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Iran / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / United States

Netanyahu makes the world less safe

Published by The i Paper (13th April, 2026)

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Drugs / Health

The failure of medical cannabis reform

Published by The i Paper (29th March, 2026)

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How Dubai became a ghost town
Iran / United Arab Emirates / World

How Dubai became a ghost town

Published by The Daily Mail (11th April, 2026) The Burj Al Arab hotel, built on a man-made island jutting into the Persian Gulf, is famous around the world […]

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Groomed for power: the first Gen Alpha dictator
North Korea

Groomed for power: the first Gen Alpha dictator

Published by The Daily Mail (28th March, 2026)

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How the old clothes you give to charity shops or dump in donation bins end up in putrefying heaps on the shoreline of West Africa
Africa / Environment / Ghana

How the old clothes you give to charity shops or dump in donation bins end up in putrefying heaps on the shoreline of West Africa

Published by The Daily Mail (23rd March, 2026)

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Iran / Politics / Russia

Farage is out of his depth on the world stage

Published by The i Paper (23rd March, 2026)

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Disability / Education / Social care

We are failing the people we should most support

Published by The i Paper (16th March, 2026)

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Travel / United States

No moral person should go on holiday to the USA

Published by The i Paper (10th March, 2026)

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Defence / Iran / United States

US failed to learn first lesson of modern warfare

Published by The i Paper (10th March, 2026)

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Iran / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / United States

Beware: wars rarely go according to plan

Published by The i Paper (2nd March, 2026)

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Europe / Russia / Sport / Ukraine

Sport is being used to bring Russia in from the cold – and it is chilling 

Published by The i Paper (23rd February, 2026)

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Politics

It’s time to talk about who could replace the monarchy

Published by The i Paper (21st February, 2026) The Epstein explosion is extraordinary. Shock waves sparked by the exposure of a dead paedophile’s illustrious circle of contacts are […]

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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