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TV tonight: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe tells the story of her Iranian prison ordeal
By December 3, 2025

She recounts the shocking experience in this excellent documentary. Plus: the investigation into the Sycamore Gap tree. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, BBC Two“My child was not even two when I left her … She was nearly eight when I came back.” Fo…

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Iran sentences award-winning director Jafar Panahi to year in prison for ‘propaganda activities’
ByAgence France-Presse December 1, 2025

Iranian film-maker won Cannes film festival’s Palme D’Or prize earlier this year for It Was Just an AccidentIran has sentenced the Palme d’Or-winning film-maker Jafar Panahi in absentia to one year in prison and a travel ban over “propaganda activities…

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Iran sentences award-winning director Jafar Panahi to year in prison for ‘propaganda activities’
ByAgence France-Presse December 1, 2025

Iranian film-maker won Cannes film festival’s Palme D’Or prize earlier this year for It Was Just an AccidentIran has sentenced the Palme d’Or-winning film-maker Jafar Panahi in absentia to one year in prison and a travel ban over “propaganda activities…

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Prisoner 951 review – this defiant Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe drama makes Britain look ridiculous
ByPhil Harrison November 23, 2025

This tale of one family’s six-year ordeal just highlights what an unserious country Britain became in that era. The cast, including Joseph Fiennes, are excellent“My name is Nazanin. I do not know why I am here.”“Everyone says that.” Continue reading……

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Prisoner 951 review – this defiant Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe drama makes Britain look ridiculous
ByPhil Harrison November 23, 2025

This tale of one family’s six-year ordeal just highlights what an unserious country Britain became in that era. The cast, including Joseph Fiennes, are excellent“My name is Nazanin. I do not know why I am here.”“Everyone says that.” Continue reading……

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An existential battle of interests: what the Sudanese war is actually about
ByNesrine Malik November 19, 2025

A bitter race to claim economic and political power has divided the country and the human cost can no longer be ignored• Don’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereAlmost everywhere I go, I am asked about Sudan. The questions are part…

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‘For the women who gave birth in the dark’: a portrait of motherhood in Gaza
ByAseel Mousa November 8, 2025

Diana Shams wrote a book because ‘no one explains how to carry your baby through fire, hunger and fear – and still sing to her at bedtime’She used to worry about screen time. She used to fret over sugar. She used to dwell on what cartoon character migh…

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The week around the world in 20 pictures
ByJim Powell November 7, 2025

Typhoon Kalmaegi, hunger in Gaza, displacement in Sudan, and Zohran Mamdani in New York: the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Continue reading…

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‘At the mercy of nature’: How the Caribbean is dealing with the unprecedented Hurricane Melissa
ByNesrine Malik November 5, 2025

The category 5 storm has wreaked havoc in the region, as those affected now reckon with damaged livelihoods and the cost of rebuilding• Don’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIt has been one week since Hurricane Melissa made landf…

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‘At the mercy of nature’: How the Caribbean is dealing with the unprecedented Hurricane Melissa
ByNesrine Malik November 5, 2025

The category 5 storm has wreaked havoc in the region, as those affected now reckon with damaged livelihoods and the cost of rebuilding• Don’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIt has been one week since Hurricane Melissa made landf…

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