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I know what it’s like to be 80. We have reason to worry about Trump’s health | Robert Reich

Physical and mental health aren’t easily separated, especially at our age. And the president is showing many concerning signsI do not wish Trump ill...

Jun 01, 2026
The human in excelsis: why Victor Wembanyama is unlike anyone basketball has ever seen

For years the NBA has wondered what would happen if it had a giant who could do everything. The San Antonio Spurs star has given us an answerThe NBA s...

Jun 01, 2026
My rookie era: In my 40s I attempted my first multi-day hike – and became a walking cliche

Adult beginners are charming when the stakes are low. Learning the piano at 50 is cute – but nobody ever needed to be airlifted out of a piano recit...

Jun 01, 2026
‘What if I come out with nothing on?’ Marilyn Monroe and the defiance of her final photoshoot

For the star’s 100th anniversary, Lawrence Schiller relives the nude photoshoot that showed, far from being a ‘messy’ blond bombshell, Monroe wa...

Jun 01, 2026
A new start after 60: I became my husband’s carer – and saw travel, nature and love anew

After Sarah Geeson-Brown’s husband had three strokes, she began looking after him. Suddenly her world shrank and expanded in unexpected waysWhen Sar...

Jun 01, 2026
‘I felt I could smash my past up through sex’: the ruthlessness and redemption of Rupert Everett

‘Brash, disingenuous, lethal’: that’s how the 67-year-old actor describes his younger self. He lied to his partners, disrespected his audiences,...

Jun 01, 2026
Middle East crisis live: Iran says no more peace talks with US until Israel stops its operations

Report from the IRGC-linked Tasnim news agency says talks on hold until Israel stops operations in Lebanon and GazaNetanyahu orders Israeli bombing of...

Jun 01, 2026
Brutal and emboldened: how Nigeria’s bandit crisis spun out of control

Conflicts over land and resources have deepened owing to climate breakdown, deforestation and population growthBeneath the shade of the wide-spreading...

Jun 01, 2026
Colombia’s far-right presidential candidate De la Espriella wins first round of vote ahead of runo

Lawyer and Trump admirer has risen rapidly in the polls and will face Iván Cepeda in election runoff in three weeksA far-right lawyer and Donald Trum...

Jun 01, 2026
French navy seizes Russia-linked oil tanker in Atlantic

President Macron says ship subject to sanctions and posts video of operation that took place with UK supportA suspected Russian oil tanker has been de...

Jun 01, 2026
Free speech activists condemn UK entry ban for Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur

Two leftwing US commentators, who have both been accused of propagating antisemitism, barred from visiting for eventThe UK is failing to protect freed...

Jun 01, 2026

Peter Mandelson’s unfiltered remarks to cabinet officials are made public in hundreds of pages of documents relating to his appointment as US ambass...

Jun 01, 2026

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