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Fri 11 Sept 2026

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Israeli rightwing activists overlooking Gaza during a rally calling for the re-establishment of Israeli settlements in Gaza, 30 July 2025
quote  In Gaza, we’ve seen horror unfold with global powers’ support. Is that a blueprint for elsewhere?
Ahdaf Soueif
Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, during a visit to Bondi Beach, Australia
quote  Memo to King Charles: you can’t stop the Sussexes’ reality show bandwagon. You only spice up the script
Marina Hyde
Donald Trump and King Charles inspecting a guard of honour at Windsor Castle, September 2025
quote  Wake up, Britain: Donald Trump’s US is no friend of ours. We must secure our own place in the world
Simon Jenkins
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ALLISL11 - 20010928 - ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN : A masked activist of a Sunni extremist group Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) carries a placard of Time magazine cover page with a picture of Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden during an ant-US rally in Islamabad, 28 September 2001. Thousands of SSP activists chanted slogans against America and burnt effigies and American flags after the Friday prayer. They assured their support for Afghanistan ruling Taliban militia and Saudi-dissident Osama bin Laden. EPA PHOTO AFPI/SAEED KHAN
quote  Osama bin Laden shook the world on 9/11. Today it is clear how his wider plans failed
Jason Burke
‘AI agents don’t have to acquire anything like super intelligence to threaten human life.’
quote  Tech whistleblowers warn AI could wipe out humanity. Doomspeak or not, we must take these claims seriously
Gaby Hinsliff
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
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quote  How Sweden lost its soul – and stopped being Sweden
Martin Gelin
Monty Don in the Paradise Garden at Longmeadow, his garden in Herefordshire.
quote  It’s time for a Gardeners’ World that reflects Britain’s gardens in all their messy, realistic chaos
Claire Ratinon
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
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