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At least 36 people are reported by India and Pakistan to have been killed in military strikes the two countries have made on each other in the last 24 hours, following weeks of heightened tensions sparked by a terrorist attack in the disputed territory of Kashmir.
India and Pakistan have been close to war over Kashmir many times in the past, but several factors make the current escalation more likely to spark full-scale conflict than on previous occasions. Natasha Lindstaedt, professor of government at the University of Essex, explains why.
Friedrich Merz has finally been confirmed as Germany’s new chancellor – but it looked touch and go for much of yesterday. A handful of MPs from his own party appear to have turned against him in the first round of the confirmation vote. As Ed Turner relays, Merz really couldn’t have had a less auspicious start to the job.
Meanwhile, a new paper by a nutritionist suggests intermittent fasting doesn’t have to mean restricting total calorie intake.
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Rachael Jolley
International Affairs Editor
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Tensions between India and Pakistan have continued to intensify following a militant attack in Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22, and Indian missile strikes in Pakistan on May 7.
Natasha Lindstaedt, University of Essex
The conflict between India and Pakistan puts two of the world’s nuclear powers head to head.
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Merz reacts to the news that he has not secured enough votes to be confirmed as chancellor.
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Ed Turner, Aston University
Merz won confirmation of MPs in a second round of voting after becoming the first ever chancellor candidate to lose in the first round.
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Eating low-carb twice a week could have similar benefits as intermittent fasting.
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Adam Collins, University of Surrey
Our study found that restricting carbs can elicit the same favourable metabolic effects as fasting.
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World
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Syed Ali Zia Jaffery, University of Lahore; Nicholas John Wheeler, University of Birmingham
The Cuban missile crisis showed the virtue of communication between leaders. India and Pakistan need to heed the lesson.
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Katie Kelaidis, University of Cambridge
Russia and Turkey’s international religious influence relies on a specific national narrative – one that is challenged by the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
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Arts + Culture
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Clare V. Church, School of Advanced Study, University of London
Why is it that, after all these years, we continue to meet We’ll Meet Again again, and again and again?
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Barbara Tesio-Ryan, University of Edinburgh
The inventor of the lovable but imperfect Moomins created the characters and their world as a way of bringing light after the dark days of the second world war.
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Business + Economy
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Arooj Rashid, Nottingham Trent University; Anthony Kent, Nottingham Trent University
Donald Trump wants people to buy American, but his favourite suits are Italian.
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Matt Barlow, University of Glasgow
The president has called it Argentina’s ‘liberation day’.
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Environment
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Antaya March, University of Portsmouth; Stephanie Northen, University of Portsmouth
Microplastics are accumulating in our food, water, air and bodies – yet UK regulations aren’t designed to reduce them.
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Max Lacey-Barnacle, University of Sussex
Community Wealth Building offers a new model for economic development that can be at the heart of the UK’s transition to net zero
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Health
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David M. Evans, University of Bristol; Jonathan Beacham, University of Bristol
Obesity is rising and sugar is part of the problem. But the sugar levy isn’t a tax on people - it’s a push for industry to do better.
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Sophie Hodgetts, Durham University
Relationship quality was consistently lower for people with PMDD and their partners.
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Silvia Maioli, Karolinska Institutet; Francesca Eroli, Karolinska Institutet
However, our study also revealed that in female mice, certain prescription drug combos actually sped up the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Hazel Flight, Edge Hill University
From weight loss to possible health concerns, discover the science – and controversy – behind one of the world’s most popular sugar substitutes.
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Science + Technology
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Ben Bond, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Early research on Therabot and ChatGPT shows promise for anxiety, depression and quality of life, but there are big questions about safety, access and equity.
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