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Trump’s UN speech makes it clear: the world can no longer look to the US for strong leadership
ByPatrick Wintourin New York September 24, 2025

US president’s speech made a mockery of UN values and highlights the need for strong anti-Trumpian alliancesSuch is the gravitational pull cast by Donald Trump and the US economy that the politics of the other 192 countries that make up the United Nati…

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Death by aid cuts: how a decision in the US led to the loss of a mother in Yemen
By September 23, 2025

While the Trump administration claims no one will die over the axing of its overseas development budgets, aid agencies say the action will cost at least 3 million lives. Fatima and her baby were among the firstWhen she woke on that Sunday morning, Fati…

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Starmer has avoided state-visit bear traps but has he changed any of Trump’s thinking?
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor September 18, 2025

PM cannot afford for US president to walk away from Ukraine crisis and must persuade him to publicly support specific Gaza plansWith bear traps avoided and fireworks unlit, Keir Starmer will be delighted that his press conference with Donald Trump lent…

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Starmer has avoided state-visit bear traps but has he changed any of Trump’s thinking?
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor September 18, 2025

PM cannot afford for US president to walk away from Ukraine crisis and must persuade him to publicly support specific Gaza plansWith bear traps avoided and fireworks unlit, Keir Starmer will be delighted that his press conference with Donald Trump lent…

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Trump’s retreat from Nato was priced in. But his humiliation of Qatar and India spells total chaos | Nesrine Malik
ByNesrine Malik September 15, 2025

Allies indulged the US president on the basis they wouldn’t be bombed or suffer economic damage. So much for that ideaSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating,…

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Trump’s retreat from Nato was priced in. But his humiliation of Qatar and India spells total chaos | Nesrine Malik
ByNesrine Malik September 15, 2025

Allies indulged the US president on the basis they wouldn’t be bombed or suffer economic damage. So much for that ideaSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating,…

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How to burst the Israeli bubble | Noam Sheizaf
ByNoam Sheizaf September 14, 2025

Recognizing a Palestinian state is a limited but welcome step that addresses an enduring blind spot: Palestinian rights cannot be conditioned on Israeli interestsThroughout the two years of the Gaza war, Israeli bombing has been so intense that, in cer…

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Rubio in Israel for talks to limit diplomatic damage over Qatar strikes
ByStaff and agencies September 14, 2025September 14, 2025

US secretary of state says Trump ‘not happy’ about Israeli attack that targeted Hamas officials in Doha for Gaza talksThe US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has held talks in Israel with Benjamin Netanyahu aimed at limiting the diplomatic damage to bo…

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Trump is no ‘strongman’ when it comes to Russia or Israel. If other democracies don’t step up, anarchy awaits | Simon Tisdall
BySimon Tisdall September 14, 2025

Putin and Netanyahu are creating chaos in the vacuum left by a weak US president. But there are still ways to foil themIt is too easy to blame Donald Trump for everything that goes wrong in the world. The ability of any US president to fundamentally ch…

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Senators say US is complicit in Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Gaza
ByJoseph Gedeon in Washington September 11, 2025September 12, 2025

Democrats Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley reach ‘inescapable conclusion’ after fact-finding trip to regionTwo Democratic senators claim they have reached the “inescapable conclusion” that Israel is acting on a systematic plan to destroy and ethnicall…

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