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Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. Eight years after the narrow vote in favor of Brexit, Britain's mood has shifted.

Well over half the country reckons that leaving the European Union was a mistake, and that means

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And whales might be the biggest mammals on the planet, but ships still don't always

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Could new tech help?

First up there. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators are still camped out at Columbia University in New York, despite the passing of a midnight deadline to disband.

Tents had sprung back up after the city's police were called in last week to clear the site,

arresting more than 100 students in the process.

That firestorm has now spread, with other encampments being set up across the country.

Free! the country. The demands by student protesters are largely the same.

The demands by student protesters are largely the same.

Divests endowments of Israeli firms and any weapons manufacturers that sell. divest end

academic partnerships with Israeli firms

end academic partnerships with Israeli institutions

and condemn Israel's actions in the war.

Oh, you obviously just want a free Palestine.

You know, we want Colombia to stop funding the harm that is happening to the Palestinian people.

Many are concerned about an undercurrent of anti-Semitism

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