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81 days ago

Oh, Canada! Can Trump just take it? – podcast

On the first day of his second term in office, Donald Trump suggested he wanted the US to ‘expand’ its territory. Few thought he could actually mean taking Canada and making it the 51st state. But co…

87 days ago

Lethal fantasies of driving people from their land haunt the Middle East. Trump is fuelling them | Jonathan Freedland

Rarely has a US president proposed an idea more repugnant than this Gaza plan, with its appeal to old enmities

The shock and awe continues and it only gets more shocking and more awful. These past few…

3 months ago

Through the blizzard of edicts, see Trump for what he is: an autocrat reaching for limitless power | Jonathan Freedland

In just 100 hours, the returned president has already revealed his goal and exposed the weakness of those who might challenge him

It’s hard to see in a blizzard. When so much is coming at you, one thi…

Executive orders, Gulf of America and flags on Mars: Trump’s first day in office – podcast

The cold forced the speeches indoors but it didn’t stop Donald Trump from announcing a flurry of executive orders dismantling much of the work of his predecessor. Jonathan Freedland speaks to the US …

Relief at this Gaza deal should be tempered by rage at Hamas and Netanyahu. How dare they take so long? | Jonathan Freedland

The agreement reached this week is basically the plan Joe Biden unveiled in May. So much pain and death could have been avoided

When news of the ceasefire and hostage-release deal between Israel and H…

The Middle East, inflation and Trump’s return – what will Biden’s legacy be? – podcast

After 15 months of war, a ceasefire deal in Gaza has been reached. In his farewell address to the nation, Joe Biden tried to convince the US public that it was just one of many successes he’d had in …

4 months ago

‘How do we live in this terrible world?’ a reader asked me. Here’s the only answer I have | Jonathan Freedland

From the bloodshed in Ukraine, Sudan and Gaza to the return of Trump, there are so many reasons to despair. But a little deliberate optimism can go a long way

It’s a season brimming with tradition and…

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