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Nov 2023
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The rise of the Netherlands’ far-right P...

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The far-right Party for Freedom, led by anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders, is set to become the largest grouping in the Dutch parliament. Plus: can Joe Biden take credit for a truce agreement between Israel and Hamas? And The Global Countdown heads to the Pacific.

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