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The Observer view: A year on from his death, Alexei Navalny still shines bright in a dark land | Observer editorial

Principled, charismatic and humorous, the murdered Russian opposition leader was everything Vladimir Putin is not

It is exactly one year since Alexei Navalny, Russia’s best-known opposition leader and…

When it’s illegal to cause distress to believers, call it for what it is: a secular version of blasphemy | Kenan Malik

Language can ‘open eyes’, Salman Rushdie wrote, yet still ideas of profanity are being used to silence dissenting voices

‘Whatever the attack was about, it wasn’t about The Satanic Verses.” So insists…

A tale of two suckers: Donald Trump’s plastic straws and Keir Starmer | Stewart Lee

The US president has scrapped paper straws because they allegedly ‘explode’ – a bit like the PM’s reputation if he keeps refusing to confront him on the big issues

It’s difficult to know whether to se…

Europeans are right to be angry with Donald Trump, but they should also be furious with themselves | Andrew Rawnsley

The betrayal of Ukraine is a final warning to the UK and its continental allies to put a lot more energy and money into rebuilding their defences

It was, Sir Keir Starmer told members of his inner cir…

Ruben Amorim takes responsibility for big job cuts at Manchester United

  • Manager admits job losses are ‘affecting the environment’
  • Fresh blow as Amad Diallo ruled out for rest of season

Ruben Amorim has acknowledged he and the first team must shoulder the blame for Manchest…

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