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Arab Ministers Gather to Decide Response to Israeli Attack in Qatar

Arab foreign ministers were expected to meet on Sunday in the Qatari capital, Doha, to lay the groundwork for a summit there on Monday.

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A damaged building in Doha, Qatar, last week after an Israeli strike. Arab foreign ministers are expected to gather on Sunday to debate how to respond to Israel’s missile attack.
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Amy Hamm: The CBC can’t be trusted to report on J.K. Rowling

Two city councillors in Vancouver have thrown an impotent fit over a Harry Potter “Forbidden Forest Experience” walking tour set to come to Vancouver’s Stanley Park this fall. Cancel it, they demanded — don’t you know that J.K. Rowling is a witch? (Considering the number of times Rowling has thwarted her own cancellation, I, too, am beginning to wonder if she might indeed be some sort of enchantress.) Read More
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World Athletics Championships 2025: 100m finals, men’s 10,000m and more – live

“I’ve learnt in the past just to stay in the present,” laughs Matt Hudson-Smith in interview with the Beeb – I like that. And he’s right, of course – the past has gone and the future is a promise: the only thing he has, as an athlete, but also we all have, as people, is what’s going on right now.

We’re back watching footage of the 100m heats; goodness me, Julien Alfred looks immense, a classic example of an athlete who wins something when not quite expecting to, then becomes a million times better as a consequence. Consider also: France after the 1998 World Cup.

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© Photograph: Petr David Josek/AP

© Photograph: Petr David Josek/AP

© Photograph: Petr David Josek/AP

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This is how we do it: ‘I want sex four or five times a day, but I’m learning to respect her libido’

Grace and Theo’s long-distance relationship – and mismatched libidos – puts pressure on their sex life, but they are learning to build intimacy

How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymously

We’ve been getting to know each other and building intimacy in bursts of a few weeks at a time

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© Illustration: Ryan Gillett/The Guardian

© Illustration: Ryan Gillett/The Guardian

© Illustration: Ryan Gillett/The Guardian

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My wife and I had couples therapy on TV. It nearly wrecked our marriage

After Jessica and I received expert counselling from the hit show Couples Therapy, I became public enemy number one. Here’s what didn’t make it to the screen

“You are the reason women hate men,” a woman commented on one of my Instagram posts. “You don’t deserve Jessica, you schmuck,” another said in a direct message on Facebook. “I hope you’ve gotten the help you need and set your poor wife free,” wrote a third.

I am a novelist who relishes connecting with his audience. That disposition has suffered. The reason: three months ago, the US network Showtime aired the latest season of the documentary series Couples Therapy, on which my wife Jessica and I appeared as one of the pairs.

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© Photograph: Chris Buck/The Guardian

© Photograph: Chris Buck/The Guardian

© Photograph: Chris Buck/The Guardian

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‘There was something special happening’: how a Tyneside bingo hall became a mecca for ravers

Promoter and artist Man Power brings world-class DJs and dance acts to King Street Social Club in North Shields

You can’t miss the King Street Social Club.

Its exterior is made up of hundreds of coloured tiles and a no-nonsense red sign that make it stand out on the North Shields street it occupies. Inside the club, which is at the centre of the former fishing community around Newcastle upon Tyne, something else is brewing.

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© Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

© Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

© Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

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