 26, 2024

Netanyahu, the brutal chancer, will keep on bombing, but his brinkmanship may go too far

The notion that he will claim a victory and stop now is deluded. He will press on until there is the political will in the US to stop him, says Simon Tisdall, the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator

The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2024

Kamala Harris has a problem with men. Will misogyny cost her the election?

After a rousing start to her campaign, the Democratic candidate is flatlining in the polls, and sexism could swing the vote in Donald Trump’s favour

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2024

A pause for peace is the best the world can hope for in the Middle East’s war without end

Western leaders look feeble and helpless as religious fanatics and rightwing zealots dig the region deeper into conflict

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2024

Night of bombing in south Beirut – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Oct 5, 2024

In their inhumanity, conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine offer a shared, brutal vision of the future of war

By acting with impunity and tearing up the rulebooks, warmonger leaders are setting an alarming precedent

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2024