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The opening ceremony felt like France reintroducing itself to the world, warts and all

The time may come where they’re viewed as fellow workers, treated with respect and consideration

The chancellor’s political standing is putting him in danger of having his own ‘Biden moment’

Almost everything you have heard about Donald Trump and Project 2025 is true. And it is every bit as terrifying as it sounds

What the golf-mad presidential frontrunner’s game says about him

Rachel Reeves’s cuts come only after the previous government squandered vast sums of money

Yet another Tory leadership battle is under way. But, outside of the six contenders, does anyone really care?

The overturning of Roe v Wade could come back to bite Trump during this campaign and play into Kamala Harris’s hands

Pierpaolo Mittica’s photos capture everyday existence in the ‘new Pompeii’ – close to the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident

The Covid inquiry report has exposed the systemic failures in the UK’s pandemic response

Nude modelling has been an integral part of French art schools for centuries but now the models are demanding respect and status

A recent defamation case has shocked the public, not for its contents, but its speed

Morocco is claiming ownership of Ceuta as a way to put pressure on Spain

Knowing which language to speak to strangers in Brussels is a taxing task

Two hundred years after his death, Lord Byron is still considered among the founding fathers of modern Greece

The chancellor ripped up Tory legacy dreams and made the right call on the Winter Fuel Payment

With no job forthcoming and still to find a permanent home, Gove is becoming acquainted with the joys of public transport

Harris must learn how to construct a voter coalition in the places that matter through actions, not words

Rachel Reeves delivered controversial cuts.. and then came 'proof' the Tories misled the nation

Kemi Badenoch remains the front-runner - bizarre given how ill-suited to the job she is

The Bank didn’t cut rates during the election – might it do so now?

The reason why Brexiteers are suddenly finding the capital unwelcoming lies closer to home than they think

Clacton’s elected representative will spend the next five years dogwhistling about people who don't live there

The Democrats are facing an uphill battle to maintain control of the White House

Nobel nominee Serhiy Zhadan is broadcasting news from and to besieged towns and cities in a mobile radio van

The end of the “idiot premium” has strengthened the value of sterling

Tugendhat and the Tories won’t win if they abandon common sense to ape Reform

Labour dominates Westminster, and the Tories are a diminished mess – but the two child benefit cap will reveal the true opposition

Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at James Cleverly, the Greens, Michael Fabricant and more