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From Palestine Action to latest policing bill, the UK government is killing free speech

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Trump is returning to a war with Iran that offers no easy victory for anyone

David Hearst

Trump's framing of war as Iran's barbarism vs civilised West is a huge lie

Peter Oborne

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Seyed Hossein Mousavian

Islamofascism: The word that launders war crimes, from Iran to Palestine

Faisal Hanif

Starmer faces reckoning over his support for Trump's illegal war on Iran

Joe Gill

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Peter Oborne

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David Hearst

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Paul Khalifeh

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David Hearst

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Mohammad Ataie

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Soumaya Ghannoushi

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Taha Ozhan

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Barry Malone

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Christian Henderson

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Ahmet Davutoglu

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Hossam Shaker

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Marco Carnelos

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John Rees

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Lubna Masarwa

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Soumaya Ghannoushi

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