After years of government corruption, repression and violence, many Iranians are expected to boycott Friday’s elections Rap and K-pop aren’t music genres you’d expect an Iranian presidential hopeful to be familiar with. And yet, during the second televised debate ahead of the countrywide poll on 18 June, one of the candidates displayed an impressive knowledge of the contemporary musical landscape. “They play rap on their own programmes, but they have banned rap. Our teens have

The prime minister seeks to game and inflame a state of mind that rejects complex reality in favour of symbols and fantasy There is a simple reason why Boris Johnson and European leaders

Even when police cameras are turned on or cellphone footage is available, moments that change the world — or even moments that lead to justice being served — are vanishingly rare

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The senator from Texas is about to weigh in on some of the most consequential issues facing our democracy

Democratic unity is welcome against authoritarian might. That doesn’t mean signing up to everything on the US agenda It is 50 years next month since Henry Kissinger embarked on

The squalid tale uncovered by the inquiry is bad enough. The police’s efforts to obstruct it make it worse The killing of 37-year-old private detective Daniel Morgan in south London in 1987, and the failure to bring anyone to justice, is one of the

Cuts to councils and a lack of suitable homes mean that nearly half of children in care live in unregulated accommodation, writes

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Saying sorry allows Greene to position herself as a politician who listens, who doesn’t mind owning up to mistakes, and who cares about accountability and responsibility

UK governments must find a means of protecting the peace of religious sites under threat from hunters, says

The director of Deliverance recalls how the late actor landed the part of Bobby Trippe,

Lithium extraction | Bird chirping | Over-70s | Cricket and snow | Oxford bags Thea Riofrancos writes about the environmental costs of lithium extraction from the Atacama salt flats in Chile (

The Watt footage isn’t shocking at all. It is the inevitable consequence of sustained attack – a deadly alliance of mad conspiracy theorists and the mainstream, everyday voices who legitimise them

They are reminding us that the problems of prejudice and discrimination have not gone away – and won’t without action

I wanted to write a book that would help to shore up my girls’ identity, reflect their wonderful, loving family, and demonstrate that stories can – and do – star people just like them

From food standards to fossil fuel exports, Britain’s agreement with Australia could stop us dealing with the climate crisis Over the weekend, Boris Johnson told the world we need to “create a healthy planet for our children and grandchildren”. Today he launches

There is nothing wrong with people feeling strongly on a topic, that can lead to important change – but if the default position is anger, we all lose

Boris Johnson announced a pause in England, but restrictions that have been eased have already created a surge in infections The prime minister

The pioneering and sustainable initiatives to not only protect elephants but boost the livelihoods of communities that live near them

Keir Starmer could use this opportunity to reveal who he really is and not be afraid to win enemies as well as friends On the rights and wrongs of extending the lockdown in England, I plead the Alan Sugar case – for anyone who missed it, which is surely almost everyone, the

Four years on and we, the survivors and bereaved families, have been repeatedly disappointed by the lack of progress towards preventing another avoidable tragedy

The policies of our governments do a disservice to the post-war generation who came together to offer refuge to those most in need

It’s well-known that film is difficult to break into at the best of times, but I have seen the barriers that people with learning disabilities face first-hand

I wanted to write a book that would help to shore up my girls’ identity, reflect their wonderful, loving family, and demonstrate that stories can – and do – star people just like them

The TV star has done something rarely seen in the gladiatorial arena of the internet – she has apologised

We studied safety at the world’s most sophisticated laboratories, and found their policies often left much to be desired

Given the G7’s underwhelming pledge, WHO approval for two Chinese jabs is a welcome boost “Vaccine diplomacy” has evolved into a dirty phrase, not least in relation to China and the notion that its government could be exchanging ineffective jabs for geopolitical capital. At the weekend

The BNP’s explicitly racist politics only had limited appeal – but more adept politicians have seized on the myths they exploited Twenty years ago this summer, a series of riots broke out in parts of northern England that would have a profound effect on British politics. They began in Oldham in late May 2001, spreading to Burnley in June, and Bradford in July. All had their own specific local triggers, but all involved clashes between men of white and of south Asian background. This racialised dimension ensured that they became a matter of national concern, prompting warnings that some of the country’s diverse communities were,

It’s not just ‘bad apples’: a toxic system allows too many serious crimes to go unpunished. We urgently need an inquiry