As refugees,they slept on the ground. Three kids,study and work is ‘nothing’
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Good Weekend

As refugees,they slept on the ground. Three kids,study and work is ‘nothing’

When Noël fled the Rwandan regime,his long-time sweetheart Delphine followed.

  • byAmanda Hooton

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For better or adverse,Labor needs to toughen up

For better or adverse,Labor needs to toughen up

There is a parallel between the Albanese government and Joe Biden’s tenure. Both have been reasonably successful in policy delivery but their “nice” demeanour has been overshadowed by a forceful,divisive and ultimately dominating opposition.

Three decades after the genocide,Rwanda is a nation transformed

Three decades after the genocide,Rwanda is a nation transformed

Years after reporting on a broken country,a journalist revisits Rwanda to see its famous gorillas – and discovers a land in the midst of renewal.

  • byJennifer Byrne
English riots,social media and the running sore of British politics
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Crime

English riots,social media and the running sore of British politics

Young people attracted by social media to the thrill of violence rather than the social engineering and ideology have joined racist right-wingers to try and take over the streets of England.

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Suffer the little children. It is ever the way,from Rwanda to Gaza
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Genocide

Suffer the little children. It is ever the way,from Rwanda to Gaza

They are the innocents,and it is never their fight. But it is the children of conflict who always suffer the most.

  • byTony Wright
World of photos,April 6,2024
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World of photos,April 6,2024

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

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Does the peace sign still stand a chance?

Does the peace sign still stand a chance?

A universal peace sign seems wildly optimistic now when almost everything from the colour of your hat to the emoji in your post is an ideological declaration.

  • byMichael Rock
A man stepped out on the road with an AK-47. I traded my life back with cigarettes – and a desperate joke
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Behind the Headlines

A man stepped out on the road with an AK-47. I traded my life back with cigarettes – and a desperate joke

Everyone in Rwanda knew travelling after dark was inviting trouble. I’d taken a risk for a trivial reason,and now a large man with an assault rifle was at the window of the car,making demands.

  • byTony Wright
Sunak survives vote on bill to send migrants on one-way trip to Rwanda

Sunak survives vote on bill to send migrants on one-way trip to Rwanda

The result averts a defeat that would have left the British PM’s authority shredded and his government teetering.

  • byJill Lawless
There are worse things stolen from children than the colour of the sea
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict

There are worse things stolen from children than the colour of the sea

The TV at home is tuned to Bluey instead of the news when my granddaughter is around,for the images of children suffering are too ghastly for a child.

  • byTony Wright
UK to slash foreign workers,student intakes to cut record immigration

UK to slash foreign workers,student intakes to cut record immigration

Under the plan to cut the migrant intake by 300,000 people a year,foreign health and care workers would be banned from bringing their children,spouses and partners to the UK.

  • byRob Harris