News and Opinion

A rudderless EU ignored Trump’s threat and is now terrified and alone. It has two choices – go into overdrive or become irrelevant

The News Agents stars disagree about how badly the Democrat candidate flopped

In making them a carbon copy of Reform, the new leader of the opposition shows she is neither thoughtful nor serious

The channel hopes to land an exclusive with the president-elect after being ‘cock-a-hoop’ about his win

As president for the second time, Donald Trump has scores to settle and a dark plan that posterity will be unable to ignore

A city’s reputation lies in tatters

A journey through Pennsylvania showed that, in the Rust Belt, this was not an election about character or abortion – it was about the price of eggs

The party questioned why Nigel Farage wasn't allowed to lay a wreath, despite there being a perfectly good reason

And if he does give in to the Russian president, what will the consequences be for Ukraine and for Europe?

The ICC has cost huge amounts of money, is mired in scandal and in 22 years has sent only five people to jail. Why is it so useless?

If the prime minister doesn’t act now, chances are he never will

The former political adviser has mistaken himself for a visionary intellectual rebel. If that’s so, why is his legacy so small – and crap?

Spain is ready to halt its ‘golden visa’ scheme, closing off another route for Britons to settle in the EU

German politics is now a dysfunctional mess and it’s all Olaf Scholz’s fault. With Trump looming, the timing couldn’t be worse

The Reform leader is boasting of his links to the president elect. Yet curiously no photographs yet exist

Georgia’s disputed election has been hailed as a victory for Vladimir Putin, but murals in the capital paint a different picture

Feargal has shown what can be achieved when someone with a national voice shouts loud. We need someone to do the same in the fight against litter

Badenoch, for all her anti-woke diatribes, is the wrong kind of Tory rightist. She will lead them defeat, and quite possibly eclipse by Reform

Germany is issuing licences to groups who will report (what they think is) illegal and detrimental content on social media platforms

The philosoper’s ethical legacy lives on in the form of a bot – but its hectoring, evangelical tone means it is far from convincing

For years, scientists have been trying to undermine the cornerstone of modern fundamental physics, but it stubbornly refuses to break

A mountainous area bordering the Adriatic sea has become something of a laughing stock among Italians over the past decade

The residence of Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu is all yours to gawp at for 65 Romanian lei

The leader of Sweden's far right is mired in scandal after a member of a notorious motorcycle gang attended his wedding

First came a devastating flood.. then a city’s battle to save its cultural heritage

Farmers are a short-term risk, but Labour’s biggest task is getting impatient Britain to buy into the power of long-term investment

The president-elect wants to drag the world back to the 1930s with his trade wars

As locals, we know that Trump doesn’t think too highly of Brussels

There is a central explanation for Trump’s victory – and it is not a comfortable one