6 h. ago With thousands dead, the Iranian regime may survive these protests – but not in its current form | Sanam Vakil

With fear, surveillance and brute force only set to increase, there are disturbing parallels with Saddam Hussein’s IraqSanam Vakil is director of Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa programmeIran is once again convulsed by protests that are threatening the Islamic Republic’s stability and future. What began as demonstrations over a collapsing currency and rising inflation has rapidly evolved into one of the most destabilising episodes of unrest the regime has faced in years. The protests have exposed both the resilience of Iranian society and the growing brittleness of a political system stubbornly unwilling to reform.It’s the scale, spread and momentum of the demonstrations that have been most alarming to the authorities. Protests have erupted across all provinces in the country, reaching more than 180 towns and cities, cutting across class, ethnic and regional lines. This time, the turn to openly anti-regime slogans has been rapid and widespread. Protesters are no longer ...

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34 h. ago Inside Jessie Buckley's property portfolio — from an east London flatshare to a Norfolk manor house

Irish actor Jessie Buckley was named best actress in a drama at the Golden Globes for her role in Hamnet

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35 h. ago A Victorian terraced house in East London reconfigured for modern family life

A Victorian terraced house in East London reconfigured for modern family life  House & Garden

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54 h. ago 'We're renovating Victorian home and couldn't believe what we found in attic'

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4 d. ago King Charles may be forced to use a portable toilet when he visits White House

King Charles may have to brave a portable toilet on his White House visit as Trump’s East Wing rebuild forces world leaders into tents and outdoor loos

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4 d. ago Small suburban home where David Bowie grew up and wrote his first chart hit Space Oddity is set to be opened to the public

The interior of the house in Plaistow Grove in Bromley, south-east London, will be restored to how it was when the teenage songwriter was living there in the 1960s.

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5 d. ago White House says it wasn't economical to save East Wing during ballroom construction

The White House says they determined it was not feasible to save the East Wing as they revealed details of President Donald Trump's planed ballroom at Thursday's meeting of the National Capital Planning Commission

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6 d. ago Plans unveiled for new events space at King’s Foundation headquarters

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3 w. ago Helen Siff dead at 88: Veteran actress who starred alongside George Clooney in Hail, Caesar! passes away after 'long, painful illness'

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3 w. ago The luxury pet industry is projected to reach $500bn with no signs of slowing

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3 w. ago Helen Siff death: Modern Family and Will & Grace star dies aged 88

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3 w. ago ‘It’s made things worse for everyone’: Philadelphia grapples with rise of new street drug

Medetomidine has extreme and fast-acting withdrawal symptoms – and the detox centers that help patients are struggling with how best to cope The staff at harm reduction hub Sunshine House in the middle of Kensington, a neighborhood in north-east Philadelphia home to the most notorious open drug scene in the US, often reverse at least one overdose per day.But the mutating illegal drug supply is regularly conjuring new drugs with novel sets of potentially deadly risks. For the past 18 months, there has been a new drug in circulation, the veterinary sedative medetomidine, also known as “rhino tranq”. It has perhaps the most extreme and fast-acting withdrawal symptoms of all known street drugs. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump shows granddaughter Kai what he salvaged from East Wing demolition

The bust had previously been housed in the White House’s 123-year-old East Wing

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The Trump administration has said in a court filing that the White House ballroom construction project must proceed, citing national security imperatives.

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