Agenda

Who makes the Pope’s coffin?

Burying a Pope is a complicated business. Somewhere deep inside the Vatican, in a highly secret location, a group of carpenters is creating a very special casket

The war against the youth mobility scheme is embarrassing

Farage and Badenoch are embarrassing themselves with opposition to a completely benign scheme

Can Starmer sell Britain on the Brexit reset summit deal?

Will a focus on cheaper food and energy be enough to drown out complaints about sovereignty and fishing rights – especially when the PM struggles to communicate?

Steve Witkoff, the world’s worst diplomat

He is a life-long property developer. So how the hell did he end up as America’s top international negotiator, on everything from Ukraine to the Iran nuclear deal?

Yes, the UK-EU defence pact risk is about fish

The UK and EU are keen on a defence and security pact, but there is a catch – fish. Tensions over who controls Europe’s waters go back hundreds of years

PMQs: Shock as Badenoch achieves the unthinkable

The leader of the Conservative Party today managed a score draw against the prime minister at their weekly confrontation. Did Parliament swoon in admiration? Not quite

Who makes the Pope’s coffin?

Burying a Pope is a complicated business. Somewhere deep inside the Vatican, in a highly secret location, a group of carpenters is creating a very special casket

How populism gives youth wings

Bitter at the old politics, young Germans saw the far-right AfD as a revitalising tonic. How can the left get that taste out of their mouths?

Why you should visit Heligoland

Eighty years ago, the island was nearly wiped off the map. Today it relies on wind-farm crews more than tourists

The downside of living the Italian dream

Expats must learn that smaller rural Italian communities run on gossip

The papal succession

Pope Francis came close to anointing his heir. But the conclave will consider a range of cardinals, from progressives to Trump fans

Europe’s explosive history with the bomb

Britain and France both have atomic weapons. Now that the US is no longer a reliable ally, how should Europe deploy its nuclear deterrent?

Björk, Pascal and the end of the world

Whatever you do, don’t give in to the idea that we are all doomed. It only makes it all much worse

Living in the shadow of coal

Communities whose lives have been shaped and scarred by mining are now shaken by the prospects of a green transition

Can Cop30 solve its ethical dilemma?

Thousands of trees are being felled in the Amazon rainforest to build a four-lane highway for this year’s climate summit in Belém

Fleeing the heat of Trump’s America for Ireland

Meet the Americans swapping Trump’s Florida for the gentle rural landscapes of County Kerry

When the snow stops falling

Reliable snowfall is becoming a thing of the past in the Alps, where the effects of climate change are magnified due to the terrain

Climate of fear

The case for green measures has never been clearer. But ideology in the US and internal battles in the UK threaten any progress

Trump in the rough over late golf returns

The firm which owns the president’s Scottish course has been issued with a warning it’s at risk of being struck off after failing to file its finances