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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump during a press conference at Chequers, near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, September 18, 2025
Middle East / 3 March 2026
3 March 2026

Prime Minister urged to ditch Trump as campaigners warn US's illegal war in Iran will raise energy bills and worsen public services

A plume of smoke rises following a US-Israeli military strike in Tehran, Iran, March 3, 2026
Editorial: / 3 March 2026
3 March 2026
A woman walks past a building which was damaged after a strike on a police station amid the US–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, March 3, 2026
Middle East / 3 March 2026
3 March 2026
Civil defence workers survey the rubble of a police station after it was struck amid the joint U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 2, 2026
Middle East / 3 March 2026
3 March 2026

The US-Israeli strikes against Iran are part of a decades-long war against the Islamic Republic which has refused to bow to US demands that it surrender its sovereignty, argues VIJAY PRASHAD

Uzbekistan's Diyorakhon Khabibullaeva (centre) battles for the ball with North Korea's Ri Hye Gyong (right) and Myong Yu Jong during the Women's Asia Cup soccer match between North Korea and Uzbekistan in Sydney, March 3, 2026
Women’s football / 3 March 2026
3 March 2026
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Books / 3 March 2026
3 March 2026

FIONA O’CONNOR relishes a cinematic exploration of the writing, and the historical context of Thomas Mann’s WWI masterpiece, The Magic Mountain

A plume of smoke rises after a strike in Tehran, Iran, March 2, 2026
War / 2 March 2026
2 March 2026

Tehran retaliates with attacks on Israel, the Gulf Arab states and crude oil flows

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Civil defence workers survey the rubble of a police station after it was struck amid the joint U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 2, 2026
Middle East / 3 March 2026
3 March 2026

The US-Israeli strikes against Iran are part of a decades-long war against the Islamic Republic which has refused to bow to US demands that it surrender its sovereignty, argues VIJAY PRASHAD

The Scottish Parliament building, Holyrood, Edinburgh, December 10, 2025
Voices of Scotland / 3 March 2026
3 March 2026

Scotland’s deepening crises expose the human cost of political complacency — and the toll it is taking on working-class communities, says NEIL FINDLAY

People watch from a rooftop as a plume of smoke rises after a strike in Tehran, Iran, March 1, 2026
Middle East / 3 March 2026
3 March 2026

History shows from Iraq to Libya, and now Iran, that regime-change fantasies rarely deliver stability — but they always deliver human and economic cost, says MARYAM ESLAMDOUST

CARNAGE: Rescue workers and residents search through the rubble after an Israeli-US strike on a girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran, Saturday February 28
Features / 2 March 2026
2 March 2026

Hundreds protested against the US-Israel attacks on Iran in Parliament Square on Saturday, fearing a wider conflagration and horrified by the targeting of young schoolchildren, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

Editorial webpic.jpgKarl Marx and Friedrich Engels / Pic: Wikipedia/CC
Full Marx / 3 March 2026
3 March 2026

More than a century-and-a-half after its first publication, the message of the first Communist Manifesto continues to resonate throughout the world, says the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School

NATIONALISATION CALL UNHEEDED: Assorted notables at the location of the new Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) on Monday July 14 2025 - Tata Steel gets £500 million while the local population a loss of 2,800 job
Wales / 28 February 2026
28 February 2026

LUKE FLETCHER outlines Plaid Cymru bold plans for wide-ranging policy consultations with trade unions in Wales

England head coach Steve Borthwick before the Guinness Men's Six Nations match at the Allianz Stadium Twickenham, London, February 21, 2026
Men’s rugby union / 3 March 2026
3 March 2026
England's Sam Curran reacts after playing a shot during the T20 World Cup cricket match between England and New Zealand in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026
Men’s Cricket / 3 March 2026
3 March 2026

All-rounder confident ahead of T20 World Cup clash at Wankhede Stadium

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Exhibition review / 3 March 2026
3 March 2026

SIMON PARSONS applauds an artist who rescues and rehumanises stories of women, the victims of violence, from a feminist perspective

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Crime fiction / 3 March 2026
3 March 2026

Good Cop vs Bad Fascist fantasy, a guilty witness, Scottish witchcraft, and Camino de Santiago shocker

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Music / 2 March 2026
2 March 2026

Releases from Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Maggie Nicols/Robert Mitchell/Alya Al Sultani, and Gordon Beck Trio and Quintet

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Attila the Stockbroker Diary / 27 February 2026
27 February 2026

The Bard stands with the Reformers of Peterloo, and their shared genius in teaching history with music and song

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Books / 26 February 2026
26 February 2026

SUE TURNER is fascinated by a book that researches who the largely immigrant workforce were that built the Empire State

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Cinema / 26 February 2026
26 February 2026

MARIA DUARTE and MALC McGOOKIN review Sirat, The Testament of Ann Lee, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, and All You Need Is Kill