Nimo Omer is the assistant editor of the First Edition newsletter
January 2025
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Friday briefing: Despite Rachel Reeves’s enthusiasm there is still a long way to go to get this project off the runway
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Thursday briefing: With a new wave of violence, the West Bank is on edge
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Friday briefing: What new research about the limits of the body mass index might tell us about obesity
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Tuesday briefing: How Britain has coped with an Arctic blast
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Monday briefing: After a month of political chaos, where does South Korea go now?
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Friday briefing: Why Keir Starmer hopes this is the year to end the Channel crossing crisis
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Wednesday briefing: The people, policies, places and pop culture that could define 2025
December 2024
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Monday briefing: Law, order and what the future might hold for Palestine
In today’s newsletter: While Israel faces accusations of war crimes and genocide, its bombardment of the Gaza Strip shows no signs of abating. Wadie Said reflects on more than 14 months of conflict
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Friday briefing: Will Trump 2.0 turn America into an autocracy?
In today’s newsletter: Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Anne Applebaum says the president-elect won’t transform into a dictator – but he could set in motion an unstoppable democratic decline
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Friday briefing: Will the Gisèle Pelicot case finally change how we view violence against women?
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Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow says Uzbek suspect arrested over killing of general – as it happened
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Wednesday briefing: The world waits after Ukraine assassinates top Putin general in Moscow
November 2024
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Wednesday briefing: Why was the UK so poorly prepared for extreme flooding?
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Thursday briefing: How the war in Gaza is making life harder for Israel’s Palestinian citizens
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Wednesday briefing: Why farmers won’t take Starmer’s inheritance tax land grab lying down
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Tuesday briefing: Will a shift in Biden’s missile policy change the war in Ukraine?
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Friday briefing: How fresh Israel offensives have made Gaza ‘uninhabitable’ for Palestinians
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Thursday briefing: Can Labour’s plan for league tables cure the ailing NHS?
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Monday briefing: What to expect as Cop29 starts in the shadow of Trump’s victory