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A Blue Wave or an Anti-Incumbent Wave?

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Trump calls Ukraine’s resumption of strikes on Russian oil refineries a ‘disgrace’

US president says Zelenskyy ‘more difficult ​to deal with ​than Putin’ after so-called energy ceasefire collapses

Jonathan Glazer says Israel’s retaliation over NAZA ‘more venal’ than anticipated

Film’s producer says he was ‘shocked into silence’ the first time he watched documentary that details Israel’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza

Dogmatic Nordic liberals v eastern family values: culture-clash drama Fjord touches nerves in Norway and Romania

Cristian Mungiu’s Cannes winner echoes the news story of a Romanian couple whose children were taken by the Norwegian government. As it heads to London film festival, two writers explain how the film exposes real hypocrisies

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Saudi Arabia to execute man for being at protests and funerals when he was 15

Rights group says Youssef al-Manasif was tortured and first met his lawyer five years after arrest for non-violent crimes

Is JD Vance campaigning for the midterms … or 2028?

The US vice-president is following the Donald Trump playbook, attacking the Democrats, attempting to make jokes and even swearing more. Jonathan Freedland talks to Arwa Mahdawi about why Vance is making such an effort to court voters

Number of cloned number plates on UK roads at record high, data shows

More than 11,400 drivers last year were fined for offences they did not recognise as RAC says system needs reform

Future of western security is at stake in Yemen civil war, says country’s former PM

Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed says Iran-backed militia’s use of drones represents ‘new era of radical terrorism’

French police accused over war-like injuries to teenagers in school protests

Four children allegedly ‘mutilated’ by explosive weapons and lawyers say unprecedented number held in custody

Troy Jackson tells Collins to ‘shut up’ in final Senate debate

BANGOR, Maine — The fourth and final debate of the Maine Senate race knocked both candidates off balance as Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and her Democratic challenger, Troy Jackson, met for the first time before a live audience.

Trump 'not a big fan' of Zelensky after new strikes on Russian oil refineries

President Donald Trump expressed his personal distaste for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday after Ukraine launched new strikes on Russian oil refineries.