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  • America launched air strikes against an Iran-backed group in Syria, after a US contractor there was killed by a suspected Iranian-made drone. 
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Detained in Modi’s India: A British citizen’s story

20 March 2023
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For five years a British citizen has been locked up in an Indian prison, and the British state hasn’t been willing – or not strong enough – to stand up for him.


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