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Ex-British army chief calls on ministers to back MDMA-assisted therapy for veterans
ByDan Sabbagh Defence and security editor February 1, 2026

Nick Carter says easing controls on MDMA will allow drug to be used as alternative treatment for those with PTSDA former head of the British military is calling for the government to ease restrictions on the party drug MDMA so that it can be tested mor…

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The best of the long read in 2025
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian December 23, 2025

Our 20 favourite pieces of in-depth reporting, essays and profiles from the yearVictor Pelevin made his name in 90s Russia with scathing satires of authoritarianism. But while his literary peers have faced censorship and fled the country, he still sell…

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Sudan cholera outbreak kills 40 in a week as health centres overwhelmed
ByKat Lay, Global health correspondent August 14, 2025

MSF charity calls situation ‘beyond urgent’ as thousands seeking refuge from war rely on contaminated waterThe “worst cholera outbreak in years” has killed at least 40 people in the last week in Sudan, according to the medical charity Médecins Sans Fro…

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Sudan’s children face growing threat of deadly infectious diseases as vaccination rates halve
ByKat Lay, Global health correspondent July 17, 2025

The country, beset by war, has the world’s lowest rates of vaccination, says the World Health Organization, as global immunisation drive also stallsChildren in Sudan, caught up in what aid organisations have called the world’s largest humanitarian cris…

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Syria’s treasure hunting fever – podcast
By July 14, 2025

What can be done to stop Syria’s unprecedented scramble for antiquities? William Christou reportsAfter the fall of Assad, a new business is booming in Syria: metal detectors. The items were previously banned by the regime for their supposed military ap…

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Syria’s treasure hunting fever – podcast
By July 14, 2025

What can be done to stop Syria’s unprecedented scramble for antiquities? William Christou reportsAfter the fall of Assad, a new business is booming in Syria: metal detectors. The items were previously banned by the regime for their supposed military ap…

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Skeleton found in pot is first ancient Egyptian to undergo whole genome analysis
ByIan Sample Science editor July 2, 2025

Unusual burial of man, thought to have been a potter, in sealed vessel may have helped DNA survive past four millenniaA man whose bones were shaped by a lifetime of hard labour more than 4,500 years ago has become the first ancient Egyptian to have his…

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What does it take to make a nuclear weapon? – podcast
By July 1, 2025

In an interview last weekend, Iran’s ambassador to the UN said his country’s nuclear enrichment ‘will never stop’ because it is permitted for ‘peaceful energy’ purposes. It is the latest development in an escalation of tensions over Iran’s nuclear prog…

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What does it take to make a nuclear weapon? – podcast
By July 1, 2025

In an interview last weekend, Iran’s ambassador to the UN said his country’s nuclear enrichment ‘will never stop’ because it is permitted for ‘peaceful energy’ purposes. It is the latest development in an escalation of tensions over Iran’s nuclear prog…

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