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Official Secrets: Whistleblower Katherine Gun reveals true story behind Keira Knightley’s new film
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How women’s football emerged from the munitions factories of WWI
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Why Kate Atkinson’s Transcription is your must-read novel for Autumn
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Ahed Tamimi makes defiant speech after eight months in prison
The Palestinian teen was jailed for slapping two Israeli soldiers
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The incredible true story of ballerina Michaela DePrince
Madonna is set to make a film about the dancer’s journey from war orphan to star ballerina.
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100 years of women in the army: what it's really like on the frontline
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The Instagrammers capturing an alternate vision of war-torn Syria
Young creatives search for meaning outside conflict
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Female ISIS survivors on love, grief and the power of endurance
These Yezidi women escaped ISIS. Photographer Benjamin Eagle hears their stories.
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The seven-year-old Syrian girl tweeting from Aleppo is safe
Bana al-Abed is among a group of children evacuated from war-torn east Aleppo on Monday.
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Aleppo nurse’s harrowing suicide note goes viral
She took her own life to avoid rape by ‘Syrian army animals’
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These newly discovered letters offer a magical glimpse into the past
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WW1 soldiers appear across UK in tribute to men killed in the Somme
WW1 soldiers appear across the UK in emotional tribute to men killed in the Somme
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