‘It used to be like heaven’: the Iraq wetlands decimated by the climate crisis – in pictures
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The people of the Hawizeh marshes of southern Iraq have an ancient history living in the world’s most unique and biod...

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2023/jan/23/iraq-wetlands-hawizeh-marshes-climate-crisis-in-pictures

Speak So I Can See You review – tuning in to a radio station’s soul
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Documentary portrait of Radio Belgrade, one of Europe’s oldest broadcasters, threads together its scenes without commentary to hypnotic effectThe title is borrowed from Socrates, a...

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/23/speak-so-i-can-see-you-review-tuning-in-to-a-radio-stations-soul

‘We may have lost the south’: what LBJ really said about Democrats in 1964
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Bill Moyers was there when Lyndon Johnson made his memorable assessment of the Civil Rig...

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/22/we-may-have-lost-the-south-lbj-democrats-civil-rights-act-1964-bill-moyers

Russia-Ukraine war: Germany expects decision ‘soon’ on delivery of tanks to Ukraine; Zelenskiy vows to fight corruption – live
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Berlin says it will not ‘stand in the way’ of Poland sending Leopard tanks to Ukraine; Volodymyr Zelenskiy says there wi...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/jan/23/russia-ukraine-war-germany-expects-decision-soon-on-delivery-of-tanks-to-ukraine-zelenskiy-vows-to-fight-corruption-live

Japan PM aide told off by his ‘ashamed’ mother for putting hands in pockets on Biden trip
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Social media users said Seiji Kihara had bad manners and ‘more attitude than the prime minister’ but it was his mother’s comments that struck homeA senior aide to Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, ...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/23/japan-pm-aide-told-off-by-his-ashamed-mother-for-putting-hands-in-pockets-on-biden-trip

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 334 of the invasion
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Germany will not “stand in the way” of Poland sending Leopard tanks to Ukraine; Russia claims more progress in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia regionSee all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageGermany will not “stand in the way” of Poland sendi...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/23/russia-ukraine-war-at-a-glance-what-we-know-on-day-334-of-the-invasion

‘There is no room’: anti-immigration protesters march in Dublin
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Organisers say rally shatters taboo about questioning Ireland’s welcome for migrants and refugeesIreland has long prided itself on greeting visitors with warmth, styling itself the land of “a hundred thousand welcomes”, but now there is a new slogan...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/22/anti-immigration-protesters-march-dublin-ireland-refugees

Jair Bolsonaro accused of acts of genocide against Amazonian group
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Brazilian president says predecessor emboldened wildcat miners which led to wrecked forests and disease and deaths of ...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/22/lula-accuses-jair-bolsonaro-genocide-yanomami-indigenous-amazon

Ghislaine Maxwell calls Prince Andrew photo with Virginia Giuffre ‘a fake’
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Former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein questions authenticity of infamous 2001 photograph during interview from Florida prisonGhislaine Maxwell has questioned the authenticity of a photograph th...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/22/ghislaine-maxwell-prince-andrew-photo-virginia-giuffre-epstein

Huge crowds protest in Israel over rightwing government’s judicial reforms
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Estimated 100,000 people took to streets in Tel Aviv in what protesters described as ‘fight for Israel’s destiny’An estimated 100,000 people t...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/22/huge-crowds-protest-in-israel-over-rightwing-governments-judicial-reforms

Lunar new year and an icy lake – the weekend’s best photos
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The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world ...

https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2023/jan/22/lunar-new-year-and-an-icy-lake-the-weekends-best-photos

Boris Johnson makes surprise trip to Ukraine
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Former PM says it is ‘privilege’ show solidarity after being invited by Volodymyr ZelenskiyRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesBoris Johnson has made a surprise visit to Ukraine, saying it was a “privilege” to be there t...

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/22/boris-johnson-makes-surprise-trip-to-ukraine

Joseph Stiglitz: tax high earners at 70% to tackle widening inequality
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Nobel-prizewinning economist calls for new top rate of income tax and 2-3% wealth tax on fortunesJoseph Stiglitz, the Nobel prize-winning Keyne...

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/jan/22/joseph-stiglitz-economist-income-tax-high-earners-70-per-cent-inequality

Ludicrous ideas, perpetual scandal: the Conservatives are in absolute freefall | John Harris
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The force that once considered itself the natural party of government has become a cult of bitterness and denialYou may not have heard of Nat Wei, AKA Lord Wei of Shoredit...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/22/tories-policy-conservative-party-government

Climate crisis and neglect threaten Spain’s saffron crop
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Growers fear a perfect storm for a tradition that has long bound rural communities togetherA sharp wind shunts clouds across the low and endless skies of La Mancha as Carlos Fernández stoops to pluck the last mauve flowers of the season from the...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/22/climate-crisis-and-neglect-threaten-spains-saffron-crop

Russia claims advances in Zaporizhzhia as Nato squabbles over tanks to Ukraine
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Moscow-installed official says south-eastern front is ‘mobile’, with troops moving in on Orikhiv and HulyaipoleRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesRussia has claimed to have made advances in Ukr...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/22/russia-claims-advances-zaporizhzhia-nato-squabbles-tanks-ukraine

‘The Crocodile has not changed’: Zimbabwe opposition warns of election violence
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Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa urges world to keep ‘eyes on’ President Mnangagwa amid fears of repression this summerThe leader of Zimbabwe’s main opposition party has warned o...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/22/nelson-chamisa-zimbabwe-opposition-leader-warns-of-zanu-pf-violence

People-smugglers ‘recruiting Russian captains for migrant boats to Italy’
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Russians have replaced Ukrainians since the war began and at least 14 have been arrested in Italy, NGOs claimPeople-smugglers are recruiting dozens of Rus...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/22/people-smugglers-recruiting-russian-captains-for-migrant-boats-to-italy

‘They beat me with sticks’: Bangladesh opposition reels under crackdown as thousands held
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Police accused of shooting at activists and leaders of growing street protests against Sheikh Hasina’s draconian governmentIt was a warm afternoon in May 2020 when Ahmed Kabir Kishore, dozing lazily, awoke to 20 me...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/22/bangladesh-opposition-crackdown-thousands-arrested

When will Putin give up Ukraine? Only when his inner circle forces him to stop | Olga Chyzh
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Unlike western leaders, the Russian president does not answer to voters or the media. Which means he plays a much, much longer gameAlmost a year on, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has lost little ...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/22/vladimir-putin-ukraine-west-russia-president