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‘We’re giving up a strategic asset for no reason’ — Bob Seely on the Chagos Islands

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What horror does to us

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Tonight, the BBC will be broadcasting what is – to my mind – the scariest film ever made. Indeed, I would go further than that, I would say this movie is the scariest human artwork in any form – and that includes novels, plays, stories, the lot. This film beats them all, and by a

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Kristina Murkett

Royal Mail is a right royal mess

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Israel’s revenge

Israel is reshaping the Middle East in its favour

Iran has fallen into the trap set by Israel. It has taken the bait after months of failing to respond to a series of devastating – and humiliating – attacks, which decapitated its Lebanese militia, Hezbollah, and killed the leader of Hamas in Tehran. But the regime may have self-immolated by firing missiles at Israel

Israel is reshaping the Middle East in its favour

Iran has fallen into the trap set by Israel. It has taken the bait after months of failing to respond to a series of devastating – and humiliating – attacks, which decapitated its Lebanese militia, Hezbollah, and killed the leader of Hamas in Tehran. But the regime may have self-immolated by firing missiles at Israel

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A stone-cold banger: Black Myth – Wukong reviewed

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Grade: A Remember the mad 1970s TV series Monkey? Here, excitingly, is the closest you’ll get to it in videogame form. In a pre-credit sequence, you are the Monkey King, Sun Wukong, and you not only fly about on a little cloud but suffer from that headache-inducing circlet on your bonce. The main game is

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Nick Newman

‘‘I hope this doesn’t degenerate into a Tory leadership contest.’’

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Royston

‘‘Heh, good luck with that!’’

Cartoon

Howard Spencer

Hunting for the lost blue plaques

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