Trump’s tariffs: the one war he can never win
The US president has relentlessly attacked the institutions of American life. But there is one thing that he cannot defeat, because if it falls, it will take him – and the US – down with it
Politics
Here comes the Trump Slump
The only answer for Britain is to build closer ties with our single biggest trading partner – and that is not the US
No, Trump’s tariffs don’t prove a Brexit win
The GDP hit from being out of the EU is far worse than the one we’re facing from the White House
Trump’s tariffs – America has used this weapon before
The last time the US imposed blanket tariffs it led to global economic and political disaster. This time could be just as bad. How can the rest of the world defend itself?
The border with Europe just got a little harder
A new Brexit rule has just come into force, making it even harder for people from the EU to enter Britain. Right now that’s the last thing we need
Why do we all feel so much poorer?
Wages may be showing signs of improvement, but on its own that won’t solve the problem
Letters: Labour are showing a complete lack of empathy
The party has no clear vision or strategy, and appears to take delight in announcing further cuts that will adversely affect peoples’ lives
Germany’s embarrassing mobile network
Mobile phone coverage is notoriously patchy due to past policy failures and slow infrastructure expansion, leaving rural areas full of dead zones
North Macedonia loses an entire generation
With 59 fatalities and over 200 hospitalisations, the fire at Club Pulse was the stuff of nightmares
The barbarians of Italy’s far south
A vampire-style taste for pig’s blood is found across the country, where it is a key ingredient in traditional cakes and sausages
Can Spain keep the kids away from porn?
Today, it seems that sexual content is so easily accessible online as to have become almost mainstream. Spain’s government is trying to change that
How Le Pen wrote the rules of her own downfall
The far right leader demanded French courts get tough on corrupt politicians. Now she is paying the price
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
Why Big Tech has never been weaker
The US giants have become sprawling conglomerates, precisely the kind of fat, complacent companies they once set out to disrupt
The cancer vaccines under threat from MAGA
Researchers have developed a promising vaccine for pancreatic cancer, but its future is uncertain due to Robert F Kennedy Jr
Germany’s embarrassing mobile network
Mobile phone coverage is notoriously patchy due to past policy failures and slow infrastructure expansion, leaving rural areas full of dead zones
Can Spain keep the kids away from porn?
Today, it seems that sexual content is so easily accessible online as to have become almost mainstream. Spain’s government is trying to change that
The Clickbait King leaves Reach
The chief executive of the media giant has surprisingly left to take charge of a horse racing company
The return of Nasa’s ‘stranded’ astronauts
The politicisation of SpaceX’s routine mission raises concerns over Nasa’s reliance on the increasingly erratic Elon Musk
The Assessment and the mother of all battles
Tracey Emin: ‘Brexit was hideous and heinous’
The iron curtain and the silver screen
Eimear McBride is not playing games
Death of a shooting star
Neil Kinnock: ‘Trump is like all bullies… he needs a bump on the nose’
Dominic Grieve and Caroline Lucas: “We need to fight Farage – and Faragism”
