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INSANE: 45 - The Real Truth

The ethics of military drones

The RAF is pioneering new mini-helicopter drones that can fire missiles at targets four miles away.

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Could Biden’s love of the Irish help in 2024?

Joe Biden’s tour of Ireland went “if not exactly to plan, then according to expectations”, said Michael Day in The i Paper.

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Smart Motorways: a U-turn too late?

In one of his essays, George Orwell pilloried the use of “political language” – consisting “largely of euphemism, question begging and sheer cloudy vagueness”, said Leo McKinstry in the Daily Express.

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The Rossettis at Tate Britain review: an ‘evocative’ and occasionally ‘poignant’ show

The Rossettis were a “weird” bunch, said Melanie McDonagh in the Evening Standard. Born in London to Italian political exiles and raised to be “precocious artists and poets”, they were a major fixture of Victorian Britain’s cultural landscape. Dante Gabriel (1828-82), a painter, would become the co-founder and de facto…

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Trump ally’s ‘prove me wrong’ challenge backfires

An ally of Donald Trump has been forced to pay $5 million after losing a bet that no one could prove one of his election fraud claims wrong. At a cyber symposium in 2021, Mike Lindell, the founder of the MyPillow firm, claimed he had data showing that China interfered…

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Just Stop Oil: who are the eco-protesters and what do they want?

The London Marathon is braced for disruption from Just Stop Oil after an activist from the protest group covered one of the tables at the World Snooker Championship with orange powder earlier this week.

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The Dining Room review: a royal feast at The Goring hotel in London

Whatever the occasion means to you personally, the coronation of a new monarch will always be hard to ignore. And even if it’s a relatively modest event compared to its predecessor in 1953, that’s unlikely to dampen the spirits of British institutions across the land revelling in royal fever.

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Why car tax is going up – and how much you face paying

Motorists face paying even more to keep their cars on the road from this month as car tax increases in line with soaring inflation rates.

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Richard Sharp: ‘grim’ report that could spell the end for BBC chair

The chair of the BBC may be forced to resign over alleged conflicts of interest after failing to declare his involvement in a loan worth £800,000 to the then prime minister Boris Johnson.

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What next for Sudan as ceasefire attempt fails?

Fierce fighting between the Sudanese army and a rival militia has killed at least 300 people, including three UN workers, and raised fears that the country is on the brink of a civil war that could unsettle the entire region.

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Hamnet review: ‘beautifully acted’ but doesn’t ‘pierce the heart’

The RSC has reopened its refurbished Swan Theatre with an eagerly anticipated adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s bestselling novel Hamnet, said Sam Marlowe in The Stage. As “snug and supple” a fit for the Stratford stage as one of the bespoke gloves made by William Shakespeare’s bullying father, it imagines the…

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A history of China and Taiwan

A “breakaway province”, a “government-in-exile”, a “separate nation” – Taiwan’s status has dominated discussions on China for decades.

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US intelligence leaks: the threat to Ukraine

The Pentagon leaks “are staggering in scale and range”, said Kim Sengupta in The Independent.

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Climate change: seven good-news stories for the planet in 2023

With major climate-change related disasters hitting the headlines over the past years, the future of the planet can seem bleak – but new breakthroughs are providing scientists with a glimmer of hope.

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Coastal Cottages review: a dog-friendly break in Pembrokeshire

When you’ve got a cat, mini-breaks are easy. Our tabby, Alvin, is delighted to be abandoned with an automated food timer and the underfloor heating switched up to the max.

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The rise of parking apps: a barrier to older drivers?

An increasing number of car parks across the UK are scrapping conventional ticket machines and using mobile phone apps to take payments from drivers.

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Ana Obregón: the surrogacy story that has outraged Spain

It’s the story that has captivated a nation, said Celia Vasco in Público (Madrid). Ana Obregón, one of Spain’s biggest TV stars of the 1990s and 2000s, has been a fixture of the tabloid press for decades. But when Hola! Magazine published photographs of the 68-year-old leaving a Florida hospital…

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Obsession review: cringeworthy Netflix adaptation of Josephine Hart’s Damage

Josephine Hart’s 1991 novel Damage was the Fifty Shades of its day, “only much darker and much more elegantly written”, said Helen Brown in The Daily Telegraph. It was made into a film starring Jeremy Irons and Juliette Binoche, and now Netflix has turned it into a four-part TV series…

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A beer sommelier’s guide to beer and food pairings

A leading expert on cask beer, Annabel Smith has worked in the beer industry for almost 30 years as a licensee, educator, beer inspector, beer sommelier, public speaker and author.

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Pakistan’s descent into crisis

Pakistan appears to be on the brink of a full-blown crisis with the country struggling to get on top of mounting security threats, political uncertainty and economic instability.

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Cornish 15-year-old crowned best young surfer in the world

A 15-year-old from Cornwall has been crowned the best young surfer in the world. Lukas Skinner won the under-16 title at Australia’s Rip Curl GromSearch competition, a prestigious award that has never been won by a British surfer before. He started surfing at the age of three, with his father…

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Bulldog saves owner’s leg by eating his toe

A bulldog puppy who chewed his owner’s toe to the bone may have saved his leg, reported Wales Online. David Lindsay was taking a nap on his sofa when he woke up to find that his seven-month-old puppy had been nibbling on his foot, so much so that his toe…

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Boris Eldagsen and the AI art dilemma

The winner of a Sony World Photography Award has rejected the prize after it emerged that he created his image using artificial intelligence (AI).

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How to invest in gold

High inflation and stock market volatility have attracted many investors to gold.

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Sunak under scrutiny: the six times the PM has been investigated

Parliament’s ethics watchdog will investigate whether Rishi Sunak failed to declare a potential conflict of interest, in the sixth major scrutiny the prime minister has faced in the past year.

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