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Dismay as ancient heritage sites across Iran damaged in US-Israel bombing
ByJulian Borger and Deepa Parent March 12, 2026March 12, 2026

Golestan Palace in Tehran, a world heritage site, and buildings in historic city of Isfahan harmed, despite Unesco sending coordinatesMiddle East crisis – latest updatesThe governor of the historic Iranian city of Isfahan has accused the US and Israel …

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The week around the world in 20 pictures
ByJim Powell March 6, 2026

Crisis in the Middle East, Ramadan in Gaza, a blackout in Havana and Stella McCartney at Paris fashion week – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Continue reading…

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Hostage review – this portrait of a war reporter is jaw-dropping stuff
ByJack Seale March 4, 2026

This documentary about British war correspondent John Cantlie – who was kidnapped by IS and is believed to have died in an airstrike – is full of remarkable yarnsWe need reporters on the ground to help us see through the fog of war, but that is always …

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Seth Meyers on Trump spilling military secrets: ‘He’s so excited to bomb people, he can’t help himself’
ByGuardian staff March 4, 2026

Late-night hosts on Tuesday addressed the war in Iran, the closing of Papa Johns restaurants and the upcoming White House correspondents dinnerLate-night hosts criticized Donald Trump’s attacks on Iran, the problem with advising Americans to evacuate t…

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The week around the world in 20 pictures
ByJim Powell February 27, 2026

Russian airstrikes in Kyiv, Ramadan in Gaza, Trump’s State of the Union address and snow in New York City – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Continue reading…

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Seth Meyers on Team Trump’s Iran threats: ‘These guys speak like they’ve been hit on the head’
ByGuardian staff February 27, 2026

Late-night hosts addressed US-Iran tensions, Trump’s failed businesses and Hillary Clinton’s ‘ridiculous’ Epstein hearingOn Thursday night, late-night hosts remarked on the Jeffrey Epstein investigations, the threat of a US attack on Iran and Donald Tr…

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Berlin film festival organisers to hold crisis talks amid Gaza rows
ByPhilip Oltermann and Deborah Cole in Berlin February 25, 2026

Emergency meeting called to discuss festival’s ‘future direction’ after series of controversiesThe organisation that manages the Berlin film festival is to meet for talks amid reports that its American director faces dismissal after a series of rows ov…

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The Taliban are burning musical instruments in the name of morality. It is an assault on all culture
ByTom Service February 25, 2026

The sounds of Afghan history are being erased to prevent music’s ‘moral corruption’ of the Afghan people. We can help keep Afghanistan’s music alive. Plus, Eliane Radigue’s deep listening, and the brilliance of Sinners’s scoreThe horrors of the Taliban…

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Palestine Comedy Club review – roving performance collective finds light in darkness
ByPeter Bradshaw February 25, 2026

This portrait of a multi-ethnic comic troupe could do with more unpicking, but its reflections on the grind of war, life on the road and the reactive nature of comedy are insightfulIt must surely, sometimes, seem to everyone involved that the name shou…

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The week around the world in 20 pictures
ByJim Powell February 20, 2026

The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Ramadan in Gaza, Russian airstrikes in Odesa and flooding in France – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Continue reading…

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