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UK to recognise Palestinian statehood unless Israel agrees to ceasefire – here's what that would mean -- Malak Benslama-Dabdoub, Royal Holloway University of London

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Gaza is starving – how Israel's allies can go beyond words and take meaningful action -- Simon Mabon, Lancaster University

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In a world first, The Hague wants to arrest Taliban leaders over their treatment of women – what happens next?

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What Trump's decision to send more weapons to Ukraine will mean for the war -- David Hastings Dunn, University of Birmingham

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Understanding the violence against Alawites and Druze in Syria after Assad -- Güneş Murat Tezcür, Arizona State University

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Why the Nazis stole a fragment of the Bayeux tapestry - Millie Horton-Insch, Trinity College Dublin

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Jaws at 50: how a single movie changed our perception of white sharks forever -- John Long, Flinders University and Heather L. Robinson, Flinders University

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