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The riot on Capitol Hill took place because America's trust in democratic politics is so corroded - and it will take more than bans by the 'big tech' barons to redress that.
As England plunges into a third nationwide Lockdown, with schools across the country closed, the only hope of recovery lies with mass vaccination.
Who polices the undercover police? An inquiry into decades of covert policing in Britain is lifting the lid on unsavoury attempts to infiltrate peaceful protest groups.
Christmas celebrations in London will be muted as emergency measures take effect - within Britain and more widely - to limit the spread of an 'out of control' COVID-19 mutation.
John le Carré, who died last Saturday aged 89, was the supreme chronicler of the sordid world of Cold War espionage - because he was once himself a spy.
As Britain leads the world in rolling out a mass vaccination programme against COVID, the scientific and medical response to the virus is a rare triumph of human civilisation.
As thousands of protesting farmers dig-in at Delhi's borders, reforms in British agriculture pose the question - is farming about food or about the environment?
The death of a notorious British mass murderer has evoked memories of an era when women were told to stay home at night for their own safety:
Boris Johnson's Downing Street has been riven by a huge row and the dramatic departure of two of his closest aides - and Boris's fiancee may have been the one to wield the dagger.
Amid the past week's commanding news stories, another development also deserves attention: a British inquiry has accused the Catholic church of betraying its moral purpose over the issue of child sexual abuse perpetrated by its clergy.