Donald Trump tampers with Brazil's democracy
Sep 30, 2026
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In the run-up to October's election, the US president has been using diplomatic pressure to undermine Brazilian sovereignty and bolster Flávio Bolsonaro. This continues a long history of US interference.
The South Pacific's struggle for climate justice
Sep 30, 2026
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Some of the world's smallest states have taken their climate fight to the highest international court, shifting the debate from pleas for help to questions of human rights and state responsibility.
The flamingo revolution soars on
Sep 30, 2026
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Albania's Adriatic coast, concrete-free until now, is beginning to suffer from tourism-led development. Winning political support for projects seems to be easy – especially if your name is Trump.
A tale of two cousins divided by war
Sep 30, 2026
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On Moscow's streets, signs of a nation at war are hard to see. Its effects are clearer in individual lives. The burden has fallen unevenly on Russians, reshaping fortunes and fracturing families.
Poland's support for Ukraine wears thin
Sep 30, 2026
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The prospect of Ukraine's likely EU accession is becoming less popular with Poles, as farmers and truckers face price collapses. And with disputes over historical memory, too, mistrust is deepening.
Reform UK plots its counter-revolution
Sep 30, 2026
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Nigel Farage is surrounded by scandal and has seen his poll numbers dip. To counter Andy Burnham, Britain's populist leader marshalled his ‘People's Army' at Reform UK's annual conference.
Settler terror escalates in the West Bank
Sep 30, 2026
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The situation in the West Bank is increasingly violent. Jewish settlers are seizing and destroying Palestinian property in a campaign of dispossession, actively supported by the Israeli authorities.
The United States' decline is also China's problem
Sep 30, 2026
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Many in the West see China as the real victor in the Iran war, with the US's failures clearing Beijing's path to global dominance. In reality, it has little to gain from a new world order.
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