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The Week - Top Stories

FILM REVIEW - The Dog Stars - ★★ (out of 4)Rated R At this point in his career, Ridley Scott can churn out a feature like The Dog Stars in his sleep, said Nick Schager in The Daily Beast. The question is, why did he want to when it boasted so little originality? The director of Alien and Blade Runner, now 88, is the rare art...

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Saturday Wrap -- A new forever war?

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Evening Review -- Ukraine may be losing the war

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Morning Report -- Supreme Court settles Missouri map fight

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The 8 issues that will determine the midterms

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Have we reached the AI singularity?

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25 years on from 9/11: did Osama bin Laden win? Today's Big Question - War on Terror proved hugely costly but did prevent any further terrorist attack on the same scale - Today's Big Question

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The fall of Imran Khan -- The Explainer -- How did Pakistan's cricketing-great-turned-politician end up behind bars?

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What to know about the trend of betting in prediction markets -- The Explainer -- Platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi are surging in popularity

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New documents shed light on New York City's knowledge of post-9/11 air quality -- The Explainer -- Over 170,000 documents related to the attacks were recently released

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Why Sweden is deporting vulnerable Brits -- The Explainer -- Criticism is mounting over how Britons who made the country their home before Brexit are being dealt with

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Jaguar Land Rover: a threatened species -- Talking Point -- Though it is not the industry titan it once was, the company's fall could 'cause a whole ecosystem to collapse'

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Trump's deportation drive: a victim of its own success? -- Talking Point -- There are fewer illegal immigrants in the US since Trump's second term began, but a declining workforce has stymied economic growth

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The Gentlemen series two: Guy Ritchie's ludicrous gangster romp -- Talking Point -- New season is fun, but lacks the energy that fizzed through the director's early work

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Spotting Bhutan's birds of heaven

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The timeless beauty of the Charente islands

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Sardinia: Italy's 'Devil's Island' -- Under the Radar -- The Italian government's decision to relocate 'hardline' inmates to the island stokes local fears of diminishing tourism and strain on services

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London non-league goalie chosen as heir to Ugandan kingdom -- Under The Radar -- Former prisoner George Desmond Kamurasi in line to be new king of Tooro but will he accept crown?

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Fog has bacteria that eat air pollution -- Under the radar -- The low-lying clouds hold a diverse microbiome

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Trump ally quits his DOJ 'grand conspiracy' probe -- Speed Read -- DiGenova had been hired in April, soon after Pam Bondi was fired as attorney general

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Yemen's Houthis capture key port, risking oil flow -- Speed Read -- The port of Mokha is about 50 miles north of a critical chokepoint

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Supreme Court blocks GOP's Missouri gerrymander again -- Speed Read -- The rulings marked a defining moment in a pitched legal battle that has lasted nearly a year

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US, world set new summer heat records -- Speed Read -- The average temperature in the 48 contiguous states was 74.37 degrees Fahrenheit from June to August

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Film reviews: 'Onslaught' and 'The Dog Stars' -- Feature -- An ex-Army sniper fights off a trio of super soldiers and a widower resists despair in a desolate future -- The Week US -- Published

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5 nominally funny cartoons about Donald Trump's renaming frenzy -- Cartoons -- Artists take on New America, Trump Ground Zero, and more -- The Week US -- Published

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5 divided cartoons about the $5,000 Trump ploy -- Cartoons -- Artists take on missing DOGE checks, cash for votes and more -- The Week US -- Published

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'Heartache, heroism, hope' -- Today's Newspapers -- A roundup of the headlines from the US front pages -- The Week Staff -- Last updated

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The Week Unwrapped: Can defence spending save Germany's car factories? -- Podcast -- Plus, what is Hunter Biden up to with $LAPTOP? And are we ready to hear more from Elizabeth Holmes? -- The Week UK -- Published

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The week's best photos -- In Pictures -- A visit to the vet, a kite festival, and more -- Stephen Kelly -- Published

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