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Chrystia Freeland warns of Trump’s ‘existential risk’ to Canada in campaign launch
Chrystia Freeland has warned of the “existential risk” to Canada posed by Donald Trump, casting herself as a “battle tested leader with the scars to prove it” during the formal launch of
her bid to be the country’s next prime minister.
Freeland, who has presented herself …
Jamie George a Six Nations doubt as Saracens fall to Castres
Jamie George is a doubt for England’s Six Nations opener against Ireland in Dublin after limping out of Saracens’ Champions Cup defeat by Castres with a hamstring injury to cap a miserable week for the former national captain.
George, who was replaced by Maro Itoje as England captain last Tuesday, …
‘I can’t believe I have survived’: the day the Gaza ceasefire finally arrived
From a ridge on the western edge of Sderot, the ruins of Gaza loom. Less than a kilometre separates the Israeli town and the outskirts of the Palestinian territory, but after 471 days of war, the other side of the fence from Sderot’s shrubby green dunes resembles a dystopian parallel …
Biden welcomes Gaza ceasefire ‘after so much pain, death and loss of life’
Joe Biden said it was now up to Donald Trump to help ensure the success of the Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages agreement their teams jointly brokered, warning the incoming US president it would require “persistence” and “the belief in diplomacy backed by deterrence”.
“After so much pain, death and loss of life, …
Statue of Spanish conqueror Pizarro returns to Peru amid controversy
An imposing bronze statue of Francisco Pizarro, Peru’s Spanish conqueror, has been returned to a spot near its former location in Lima’s main square, 22 years after it was removed, in an apparent attempt to rehabilitate the conquistador’s controversial legacy.
Weighing 7 tonnes and standing 5 metres tall, the Italian …
My friend Simon Benscher, who has died aged 69 of sepsis, was an important figure in the Liberal Judaism group (now part of Progressive Judaism) in the UK, and an exemplary civil society leader.
A former chair of the organisation, his unstinting passion was building connections with more than 40 …
Working from home – the politics and the tradition | Letters
I was surprised to read such a partisan argument on working from home by Polly Toynbee, whose articles I often appreciate (
Labour has been sucked into the WFH culture war. It should know better, 14 January
). Yes, there are certainly advantages – mitigating the environmental effects of …AI could destroy democracy as we know it | Letter
Your editorials and articles about AI, including Rafael Behr’s piece (
Keir Starmer is right to gamble on an AI revolution, but it might not pay out in time, 15 January
), are thoughtful contributions to the debate about this fifth Industrial Revolution. Much of it has considered how …Women who revolutionised the museum world | Letter
Corbyn and McDonnell agree to police interview after pro-Palestine march
Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell have agreed to be interviewed under caution by police after a pro-Palestine march in central London on Saturday.
Ten people have been charged with public order offences after protesters allegedly breached conditions as they marched through the city, allegedly breaking through a police line in …