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Today’s brief · 7 November

Five developments worth a paragraph today

US offers $20 million for information on Iran’s nuclear programme · Pakistani astronaut to be first foreigner on China’s space station · US asked China to press Iran to end the war, and Beijing passed it on · Vance talks almost daily with Field Marshal Munir on a new Iran deal · Five Indian-origin Republicans ran in the midterms. All five lost

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Daily brief

Five developments worth a paragraph, every morning, each mapped to a paper and linked to the Thursday Times story and the record.

Mapped to your papers

Current Affairs, Pakistan Affairs, International Relations and Essay: this week’s coverage, sorted by the paper it serves.

Daily quiz

Ten questions a day from the week’s news and the record. Each answer explains itself and links to its source.

Essay bank

Arguments for and against, each with a source you can cite. Build an outline in a minute; write it yourself.

This week, by paper.

Every story The Thursday Times publishes is read for the paper it serves and the angle an examiner might take.

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Daily quiz

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In which year was the Indus Waters Treaty signed?

A1947

B1960Right

C1971

D1991

Signed in Karachi on 19 September 1960 by Ayub Khan and Jawaharlal Nehru, with the World Bank as a party. Source: the treaty text, World Bank.

The essay bank.

A topic, the arguments on each side, and a source for every one. The outline is yours to build; the writing is yours to do.

[Essay topic, as it might be set]

For

[Argument one]

Source: [official report, year]

[Argument two]

Source: The Thursday Times, [date]

[Argument three]

Source: [data release]

Against

[Argument one]

Source: [court judgment, year]

[Argument two]

Source: The Thursday Times, [date]

[Argument three]

Source: [commission report]

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Every morning at 7:30, with the answers explained.

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Four papers, this week’s stories, the likely angle.

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Sourced arguments for and against, ready to cite.