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The Week - Top Stories

TODAY'S IRAN WAR story - Iran war spreads to Red Sea, civilian targets, CIA sites - What happenedYemen's Iran-backed Houthis this morning said they had attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, enforcing a threatened blockade of the Bab el-Mandeb waterway that Saudi Arabia has been using to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. The attack threatened to open a new front in a war that h...

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Evening Review -- Is the US ready to be a soccer nation?

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Morning Report -- Zelenskyy, facing protests, ousts top general

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Evening Review -- The data center midterms

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Japan to create first post-war intelligence agency

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Another Arctic island is caught in geopolitical crosshairs

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How should Andy Burnham handle Donald Trump? Today's Big Question - President has praised new PM's plans on North Sea oil - Today's Big Question

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Apple's 'blockbuster' lawsuit against OpenAI -- The Explainer -- Tech giant alleges that AI start-up poached staff and stole trade secrets in its attempt to develop hardware devices and replace iPhone

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How can Iron Man become Doctor Doom? -- The Explainer -- With Robert Downey Jr set to return to the MCU as the Marvel arch-villain, we explore how he can play both characters - and who else is set to feature alongside him in Avengers: Doomsday

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Why Nicaragua's president is scrapping elections -- The Explainer -- Daniel Ortega's regime 'evidently afraid' that democracy could 'create the conditions for dissent to manifest and threaten their grip on power'

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5 TIPS TO SAVE MONEY ON A CAR PURCHASE -- The Explainer -- From research to negotiation tactics

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Middle East re-escalation: worrying implications for investors - and Andy Burnham -- Talking Point -- Rising oil prices are spooking investors on both sides of the Atlantic

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The Platner affair: 'vibes', sexting and a Nazi tattoo -- Talking Point -- Graham Platner is a 'cautionary tale' for Democrats, and highlights the party's problems with the selection of their candidates

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Are politics stunting the WNBA's growing popularity? -- Talking Points -- House Republicans wade into Caitlin Clark controversies

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Sweeney Todd: a 'deliciously blood-curdling production'

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The Odyssey: Nolan's epic is 'jaw-detaching' in its scope and scale

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Hitting the ocean floor: Scientists could soon live undersea -- Under the radar -- A new habitat could expand research opportunities

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Iran war is harming rare wildlife -- Under the Radar -- The overlooked environmental impact of US and Israeli missile strikes

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Gray whales are dying in the Pacific -- Under the radar -- Reduced food is the likely cause

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Epstein model scout found dead in Paris -- Speed Read -- Daniel Siad's name appeared over 2,000 times in the Epstein files

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Congo's Ebola deaths top 1,000 -- Speed Read -- There are no approved vaccines or treatments for the current outbreak

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Iran war spreads to Red Sea, civilian targets, CIA sites -- Speed Read -- The U.S. has conducted a 12th night of airstrikes against Iran

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Trump approves nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia -- Speed Read -- The deal is certain to prove controversial among U.S. allies

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How would we know if World War Three was upon us? -- In depth -- Most of us probably won't realise that we are in a global conflict - at least until it enters 'the history books as a real event in retrospect' -- The Week UK -- Last updated

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'Options to escalate' -- Today's Newspapers -- A roundup of the headlines from the US front pages -- The Week Staff -- Last updated

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Book reviews: 'Gerontocracy in America' and 'The Face: A Cultural History' -- Feature -- America's old-age problem and the importance we attach to our own faces -- The Week US -- Published

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Beachside in La La Land: Summer dining as it should be -- Feature -- Here are four places to dine beachfront in LA County -- The Week US -- Published

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The GLP-1 economy: How weight-loss drugs are impacting major industries -- in depth -- The popularization of drugs like Ozempic is shifting the way consumers spend and forcing businesses to adapt -- Theara Coleman, The Week US -- Published

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Creating almost-life in the lab -- Feature -- It isn't alive, but feeds, grows, and replicates much like it is -- The Week US -- Published

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