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Orbán's secret weapon

Meet Árpád Habony, the mysterious man behind Viktor Orbán’s rise to power. He’s now working in the shadows to take Hungary’s far-right model global. Connor Mulhern and Balázs Turcsán investigate.

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NI 557 - The global far right - September, 2025
Retirees protest against government cuts to their pensions near congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in May 2025.Photo: Patricio A Cabezas

‘No-one can make it alone’

Josefina Salomón reports from Buenos Aires’ neglected barrios where social movements are sharpening the playbook against Javier Milei’s ruthless austerity drive.

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NI 557 - The global far right - September, 2025
The global far right - The Facts

The global far right - The Facts

Political Power; Hate Watch; Law and Order; Conspiracy Machine.

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NI 557 - The global far right - September, 2025
Action & Info

Action & Info

Action, and further reading on the global far right.

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NI 557 - The global far right - September, 2025
In an age of despair, monsters rise from the gutter. Artist James Colomina’s sculpture of Donald Trump crawling from a Manhattan manhole unveiled on 23 July 2024, blurs the line between street art and social warning.Photo: Kylie Cooper/Reuters

A time of monsters

In an age of crisis, despair is the currency of the global far right. How, asks Bethany Rielly, can we turn this reactionary tide?

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NI 557 - The global far right - September, 2025
US Navy sailors signal all go for launch to a Super Hornet fighter jet off the USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier, operating in the Red Sea, on 13 March 2025.Photo: MC2 Logan Mcguire/US Navy Photo/Alamy Stock Photo

Britain’s undeclared war on Yemen

Ruth Rohde and Jack Cinamon explain how the US and Britain went from selling bombs for use against Yemen to dropping them themselves.

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NI 556 - United Nations at 80 - July, 2025
A young man walks through fire and smoke near the city of Jenin’s main hospital during clashes with the Israeli military in July 2023.Photo: Víctor Cabo

Under the eye of occupation

The Jenin refugee camp has long been branded a ‘capital of resistance’ for Palestinians in the West Bank, but it has paid a price. Kasturi Chakraborty reports on the impacts of Israel’s latest siege and life under surveillance.

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NI 556 - United Nations at 80 - July, 2025
Marking the National Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice on Avenida de Mayo, Buenos Aires on 24 March 2018.Photo: Nicholas Tinelli/Alamy Live News

A past denied

To confront the atrocities of its military dictatorship, Argentina introduced a range of lauded ‘memory and justice’ policies. Now the Javier Milei government is stoking denial of the past and undermining families’ fights for justice. Ali Qassim reports.

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NI 556 - United Nations at 80 - July, 2025
After failing to use the tools at its disposal to prevent the Ukraine war, the UN has receded further from view as the fighting continues. Here Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky inspects a building damaged by a Russian missile attack in Vyshgorod, 25 November 2022.Photo: American Photo Archive/Alamy

Trading rhetoric

The war in Ukraine has thrown the UN’s weaknesses and contradictions into sharp relief, argues Lily Lynch.

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NI 556 - United Nations at 80 - July, 2025
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‘The smears make me stronger’

Francesca Albanese has stepped out of the United Nations’ structures to speak directly to the world’s people about the ongoing genocide in Palestine. Bethany Rielly meets her.

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NI 556 - United Nations at 80 - July, 2025
Palestinians inspect the rubble of the Yassin Mosque at Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. It was hit by  hit by an Israeli airstrike on 9 October 2023.Photo: Adel Hana/Associated Press/Alamy

Fiddling while Gaza burns

Having facilitated Israel’s settler-colonial project, the UN is now helpless to pick up the pieces. By Hamza Yusuf.

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NI 556 - United Nations at 80 - July, 2025
The US tests an atomic bomb in the Nevada desert, 1953.Photo: Horizon/Alamy

Fork in the road

In March, a UN conference sought to make progress towards outlawing nuclear weapons for good. But how can it make a difference while the world’s nuclear powers ignore it? Xander Elliards reports from New York.

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NI 556 - United Nations at 80 - July, 2025
United Nations - The Facts

United Nations - The Facts

Components, budget, and the peacekeepers of the United Nations.

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NI 556 - United Nations at 80 - July, 2025
Action & Info

Action & Info

Action, and further reading on the United Nations.

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NI 556 - United Nations at 80 - July, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at UN headquarters. While the UN General Assembly has consistently condemned Israel, the all-powerful Security Council has blocked international action.Photo: Sopa/Alamy

Global leadership vetoed

The modern failures of the United Nations are not an aberration – but a product of its imperial roots, argues Conrad Landin. So how can we create a functioning system for global co-operation?

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NI 556 - United Nations at 80 - July, 2025
A ‘torture room’ where scores of suspected KLFA members were interrogated, on the grounds of the Mweru High School.Photo: Jaclynn Ashly

Memories in the walls

Jaclynn Ashly explores how the haunting legacy of Britain’s internment camps has shaped Kenya, and why it’s important to keep the fading memories alive.

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NI 555 - Critical minerals - May, 2025
Women take to the streets of São Paulo in protest against Brazil’s abortion bill on 15 June 2024.Photo: Brazil Photo Press/Alamy Stock Photo

A case of conscience

A growing movement of Christian feminists are making their voice heard as they oppose threats to tighten the country’s abortion laws. Alice McCool reports from inside their fight.

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NI 555 - Critical minerals - May, 2025
Police detain a man on the outskirts of Kano, Nigeria on 23 April 2007 amidst protests over election results.Photo: Radu Sigheti/Reuters

Above the law

Successive governments have failed to tackle police brutality, corruption and unlawful detention in Nigeria. Promise Eze hears from those who’ve experienced the sharp end of the country’s legal system.

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NI 555 - Critical minerals - May, 2025
Action & Info

Action & Info

Action, and further reading on critical minerals.

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NI 555 - Critical minerals - May, 2025
The metals pie

The metals pie

Ramped-up demand for critical raw materials will cost the earth rather than save the world, concludes Vanessa Baird. And how much do we really need?

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NI 555 - Critical minerals - May, 2025

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The global far right September, 2025
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United Nations at 80 July, 2025
United Nations at 80 July, 2025
United Nations at 80 July, 2025
United Nations at 80 July, 2025
United Nations at 80 July, 2025
United Nations at 80 July, 2025
United Nations at 80 July, 2025
United Nations at 80 July, 2025
United Nations at 80 July, 2025
United Nations at 80 July, 2025
Critical minerals May, 2025
Critical minerals May, 2025
Critical minerals May, 2025
Critical minerals May, 2025
Critical minerals May, 2025
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