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Thu 10 Sept 2026

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Assisted Dying Demonstration in LondonLONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - APRIL 22, 2026: Supporters of assisted dying demonstrate outside Houses of Parliament ahead of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill final session in the House of Lords on Friday where the bill is expected to fail due to the end of current parliamentary session in London, United Kingdom on April 22, 2026. (Photo credit should read Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
quote  My plea to MPs: this is the final chance to save the assisted dying bill. Make your mark on history
Polly Toynbee
Israel PalestiniansView of an area near the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the occupied West Bank, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
quote  The UK’s sanctions on Israeli settlements are a great victory – but must be only the beginning
Em Hilton
Fossil Free London campaigners protest against North Sea drilling, in LondonPeople hold placards as Fossil Free London campaigners protest outside the Houses of Parliament, calling on Britain's Labour Party leader Andy Burnham not to approve Rosebank or new North Sea drilling when he becomes the country's new prime minister next week, in London, Britain, July 18, 2026. REUTERS/Jack Taylor
quote  Is Burnham trying to appease Trump? Or Reform? What other reason is there for these North Sea oil plans?
George Monbiot
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Protest called by Daphne Caruana Galizia's family and civic movements outside the office of the prime minister in Valletta, Malta, 29 November 2019.
quote  Nine years after Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder, Europe must finally address Malta’s culture of impunity
Pieter Omtzigt and Emanuel Delia
The Duchess and Duke of Sussex smile and clap while seated in a crowd
quote  Ridiculed by the press – and now King Charles is joining in. Sorry, Harry, but what did you expect?
Emma Brockes
Gloria Steinem
quote  ‘Courage and contradictions’: what Gloria Steinem meant to feminist writers from around the world
Rebecca Solnit, Rokhaya Diallo, Mona Eltahawy, V (formerly Eve Ensler), Julia Gillard, Jennifer Robinson, Elif Shafak and Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Western employees of international aid organization killed in Israeli attack on GazaDEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA - APRIL 02: Residents inspect the damaged vehicle damaged vehicle carrying Western employees after Israeli attack in Deir al-Balah, Gaza on April 02, 2024. Seven staff members of the humanitarian organization World Central Kitchen (WCK), including Western nationals participating in food relief efforts and a Palestinian were killed due to attack. (Photo by Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images)
quote  Seven of my colleagues were killed in Gaza. There and in Ukraine, aid workers are no longer safe
José Andrés
Nigel Farage delivers his keynote speech on the first day of the Reform party conference at the NEC in Birmingham, 4 September 2026.
quote  Farage is clearly struggling – I saw that for myself. But his legacy will be a poison that runs deep
Andy Beckett
A displaced Palestinian woman holds her face in distress amid a destroyed tent camp in Gaza
quote  I believe in a two-state solution in the Middle East. That’s why we’re taking action to keep that hope alive
Andy Burnham
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