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Eurovision: A song contest in turmoil
The song contest faces the biggest boycott in its 70 year history

President Xi’s purges
China’s powerful president rules with ‘an iron fist’

Russell Brand, born again
How has Russell Brand found a new home among conservative US podcasters?

Operation Ajax: The CIA’s Iran coup
How the US led a coup to topple Iran’s last democratically elected leader in 1953.

The AI chatbot users falling into delusional spirals
When conversation drifted into fantasy, one man grabbed a hammer and prepared for war.

What Elon Musk did next
A year since his departure from the White House, Musk’s influence continues to grow.

What do Iranians think of the war?
Iranians reveal how the war has affected them, as new attacks threaten the ceasefire.

European leaders are defying Trump. At what cost?
More European leaders are publicly opposing Trump. But they still need him.

Why is Russia shutting off the internet?
Why is the Russian government cutting off internet access to its citizens?

The US and Israel entered the Iran war together. Is Israel now being sidelined?
The view from Israel on the power balance between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu