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Is it time to recognise Afghanistan’s Taliban government?

Debate about whether to officially recognise the Taliban has intensified after a senior UN official said the intergovernmental agency was ready to take “baby steps” to engage with Afghanistan’s caretaker regime.

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Martin Amis: literary wunderkind who ‘blazed like a rocket’

A “blazing, once-in-a-generation talent”, Martin Amis “provoked, inspired and outraged readers ... across a literary career that set off like a rocket, and went on to dazzle, streak and burn for almost 50 years”, said Boyd Tonkin in The Guardian.

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Russia moves tactical nuclear weapons into Belarus blaming ‘Nato aggression’

Moscow has started moving nuclear weapons into Belarusian territory, in response to what it called a “sharp escalation” on its western border.

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Communism explained in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world

In this series, The Week looks at the ideas and innovations that permanently changed the way we see the world.

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Daniel Penny: subway killing of Jordan Neely opens new front in culture war

It has been three years since a 17-year-old from Illinois shot dead two protesters during an anti-police riot in the Wisconsin town of Kenosha, said Jamelle Bouie in The New York Times.

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Narendra Modi: India’s authoritarian leader with his own app

India’s 14th prime minister, Narendra Modi, is emerging as one of the country’s pivotal post-independence leaders – along with its founding PM Jawaharlal Nehru, who set the template for a secular, democratic nation in 1947, and his daughter Indira Gandhi, who ruled for 15 turbulent years.

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Good health news: seven surprising medical discoveries made in 2023

Scientific breakthroughs are being made all over the world, as experts seek to learn more about a variety of health conditions and ailments.

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Gwen John: Art and Life in London and Paris review

The Welsh-born painter Gwen John is generally remembered as a “fragile”, isolated figure, said Mark Hudson in The Independent. Neglected for some time after her death, John (1876-1939) was rediscovered in the 1980s, when she was reassessed as a reclusive talent overshadowed by two “bombastic male egos”: her brother, the…

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The Week Unwrapped: Irish alcohol, world weather and British schools

Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With Abdulwahab Tahhan, Holden Frith and Felicity Capon.

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Exorcists ‘may be helping’ the Devil

Exorcists may be inadvertently helping the Devil, according to a pastor. Dan Delzell said that “demon-bashers” could be “a useful weapon in Satan’s arsenal”, reported the Daily Star. The pastor, from the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Papillion, Nebraska, US, said that the Devil might be “unfazed” by the efforts of…

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Tina Turner: five things you might not know about Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll

Tina Turner, commonly dubbed the “Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll”, has died at the age of 83 following a long illness.

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Anna Karenina review: ‘fluid and febrile’ adaptation of Tolstoy’s classic novel

This entertaining co-production of “Anna Karenina”, which transfers from Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum Theatre to Bristol Old Vic next month, “began as a dare”, said Fergus Morgan in The Stage. The British-Russian director Polina Kalinina was complaining to the Scottish writer Lesley Hart that Russian literary texts typically “suffered from staidness…

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Does Labour now have the upper hand on immigration?

Net migration to the UK reached a record high last year, opening the Conservative Party up to criticism that it has broken its 2019 manifesto pledge to “take back control” of borders and reduce numbers of migrants.

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Rolf Harris: Hiding in Plain Sight review

In a 2006 interview to celebrate receiving his CBE, Rolf Harris was asked why he was so popular. “I guess it’s because I’m real,” said the entertainer, whose death aged 93 was reported this week. “I’m not putting over a huge, phoney facade. The bloke you see up on the…

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The Chelsea Flower Show in full bloom

The Chelsea Flower Show, Britain’s most celebrated horticultural event, is underway in London.

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Why is extreme weather causing fewer deaths?

Extreme weather events frequently hit the headlines for the severe damage they cause, but the death tolls that result from them have plummeted in recent years.

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The best politics podcasts of 2023: what the critics say

When it comes to British podcasting, politics seems to be king, said Patricia Nicol in The Sunday Times. Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart’s “The Rest is Politics” consistently tops the charts, and now has an interview offshoot show, “Leading”. “The News Agents” (with Lewis Goodall, Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel)…

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Dashed dreams: the plight of China’s disillusioned youth

One name, more than almost any other, has circulated on Chinese social media in recent months, said Laura He on CNN (New York): that name is Kong Yiji.

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US zoo’s treatment of kiwi bird ruffles diplomatic feathers

A US zoo has apologised to the entire nation of New Zealand after the mistreatment of a kiwi triggered a campaign to return the bird to its native country.

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Stan Grant and Australian media’s racism reckoning

After a three-decade career, the respected Indigenous Australian broadcaster Stan Grant hosted his final TV show on Monday after announcing that he would be stepping down due to racist abuse by viewers.

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Britain’s car industry: heading for a crash?

Let’s be clear, said Sean O’Grady in The Independent. We will be witnessing, in the coming months and years, “the slow death” of the British car industry – another success story sacrificed on the altar of Brexit.

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Man City: can ‘one of the best sides in history’ win the treble?

At the start of this year, Manchester City had a “rough” few weeks, said Sam Lee on The Athletic. Their Premier League campaign was stuttering (at one point in January they were eight points adrift of Arsenal), and on 11 January they were dumped out of the Carabao Cup by…

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First double above-knee amputee conquers Everest

A former British Army Gurkha has become the first double above-knee amputee to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Hari Budha Magar, who lost his legs in an explosion while serving in Afghanistan in 2010, started planning the challenge in 2018, to raise funds for veterans’ charities. Speaking from base…

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Why Taylor Swift’s ‘haunted’ piano plays by itself

A Taylor Swift gig “appeared to take a paranormal turn” when her piano began playing by itself, said the Evening Standard. The singer-songwriter was “left visibly freaked out” when her keyboard began playing by itself before she started a song at the concert in Massachusetts. She eventually told the crowd…

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The top 20 universities in the UK

A majority of the UK’s top universities have seen their global ranking fall thanks to fierce competition from China.

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