The recent heatwaves revealed how ill-prepared Britain remains for a hotter future – and how unequal the ability to cope with it has become, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
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Extreme heat is now one of the defining public health challenges of a warming world, explains Prof IAN WILLIAMS
The US-Israeli conflict with Iran has had far-reaching consequences, including a boost to Pakistan’s regional standing, argues ROGER McKENZIE
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After the dismissal of union representatives and years of precarious working conditions, Kimpton Clocktower workers are drawing a line, writes THOMAS BELL
TURKEY’S invasion of northern Syria has caused a humanitarian crisis, with hundreds of thousands of civilians forced to flee from their homes as they are bombarded by air strikes.
A region which is the most free, tolerant and democratic in the Middle East, where women play a leading role in all levels of society, is in danger of being overrun by the same jihadists that were driven out of Rojava by Kurdish-led forces.
Turkey is Nato’s second-largest army and has allied with a myriad of jihadist groups known as the Syrian National Army — formerly the Free Syrian Army — to invade and occupy the region.
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