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From the archive: Sold to the Trump family: one of the last undeveloped islands in the Mediterranean

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2025: Trump and her husband Jared Kushner have spent more than $1bn on an Albanian island that will be a luxury resort – once the unexploded ordnance has been removed By Marzio Mian. Read by Mo Ayoub For more on US politics and the Trump family check out Politics Weekly America. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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  As a Ukrainian journalist, I’ve covered the US for 20 years. I find it inc…

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  ‘Should we leave them to die?’ The battle over how to save orangutans from…

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  Prisoner number 804: the plot to erase Imran Khan

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  ‘I couldn’t breathe’: the sinister spread of France’s killer seaweed

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  From the archive: Three abandoned children, two missing parents and a 40-y…

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  After a hard-fought victory to legalise medical cannabis in the UK, why is…

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  Asian mothers, bad feelings: notes on an all-conquering stereotype

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  From the archive:‘I feel like I’m selling my soul’: inside the crisis at J…

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  ‘I had poked the bear right in the eye’: my fight to renounce my Russian c…

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  On the trail with the hunters who believe shooting big game can save Afric…

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  From the archive: Putin, Trump, Ukraine: how Timothy Snyder became the lea…

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  How to survive the information crisis: ‘We once talked about fake news – n…

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  Stateside with Kai and Carter: Stacey Abrams on why gutting of the US Voti…

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  ‘Lawrence is karma’: the gangster who became an icon of Modi’s India

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  From the archive: How western travel influencers got tangled up in Pakista…