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Then UK Ambassador to the US, Lord Peter Mandelson, speaking during a ceremony at the National Gallery, central London, June 18, 2025
Editorial / 4 February 2026
4 February 2026
U.S. President Barack Obama (left) and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev (right) shake hands at a news conference at the Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, April 8, 2010, after signing the New START treaty reducing long-range nuclear weapons
World / 4 February 2026
4 February 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, visits the Forbidden City during his visit to China, Thursday Jan. 29, 2026 in Beijing, China
Eyes Left / 4 February 2026
4 February 2026

In reopening relations with China, the PM showed an uncharacteristic grasp of power, proportion and Britain’s diminished place in the world – a lesson many in Westminster still refuse to learn, says ANDREW MURRAY

President Donald Trump stands on stage next to the FIFA World Cup after receiving the FIFA Peace Prize during the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup at the Kennedy Center in Washington, December 5, 2025
Men’s football / 4 February 2026
4 February 2026

Activists warn Trump will use tournament to legitimise repression and war

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Interview / 4 February 2026
4 February 2026

Chris Searle speaks to saxophonist LARRY STABBINS

Khadija Abu Rabi mourns over the body of her son, Iyad, 3, who was killed by an Israeli strike that hit tents sheltering displaced people along the coast of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, February 2, 2026
Britain / 3 February 2026
3 February 2026

Campaigners and MPs concerned by moves to ‘unblock’ arms licences to Israel

The Rebirth of the African Phoenix, by Roger McKenzie
Palestinian Raed al-Khabba carries his 3-month-old daughter Mira al-Khabbaz, who was killed in an Israeli military strike, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, February 4, 2026
Gaza / 4 February 2026
4 February 2026
A man walks between American and Cuban flags in Havana, February 1, 2026
Latin America / 4 February 2026
4 February 2026
Seif al-Islam Gadhafi speaks to the media at a press conference in a hotel in Tripoli, Libya, February 25, 2011
Libya / 4 February 2026
4 February 2026
Maja T., a German anti-fascist activist, accused of assaulting and injuring neo-Nazis in Budapest in Feb. 2023, grimaces as the sentence is read in court in Budapest, Hungary, February 4, 2026, at the Budapest-Capital Regional Court
World / 4 February 2026
4 February 2026
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Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini, September 1943
Authoritarianism / 4 February 2026
4 February 2026

A survey circulated by a far-right-linked student group has sparked outrage, with educators, historians and veterans warning that profiling teachers for their political views echoes fascist-era practices. FEDERICA ADRIANI reports

Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, visits the Forbidden City during his visit to China, Thursday Jan. 29, 2026 in Beijing, China
Eyes Left / 4 February 2026
4 February 2026

In reopening relations with China, the PM showed an uncharacteristic grasp of power, proportion and Britain’s diminished place in the world – a lesson many in Westminster still refuse to learn, says ANDREW MURRAY

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Palestine Solidarity / 4 February 2026
4 February 2026

Dockers from Italy, Greece and beyond will stage co-ordinated port blockades on February 6, declaring ‘we don’t work for war’ – in a call in solidarity with Palestine. ALFIO BERNABEI reports

Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits Yuyuan Gardens in Shanghai, China, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026
Diplomacy / 4 February 2026
4 February 2026

The British Prime Minister’s Beijing visit marked the end of a long diplomatic hiatus and produced tangible, if limited, economic results, says KEITH BENNETT

Students protest US Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside the Pflugerville Justice Centre after walking out of their classes in Pflugerville, Texas, February 2, 2026
US / 3 February 2026
3 February 2026

Schoolchildren who joined a nationwide anti-Trump walkout learned more outside the classroom than in it but could still be penalised, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

Austerity / 3 February 2026
3 February 2026

The suicide of Tamara Jade Logon after her disability benefits were wrongly withdrawn is the latest in a series of deaths in which coroners have cited DWP failings, exposing a pattern of preventable harm, says DYLAN MURPHY

Matt Weston competes in the Skeleton Men's Heats. Weston's success - backed by team-mate Marcus Wyatt who pipped Weston to the other two World Cups and finished third in the overall standings - is a far cry from the British skeleton team's poor showing at the 2022 Games in Beijing, January 30, 2026
Winter Olympics / 4 February 2026
4 February 2026
07/2000 of former player and broadcaster John Virgo
Snooker / 4 February 2026
4 February 2026
04/02/2026 provided by Team GB of Lilah Fear
Winter Olympics / 4 February 2026
4 February 2026
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Theatre review / 4 February 2026
4 February 2026

GEOFF BOTTOMS applauds a version set amid the violent conflicts of the 19th century west African Oyo empire before the intervention of British colonialism

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Theatre preview / 3 February 2026
3 February 2026

GILL PARSONS introduces the remarkable process by which her childhood experience of a convalescent home has become a new drama

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Book Review / 3 February 2026
3 February 2026

SEAMUS HIGGINS introduces some basic facts about the role of sugar in driving a worldwide crisis of diet-related diseases

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Crime fiction / 3 February 2026
3 February 2026

Japanese innovation, Costa Rican skullduggery, Glasgow Central suicide, and good deeds punished in London

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Album Reviews / 2 February 2026
2 February 2026

New releases from The Orb, Meredith Monk, and Marconi Union

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Film review / 30 January 2026
30 January 2026

RITA DI SANTO draws attention to a new film that features Ken Loach and Jeremy Corbyn, and their personal experience of media misrepresentation