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Inside Story

How Argentinian women really feel with an ‘anarcho-strongman’ in power

Since Chainsaw-wielding ‘traditionalist’ Javier Milei became president of Argentina, violent attacks have increased and many women feel afraid like never before. Following last week’s firebombing of two lesbian couples, Anna Hart reports from Buenos Aires and hears from women who say it is like ‘being ruled by apes’

<p>Milei has used his presidency to pander to a young generation of disaffected male voters – with women and LGBT+ citizens as collateral damage </p>

<p>Elton John at the exhibition, Taupin and O’Neill: Two Sides of the ’60s at the Iconic Images Gallery, Piccadilly, London, in April 2023</p>

In Focus

‘Healthier than drugs’: How Elton John got hooked on photography

<p>McGregor starting relying on booze to help him deal with the stress of running a company at such a young age </p>

First Person

‘I hid my imposter syndrome by drinking daily – here’s how I stopped’

<p>Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, receives flowers upon her arrival in Lagos, the Nigerian capital </p>

Sean O’Grady

Might Harry and Meghan’s original Megxit plan actually have worked?

Voices

<p>Why we are letting employers and perpetrators get away with this often illegal behaviour, which is then covered up with silence and a payout? </p>

Zelda Perkins

How gagging orders have silenced mothers for decades

<p>Those who love the former president will love him all the more</p>

Jon Sopel

Stormy Daniels has given Trump one thing he always wanted

<p>‘As we wait for the full report, I am reminded not just of my own hurts, but of all the maternity reports that have come before’ </p>

Seven easy ways to make maternity care safer for women

The Longer Read

<p>The Kremlin was accused of using the castle and its 30 acres of grounds to plot espionage operations against Britain</p>

Inside Story

How a Sussex manor house became a country club for Russian spies

Gifted to the former Soviet Union after the Second World War, this grand pile has long enjoyed hosting Russian diplomats for tennis days and musical soirees. But that all came to an end this week when it was stripped of its special status, much to the relief of the locals, who have been warning about suspicious goings on for years, says Mark Hollingsworth

<p>Eating healthy doesn’t have to be a chore – all it takes is a little bit of creative thinking and you’ll never have a boring meal again </p>

Health and Wellbeing

This is how I (just about) manage to eat 30 plants a week – and why you should too

<p>A photo of pioneering Impressionist Claude Monet in his famous gardens in Giverny, France, circa 1917</p>

Is Artificial intelligence is about to trigger an art revolution bigger than Impressionism?

Politics Explained

<p>Song and dance: Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping attend a concert celebrating 75 years of relations between Russia and China</p>

Politics Explained

What does Russia and China’s anti-US alliance mean in practice?

<p>Former prime minister Gordon Brown (left) has spoken of the need to help ‘austerity’s children’ – but Labour is sticking to its plan to keep the two-child benefit cap </p>

Politics Explained

What is the government going to do about child poverty?

<p>The Labour leadership is negotiating with the Labour Trade Union Organisation in an effort to decide what the party’s next manifesto should say</p>

Politics Explained

Can Labour’s new deal for workers satisfy the unions and business?

<p>McVey is unhappy with public sector workers advertising their personal affiliations or sympathies while in the office </p>

Politics Explained

What’s behind Esther McVey’s attack on civil service lanyards?

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Editorials

16 May 2024

The Independent View

To really win voters, Starmer must discover a radical edge

<p>Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky meets US secretary of state Antony Blinken in Kyiv on Tuesday </p>

The Independent View

It’s time we gave Ukraine the tools it needs to finish the job

<p>Rishi Sunak delivers a keynote address at the Policy Exchange think tank in central London on Monday </p>

The Independent View

You’ve fired the election starting gun, Mr Sunak, let’s get on with it

Culture

<p>Artemisia Gentileschi, ‘Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura)', 1638</p>

Tate’s Now You See Us is a frustrating look at neglected women artists

<p>Play with fire: Marlon Richards, son of Anita Pallenberg and Keith Richards, explores his mother’s story with directors Alexis Bloom and Svetlana Zill in ‘Catching Fire’ </p>

Secrets and lies of The Rolling Stones, according to Anita Pallenberg

<p>Iris Murdoch wrote novels about the only things that matter – love, goodness and how to be happy without hurting others</p>

Book of a lifetime: The Bell by Iris Murdoch

Travel

<p>Isle of wonder: just off the coast of Sicily is an archipelago steeped in myths </p>

A real-life journey through the mythical lands of the ‘Odyssey’

<p>A couple’s tour to Japan was paid for at a much higher exchange rate than experienced in the country on their trip </p>

Can we claim rate rebate after the yen dropped while we were in Japan?

John RentoulThe Independent’s chief political commentator

<p>David Lammy and John Healey are not yet household names, but they looked the part in Kyiv as shadow foreign secretary and shadow defence secretary</p>

Labour’s U-turn on defence makes them more hardline than the Tories

<p>Aisle be damned: Natalie Elphicke in fact ‘crossed the floor’ </p>

Mea Culpa: lots and lots but we’re not exactly sure how many

<p>Starmer and Reeves are credible compared with Sunak and Hunt</p>

Could Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves get lucky with the economy?

Andrew GricePolitical columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

<p>This week, the Labour leadership met union bosses to agree to ‘the biggest levelling-up of workers’ rights for a generation’ </p>

Could banning zero-hour contracts be Labour’s downfall?

<p>Only 11 per cent of people know Starmer’s father was a toolmaker, while 18 per cent know Sunak’s father was a family doctor</p>

Polling reveals voters don’t care about politicians’ upbringing

<p>Would right-winger Elphicke have survived the vetting process to become a Labour parliamentary candidate?</p>

Has Starmer ditched morality in favour of winning a majority?

Chris Blackhurst

<p>It’s a rich man’s world: turns out Abba were right on the money... </p>

Business Comment

Sweden has more billionaires per capita than the US – why?

<p>The event was interpreted as a personal advertisement from Sunak, that when he departs No 10, he will want to work in tech, possibly, who knows, for Elon Musk himself </p>

Why is Rishi shying away from a battle with Big Tech?

<p>Shalini Khemka was made a CBE for services to entrepreneurship (E2E/PA)</p>

A celebration of Britain’s fastest-growing women-led businesses

News analysis

<p>David Cameron meeting Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Friday</p>

Why the UK should not rule out sending troops to Ukraine

<p>Buyers are reluctant to pay through the nose for houses, and prices have been falling month on month </p>

House prices are falling – but what does it mean for the future?

<p>Rishi Sunak welcomes Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame to Downing Street earlier this month </p>

Is the capital of Rwanda really safer than London?

<p>Demonstrators wave Iran’s flag as they gather in front of the British embassy in Tehran</p>

Could conflict between Israel and Iran trigger a third world war?

Sport

<p>A sodden Erik ten Hag leaves the pitch after Manchester United’s defeat by Arsenal</p>

Crumbling Old Trafford is perfect theatre for Ten Hag’s broken dreams

<p>Nottingham Forest accused a Premier League official of bias in a controversial statement </p>

Shameless derby: How Forest made City clash a lose-lose for neutrals

Mary DejevskyExpert on foreign affairs, Russian politics and diplomatic relations between the Kremlin and the west

<p>Slovakian prime minister Fico was shot in an attempted assassination on Wednesday </p>

Could the Robert Fico shooting lead to a wider conflict in Europe?

<p>President Biden has said that if Israel’s operation in Rafah went ahead, he would withhold US weapons</p>

For Biden and Netanyahu, Gaza is a political balancing act

<p>They say you want a revolution: Columbia university protests in 1968, and, inset, today </p>

Protesting students have much to learn from the 1960s ‘glory days’

America

<p>Joe Biden speaks in Belfast on 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement</p>

Biden says Brexit deal can bring ‘significant’ US investment to NI

<p>Such leaks remind countries like Russia – as well as US allies – of the sheer scale and reach of Washington’s operations</p>

The diplomatic damage done by the Pentagon leak won’t last long

<p>Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley wrote a tweet attacking ‘weak and woke’ ideology the day she declared her candidacy</p>

Republicans are running on ‘wokeism’ – but don’t know what it is