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Anthony Koch: How conservatives helped the left undermine the West

For years, conservatives have comforted themselves with the illusion that the destruction of the West was entirely the doing of the left. They have blamed progressive ideologues, globalists, and utopians for the failed experiment of multiculturalism, the open borders that reshaped their nations, and the cultural relativism that hollowed out the moral foundations of their societies. But this is self-deception. The truth is that the so-called right, the respectable suit-and-tie centre-right parties that governed most of the West for the better part of the last half-century, are just as responsible for the decay of our civilization as their left-wing counterparts. They were not innocent observers. They were in power, and they made the choices that brought us here. Read More
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World Cup qualifying latest, Irish hopes boosted and Ronaldo fumes: football news – live

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Here’s Barney Ronay’s take on last night’s game at Wembley and the big talking point: England’s No 10.

“Tuchel has been very clear. He wants a structure not a group of the coolest guys, a selection by aura. And in many ways it worked here as on 65 minutes, with England already 1-0 up, we finally got it, the shootout of the No 10s. We got energy, mood-shift, a four-man blazing squad entering the field of play: Jude, Phil, Eberechi Eze and, er, Jordan Henderson.”

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© Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan/Shutterstock

© Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan/Shutterstock

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Zelenskyy condemns Russia’s ‘wicked’ overnight attack on Ukraine – Europe live

Drones and missiles used to target Kyiv with at least four people killed and ‘dozens’ wounded

Elsewhere, Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, a key outlet for Russian commodity shipments, suspended oil exports after what authorities said was a major Ukrainian drone attack, two industry sources told Reuters.

The attack, one of the biggest on Russian oil-exporting infrastructure in recent months, comes after Ukraine in August stepped up strikes on Russian oil refineries in an attempt to degrade Moscow’s ability to finance its war, Reuters noted.

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© Photograph: Gleb Garanich/Reuters

© Photograph: Gleb Garanich/Reuters

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British-Egyptian activist stopped from flying to UK, says family

Egyptian authorities prevented Alaa Abd el-Fattah from attending human rights awards in London

Alaa Abd el-Fattah, the British-Egyptian writer and human rights campaigner who was freed from jail in September, was stopped from flying to the UK by Egyptian passport control, his family has said.

Abd el-Fattah was pardoned after more than 10 years in jail but his status, including his right to travel back and forth between Britain and Egypt, was left unclear and subject to discussion between the family and authorities.

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© Photograph: Sayed Hassan/Getty Images

© Photograph: Sayed Hassan/Getty Images

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Dorothy Waugh’s epic 1930s national park posters – in pictures

Between 1934 and 1936, artist Dorothy Waugh was commissioned to create 17 posters for the National Park Service, a groundbreaking opportunity for a female designer at the time. Her designs, which were both accessible and avant-garde, are being celebrated in an exhibition for the first time at New York’s Poster House. Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters is on display until 22 February 2026

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© Photograph: Robert Feliciano/Courtesy Poster House

© Photograph: Robert Feliciano/Courtesy Poster House

© Photograph: Robert Feliciano/Courtesy Poster House

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NFL midseason-ish awards: Darnold’s rise to MVP and a surprising Browns rookie

With the season more than halfway done, we look at the outstanding figures from the 2025 campaign so far

Sam Darnold, QB, Seahawks. With apologies to Jonathan Taylor, we know how this story goes. MVP doesn’t stand for Most Valuable Player anymore. It stands for Most Valuable Quarterback on a 12-win team with a nice storyline. That gives us three frontrunners: Matthew Stafford, Drake Maye and Darnold.

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Homelessness is increasingly hard to ignore – unless you are the Labour party | Simon Jenkins

The government is focused on building new homes for floating voters, while landlordism is discouraged and homes stand empty

As opera-goers trooped into the London Coliseum this week, three helpless drunks were camping on the adjacent front steps. One was struggling to stop another pulling down his trousers – or possibly helping him. In Chandos Place around the corner, half a dozen more were bedding down out of the rain. Over the road, staff at the hallowed St Martin-in-the-Fields homeless charity were under siege.

There is only one housing crisis. It is not the lack of somewhere nice to live. It is the lack of somewhere to sleep. Rough sleeping is vagrancy, and illegal in England and Wales under the Vagrancy Act. It means the police can “move you on”. The government promised to “develop a new cross-government strategy” to “put Britain back on track to ending homelessness” in its election manifesto, so next spring it is scrapping the 19th-century act. Rough sleeping will be decriminalised. Presumably that is considered a problem solved.

Simon Jenkins is a Guardian columnist

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© Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

© Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

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UK borrowing costs up after markets spooked by Reeves’s income tax U-turn

Pound down 0.5% against dollar in early trading after chancellor drops plans for upcoming budget

Britain’s borrowing costs have jumped while the pound has dropped after the chancellor’s extraordinary last-minute decision to ditch tax-raising plans in the upcoming budget.

Interest rates on government bonds rose by more than 10 basis points in early trading, putting them on track for their worst day since 2 July, when investors responded to a tearful appearance by Rachel Reeves in the House of Commons chamber. The pound, meanwhile, dropped 0.5% against the dollar.

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© Photograph: Temilade Adelaja/PA

© Photograph: Temilade Adelaja/PA

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أحمد [Ahmed]: Sama’a (Audition) review – a wild, world-spanning act of musical devotion

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The British free-jazz pianist Pat Thomas leads his quartet through a powerful fusion of Sufi inspiration, rhythmic intensity and improvisational fire

In April 2022, the wild and inquisitively wilful British free-jazz keyboardist and composer Pat Thomas was improvising with his eyes shut in the company of his quartet أحمد [Ahmed] at Glasgow’s Glue Factory. The music was dedicated to the 1950s-70s legacy of the late Art Blakey and Thelonious Monk bassist, oud player and early global-music pioneer Ahmed Abdul-Malik, the inspiration for the group’s work. When Thomas emerged from his trance, he was astonished to hear that an ecstatic crowd had been dancing the night away around him.

He shouldn’t have been surprised. Since أحمد [Ahmed]’s inception, their collective heat has fused abstract improv and groove music from all over the world: Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, dub, jungle, electronics, and the 1990s free-improv of Derek Bailey, Lol Coxhill and drummer Steve Noble have all inspired Thomas. Saxophonist Seymour Wright has absorbed the sax vocabulary of Evan Parker and the insights into collective improv and avant-swing of AMM drummer and teacher Eddie Prévost. Eclectic partners Joel Grip (bass) and Antonin Gerbal (drums) power and expand these infectious, volatile energies.

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© Photograph: Lisa Grip

© Photograph: Lisa Grip

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