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Trump is contemplating the sheer folly of boots on the ground in Iran. How did it come to this? | Simon Tisdall

After the anguish of Iraq and Afghanistan, it’s almost unthinkable the US would again send troops to the Middle East – but its president is desperate and narcissisticConcern is justifiably growing that a cornered Donald Trump will send US ground troops into combat on...

Disabled benefit claimants face lower payments if conditions not deemed lifelong, charities say

Forthcoming rules mean debilitating conditions may not meet strict ‘severe and lifelong’ eligibility criteria, say disabled people’s organisationsHundreds of thousands of severely ill and disabled people making new claims will have their benefits cut if the government...

Keir Starmer says UK will ‘have to act’ to curb addictive features of social media

In his strongest intervention yet, PM says some features ‘shouldn’t be permitted’, while education secretary says things ‘are going to change’Keir Starmer has backed banning addictive social media features in his strongest intervention yet on curbs that could be...