While international actors discuss governance and reconstruction, Netanyahu has made it clear that Israel has no intention of ending its military occupation, says RAMZY BAROUD
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The true cost of Ukraine: £106 billion and counting
For Britain, direct military aid is just the tip of the iceberg compared to the spiralling energy crisis that has fueled inflation, driven millions into fuel poverty and inflated corporate profits, reveals HELEN MERCER
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Services on Thursday, March 13, 2025, firefighters work at a damaged building after a Russian strike in Akhtyrka, Ukraine
NICK WRIGHT continues his series analysing the trends in European politics
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General Federation of Trade Unions assistant general secretary HENRY FOWLER reports on the final day from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at the Workers’ Retreat, Quorn Grange Hotel
Capitalism has exploited — and polluted — our natural resources for too long, it’s time we treated our rivers as living beings, writes MIRIUM GAUNTLETT, LIAM SHAW and ROX MIDDLETON
Treating the Clacton by-election as a joke risks reinforcing the Reform leader’s claim to be the victim of an out-of-touch Establishment, argues JOHN McINALLY
MPs and others called for the urgent release of tortured Palestinian doctor, Hussam Abu Safiya, held hostage by Israel and reportedly near death, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
“Now thrive the armourers … They sell the pasture now to buy the horse.” (Henry V)
AS KEIR STARMER seeks to lead Europe in stretching out the Ukraine war to the crack of doom the issue of the cost of defence spending will return as a vital topic to Britain.
It would however be a mistake to focus only on the direct support to Ukraine, for the indirect costs to Britain of the energy crisis which has accompanied the tensions between Russia and the West have been much higher.
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