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UK Politics

Once Keir Starmer had beaten the left, he had no plan for government

'He was rubbish on all metrics,' one civil servant says of prime minister, who presented himself as the grown-up politician
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US-Iran deal leaves Israel isolated and Netanyahu exposed
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Turkey emerges unscathed from the Iran war
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What levers can Turkey use against Israel if their war of words escalates?
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Why Iran could be the one to finally kill Netanyahu’s career
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Ali Larijani: What does the death of philosopher security chief mean for Iran?
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The US-Israeli war on Iran is founded on two huge mistakes
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Iran's new tactics force US to reconsider its capacity for pain
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Pakistan's arms deals position it squarely within growing Saudi-UAE rift
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Syria deal with Kurdish forces hands Turkey a strategic win
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How Israel’s recognition of Somaliland risks destabilising the region
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Why Israel's collapsed 'coalition of change' was no longer worth saving
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Strong but insecure, Israel can no longer leave the dead in dignity
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Celebrating victory over the Nazis is the next Israel-Russia row
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Israel's al-Aqsa aggression risks an intifada it would be unable to contain
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How Israel's Ben-Gvir has exploited attacks to fan violence and build his brand
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Forget democracy in Israel. It's the 'Jewish demographic state'
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How Israel's fear of Putin in Syria has trapped it in a Ukraine bind
Western Sahara
'Without ceding an inch': Western Sahara the 'priority' for Morocco's new EU ambassador
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Inside the Israel-Gulf Arab negotiations to create shared air defences
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How Oman became the chief architect of Arab normalisation with Syria
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Why some Iranians fear China ditched them for Saudi Arabia
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Why Israel is reluctant to give the UAE help against the Houthis