Political scientists have a term for the tactic, that has been used by some leaders including Nixon, to persuade adversaries that they are temperamentally capable of anything, to extract concessions. But can it work in the long term?
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The funeral of footballers Diogo Jota and André Silva dominate the front pages of Sunday's papers
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Benjamin Netanyahu says Hamas is seeking changes to a proposal for a ceasefire deal that Israel has accepted.
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Some 27 children are missing from a girls' summer camp on the banks of the river, say officials in Kerr County.
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More than 40,000 fans and an all-star line-up of rock legends pay homage at the "heavy metal Live Aid".
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The world's richest man says he is setting up a new political organisation called the America Party.
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Police say paramedics called to the line near Poynton in Cheshire were unable to save the teenagers.
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What’s gone wrong for Labour? 2024 voters delve into it, writes Laura Kuenssberg.
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The community in Gondomar grieves after the deaths of Liverpool star Diogo Jota and his brother, André Silva.
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A trail of suspicious wills led to an organised gang committing fraud and stealing millions from dead people's estates.
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