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Turkey’s recent local elections shattered the president’s illusion of invincibility

Banning cruise ships may reduce pollution on the water, but it also creates its own set of issues

In Italy, food is political capital and Ferrero products are no exception

This production at the National Theatre gives Nye Bevan the Churchill treatment

The paper’s attacks on Angela Rayner are yet another example of its rank hypocrisy

Despite some attempts at prohibition, the tradition goes on in Spain. Like that of the bulls, its own demise will be a long, drawn-out affair

Scientists cannot provide evidence that homoeopathic treatment works, but the Greens’ fandom is too ingrained to ‘follow the science’

The Jewish experience, over centuries, has been one of persecution and disregard. This is why Israel is pursuing its destructive policy in Gaza

As the Entente Cordiale turns 120, more reasons to celebrate

The Eisbach river offers the city’s residents an eccentric gift: a surfing wave in landlocked Bavaria

The former home secretary is back on manoeuvres with her hard right agenda – and in Fareham, her local supporters are loving it

New data shows the programme not only helped the poorest but paid for itself

Scotland’s hate speech law is a disaster. We need serious government, not toytown politics

A plan to lure high achievers is attracting less than 2% of all migrants

Brexit disinterest by national politicians and media is bringing a new approach

Giving business free rein while putting ordinary people on a tight leash is part of a depressing pattern

Elon Musk’s car company has hit a rough patch of road - and things could be about to get even worse

Scores of Tory MPs are standing down before an expected election mauling in the hope of getting a new job. What does that mean for Westminster?

Prime minister Gabriel Attal’s decision to bring the format to parliament is already proving controversial

An EU advisory body has urged Britain to rejoin the Erasmus scheme - but its hopes are even more ambitious

Ending arms sales to Netanyahu would be a cathartic but ultimately cosmetic act

The prime minister is locked into a political tragedy - but it is one of his own making

Higher prices and empty shelves are on the way

Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at Chris Philp, Liz Truss, Boris Johnson and more

I have decided to grow a beard – my mission is to reconcile the two most antipathetic faith communities of London in the contours of my own face

Why the ‘father of Czech classical music’ switched from a German Friedrich to a Czech Bedrich

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s books and cinema

One shot tells you everything about this immortal cinematographer

Viktor Orbán’s support for Trump and Putin could give rise to a terrifying axis, and with it bring about the end of liberal democracy

The main takeaway I took from Glazer’s The Zone of Interest is different from the one the director intended

We need Have I Got News for You and The Last Leg just as we needed Spitting Image in the 1980s – to reassure us that we aren’t all going mad