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Visiting the British Museum is a reminder of all that was stolen from my Benin ancestors

 

It is 126 years since the magnificent bronzes were stolen. When will they finally be returned to where they belong?

 

Sun 5 Feb 2023 13.23 GMT

Noah Anthony Enahoro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/05/british-museum-benin-bronzes-nigeria

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Investigate Bolsonaro for genocide, says Brazil’s Marina Silva

 

Exclusive: Environment minister calls for ex-president to be held to account as she prepares to tackle illegal gold miners

 

Jonathan Watts in Brasilia
Mon 6 Feb 2023 15.46 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/06/investigate-bolsonaro-for-genocide-says-brazils-marina-silva
 
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Israeli forces say several armed Palestinians killed in Jericho raid

 

Assault on Aqabat Jabr refugee camp comes as escalating violence sparks fears of a third intifada

 

Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem
Mon 6 Feb 2023 10.05 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/06/israeli-forces-armed-palestinians-killed-jericho-raid
 
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Britain is desperate for workers – but Sunak won’t admit immigration is the answer

 

Post-Brexit, health and care employers, farmers and builders struggle to fill vacancies while ministers demonise those who could help

 

Mon 6 Feb 2023 15.48 GMT

Simon Jenkins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/06/britain-workers-rishi-sunak-immigration-brexit-vacancies

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‘Carnival of democracy’: celebration returns to Rio after a two-year hiatus

 

The city’s residents revel once more after the devastation of Bolsonaro’s presidency with official – and unofficial – blocos

 

Constance Malleret in Rio de Janeiro
Mon 6 Feb 2023 10.30 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/06/rio-carnival-returns-brazil-pandemic-hiatus
 
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Anti-abortion group to pay Planned Parenthood nearly $1m over protest at clinic

 

Spokane county judge ordered Church at Planned Parenthood to pay $960,000 for interfering with patient care

 

Mon 6 Feb 2023 06.00 GMT












https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/06/anti-abortion-group-pay-planned-parenthood-nearly-1m
 
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Macron’s credibility on the line amid protests over pension changes

 

President’s centrist group is without a majority as parliament begins debating proposal to raise retirement age to 64

 

Mon 6 Feb 2023 05.00 GMT

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The Guardian view on the history of feelings: a serious subject

 

Books and documentaries can not only tell us what happened in the Soviet Union and why – but why it matters

 

Sun 5 Feb 2023 18.25 GMT

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/05/the-guardian-view-on-the-history-of-feelings-a-serious-subject

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US school marks Black History Month with fried chicken and watermelon

 

Nyack middle school in New York apologizes for lunch playing off racist tropes in last-minute menu change by vendor

 

Mon 6 Feb 2023 16.17 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/06/school-black-history-month-fried-chicken-watermelon-new-york
 
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Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier in plea for clemency after 47 years in jail

 

Exclusive: Peltier, 78, convicted of murdering two FBI agents in 1975, tells Guardian of desire to return home to tribal land

 

Nina Lakhani in New York
Mon 6 Feb 2023 13.19 GMT

First published on Mon 6 Feb 2023 10.00 GM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/06/leonard-peltier-interview-prison-48-years

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Schools and universities are ground zero for America’s culture war

 

It’s easy to get people riled up and panicked about kids, about a changing culture and about lost innocence. That’s exactly what the right is doing

 

Sun 5 Feb 2023 16.14 GMT

Moira Donegan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/05/schools-and-universities-are-ground-zero-for-americas-culture-war

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A very American death: how Caleb Blair lost his life in the Phoenix heat

 

The unhoused teen, barred from an air-conditioned store, ‘didn’t need handcuffs – he needed help’, his father says

 

Mon 6 Feb 2023 06.00 GMT

by Nina Lakhani in Phoenix, Arizona

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/05/caleb-blair-phoenix-arizona-death-heat-drugs

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There’s no cycle of violence in Jerusalem – only Israel’s lethal oppression of my people

 

From house demolitions to military detention, the violence we Palestinians face daily reflects the power imbalance of occupier and occupied

 

Tue 7 Feb 2023 16.14 GMT

Jalal Abukhater

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/07/jerusalem-israel-demolitions-palestinians

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Gangs, cholera and political turmoil leave half Haiti’s children relying on aid

 

Triple threat sees Caribbean country in worst crisis since 2010 earthquake, with young people bearing the brunt, warns Unicef

 

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Black skateboarders on the life and death of Tyre Nichols: ‘He was one of us. That could have been me’

 

Three skaters address their own experiences, activism and the police response to their communities

 

Tue 7 Feb 2023 06.00 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/06/black-skateboarders-tyre-nichols
 
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Rights abuses often ‘tipping point’ for extremist recruitment, UN study finds

 

Quality education and exposure to different cultures identified as key preventive factors in African survey

 

Jason Burke Africa correspondent
Tue 7 Feb 2023 05.01 GMT














https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/07/rights-abuses-often-tipping-point-for-extremist-recruitment-un-study-finds
 
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Baby among nine dead from cold and thirst on boat in Mediterranean

 

Survivors tell Italian authorities vessel carrying about 50 people lost its way trying to cross from Tunisia

 

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
Fri 3 Feb 2023 17.42 GMT














https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/03/baby-among-dead-cold-thirst-boat-mediterranean
 
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Court says Colombian state exterminated left-wing Patriotic Union, but doesn’t mention U.S. role

 

February 7, 2023 10:33 AM CST By W. T. Whitney Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/court-says-colombian-state-exterminated-left-wing-patriotic-union-but-doesnt-mention-u-s-role/

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Brazil launches operation to drive illegal miners from Yanomami lands

 

Special forces destroy aircraft and seize weapons in effort to protect largest Indigenous reserve from mining mafias

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
Wed 8 Feb 2023 16.36 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/08/brazil-illegal-mining-indigenous-lula
 
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Narendra Modi is struggling to be both anti-Muslim strongman and global leader

 

The Indian prime minister’s attempts to suppress a critical BBC documentary show how sensitive he is to his international reputation

 

Wed 8 Feb 2023 12.00 GMT

Mukul Kesavan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/08/narendra-modi-anti-muslim-strongman-global-leader-india-bbc

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