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Maritime and port workers: how is the Middle East conflict affecting you?Maritime and port workers: how is the Middle East conflict affecting you?

We want to hear from those working or living at sea, including maritime workers, sailors, port staff and family about how the situation is affecting their work The conflict in the Middle East continues to disrupt shipping across the region, including in the strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s ...

‘I’d consider replacing one of my children’: Taika Waititi on robot kids, his cheese-o-meter and Klara and the Sun‘I’d consider replacing one of my children’: Taika Waititi on robot kids, his cheese-o-meter and Klara and the Sun

The director has turned Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed novel about an ailing adolescent and her glitchy robot friend into a thought-provoking film. What do the pair think this story says about tech, love and grief? In the wings of the London film festival, a group of young influencers are discussing their ...

Strongmen like Trump would destroy the planet out of pure spite – and Brazil shows we’re all in peril | George MonbiotStrongmen like Trump would destroy the planet out of pure spite – and Brazil shows we’re all in peril | George Monbiot

If Flávio Bolsonaro is elected, Brazil’s ecosystems will face collapse. The ruling class would rather burn the world than share it with the poor However grim the trajectory might seem, I’ve always believed that sense will ultimately prevail. As the great perils of dismantling the living world become increasingly obvious, ...

Elizabeth Holmes is back in the spotlight: why can’t we look away? – podcastElizabeth Holmes is back in the spotlight: why can’t we look away? – podcast

You Can See Everything, a documentary about the disgraced biotech company founder Elizabeth Holmes, has enjoyed a record-breaking opening in the US. It is a testament to how fascinated we remain by the convicted fraudster, but what is behind the enduring appeal? US technology editor Blake Montgomery tells Madeleine Finlay ...

Tied up and tortured: Israel using US-made electroshock weapons on Palestinian detaineesTied up and tortured: Israel using US-made electroshock weapons on Palestinian detainees

Investigation suggests American company Axon still supplies Israel with Taser weapons despite evidence they have been used to torture prisoners The soldiers drag the man into a section of the prison known as Hell’s Wing, a metaphor for its notoriety for acts of brutality. Shoving him violently into a corner, ...

Heidi Levine recounts how Palestinian youths helped save her in settler attackHeidi Levine recounts how Palestinian youths helped save her in settler attack

US photojournalist describes ‘protective shield’, vows to return to work in West Bank and criticises Netanyahu comments on incident The Washington Post photojournalist who was attacked and seriously injured by Israeli settlers on the West Bank on Friday has described how she was saved with the help of local Palestinians. ...

NYC built a monument to Khalil Gibran and Little Syria. Why was there global uproar?NYC built a monument to Khalil Gibran and Little Syria. Why was there global uproar?

Lebanese officials were furious, claiming the city erased Gibran’s identity. Yet there was a time when Arab immigrants in the US thought ‘we were all Syrians’ This is Muslim New York: artists, thinkers and politicos on defining a new era for the city On the morning of 30 April, in ...