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Fred Harter

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Fred is a reporter at The Observer who writes for the Sensemaker daily newsletter and contributes coverage across print and digital. He has reported from over a dozen countries and was previously a freelance correspondent in Ethiopia, reporting for the Guardian, The Times and others.

Photo of Fred Harter

Fred Harter

Reporter

Fred is a reporter at The Observer who writes for the Sensemaker daily newsletter and contributes coverage across print and digital. He has reported from over a dozen countries and was previously a freelance correspondent in Ethiopia, reporting for the Guardian, The Times and others.

  • Fred Harter
    German YouTuber wins Gloucestershire cheese-rolling race

    Tue, 26 May 2026

  • Fred Harter
    Decreasing migration could hurt the UK economy

    Tue, 26 May 2026

  • Fred Harter
    US launches new Iran strikes despite peace talks

    Tue, 26 May 2026

  • Fred Harter
    Former SNP chief executive admits stealing party funds

    Tue, 26 May 2026

  • Fred Harter
    Ferrari asks customers not to buy its first EV

    Tue, 26 May 2026

  • Fred Harter
    Starmer looks to Charles to salvage the special relationship

    But the king’s visit to the US is full of political tripwires

    Tue, 28 Apr 2026

  • Fred Harter
    Spain embraces immigration despite political pressures

    A programme is underway to grant legal status to 500,000 illegal migrants

    Mon, 27 Apr 2026

  • Fred Harter
    Israel and Lebanon both want to disarm Hezbollah. It is not clear if they can

    Any attempt to do so by force risks igniting internal violence

    Thu, 23 Apr 2026

  • Fred Harter
    Olly Robins and Keir Starmer can’t both be right about Mandelson

    The former Foreign Office official said he faced ‘constant pressure’ to sign off on the appointment

    Wed, 22 Apr 2026

  • Fred Harter
    Talks to end the Iran war are shrouded in uncertainty

    Iran has not yet confirmed if it will attend peace talks with the US

    Tue, 21 Apr 2026

  • Fred Harter
    Keir Starmer faces a crunch week – again

    The prime minister is facing calls to resign over the Mandelson vetting scandal

    Mon, 20 Apr 2026

  • Fred Harter
    Donald Trump has little to gain by fighting with the Pope

    The president won back the White House thanks to the votes of 20m Catholics

    Fri, 17 Apr 2026

  • Fred Harter
    ‘By knife or by gun’: why have we forgotten Sudan’s suffering?

    The war in Sudan is a war against people – and the world cannot afford to look away

    Thu, 16 Apr 2026

  • Fred Harter
    Orbán’s defeat is more about the economy than ideology

    Culture wars are often not where elections are won and lost

    Wed, 15 Apr 2026

  • Fred Harter
    OpenAI may be in too deep

    It is seeking a $1tn valuation even as it struggles to find its purpose

    Mon, 13 Apr 2026

  • Fred Harter
    The US claims victory – but tense negotiations with Iran go on

    Donald Trump claims the US holds all the cards in the war with Iran, but negotiating with the regime will not be as simple as he hopes

    Thu, 9 Apr 2026

  • Fred Harter
    The Iran war will make life in the UK even more expensive

    Mortgage, petrol and food costs are all expected to rise

    Tue, 7 Apr 2026

  • Fred Harter
    Food, energy and mortgages ... the next economic casualties of the Iran war

    Britons are being told not to panic, but price rises are inevitable if the Middle East conflict drags on

    Sun, 5 Apr 2026

  • Fred Harter
    A pledge by the Tories to resume drilling in the North Sea is no silver bullet

    It will have a negligible impact on bills and could hamper the green transition

    Thu, 2 Apr 2026

  • Fred Harter
    America is leading the world to a very dark place

    Global democratic freedoms have declined for the 20th consecutive year

    Mon, 30 Mar 2026

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